Politics in America “…a basket is just the kind of zany, cheerful container that makes light of the deplorables while still putting them in their place” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 May 2017 In the United States, Hillary Clinton calls half the supporters of Donald Trump “a...
Politics in America, Radio “The echo chamber had morphed into a full-blown alternate reality silo of conspiracy theories, fake news and propaganda” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 February 2017 For many listeners, nothing was worse than Hillary Clinton. Two decades of vilification had...
Politics in America “The state of our politics also explains why none of the revelations, outrages or gaffes seemed to dent Mr. Trump’s popularity” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 January 2017 When I wrote in August 2015 that Mr. Trump was a cartoon version of...
Politics in America “The problem with Trump is…that his rhetoric…has created an atmosphere that suggests that behavioral anti-Semitism…may have a new legitimacy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 December 2016 The problem with Trump is not blatant anti-Semitism, or anti-Islamism; I’m not afraid that...
Politics in America “In his campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump regularly tied America’s problems to others” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 December 2016 The president-elect earned the votes of a majority of white people while running a...
Politics in America “One of the first observations the checkers made about Trump is that he doesn’t care when his statements are shown to have no basis in fact” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 December 2016 Trump was not trying to make reference to reality in what he said to...
Politics in America “For tens of millions of Americans, Trump was unthinkable as President” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 December 2016 For tens of millions of Americans, Trump was unthinkable as President. It came to...
Politics in America “Hillary Clinton is a strange fit for this moment. She’s a lifelong institutionalist at a time of bitter distrust in institutions…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 November 2016 Hillary Clinton is a strange fit for this moment. She’s a lifelong institutionalist at...
Politics in America “A generation ago, a Presidential contender like Trump wasn’t conceivable” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 November 2016 A generation ago, a Presidential contender like Trump wasn’t conceivable. Jimmy Carter brought smiling...
Politics in America, Races in America “The ‘authenticity’ that Trump’s followers so admire is factually wrong and morally repulsive” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 November 2016 If racial injustice is considered to be monolithic and unchanging—omitting the context of individual...