Politics in America “Part of what makes the modern use of ‘winning’ so strange is that it’s often used in contexts that are not competitions” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 August 2017 Part of what makes the modern use of “winning” so strange is that it’s...
Politics in America, Races in America “The guiding principle in Mr. Trump’s government is to turn the politics of white resentment into the policies of white rage…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 August 2017 If there is one consistent thread through Mr. Trump’s political career, it is his...
Politics in America “Leaks are most often an outsider’s tool, and they look different from a vantage of power” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 July 2017 Leaks are most often an outsider’s tool, and they look different from a vantage...
Politics in America “Democrats have given Republicans the priceless gift of letting them be the party that talks more about good jobs for working-class Americans” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 June 2017 Democrats have given Republicans the priceless gift of letting them be the party that...
Politics in America, Rabbis “I want to know what my rabbi thinks of Jacob and Rachel, not of Pence and Pelosi” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 June 2017 I know outstanding rabbis on the left of the political spectrum and others on...
Politics in America “By virtue of their unvarnished nature, leaks have evolved into the realest of facts” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 May 2017 In politics, the word “leak” conjures whistle-blowing and heroism or villainy and subterfuge, depending...
California, Politics in America “To label something ‘un-American’ is to imagine America as it should have been or as it might yet be but not as it ever was” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 May 2017 On the surface, “un-American” implies consensus: It carries a punch only when everybody agrees...
England, Politics in America “The parties and politicians of the center have become the managers of the status quo in an era when people want change. So, the center — in both its center-right and center-left camps — is marginalized, even despised” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 May 2017 The same dynamics are splintering the left, too. One element has aligned with the...
Politics in America ” It turns out that what Democrats were missing was a sense of existential emergency. Mr. Trump has provided it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 May 2017 One hundred days into his administration, President Trump has few legislative achievements to his...
England, European Union, Politics in America “Politics is being reshaped, and this phenomenon is the same whether it is in the United States or in Europe” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 May 2017 Politics is being reshaped, and this phenomenon is the same whether it is in...