Politics in America “Behind Trump’s success is an unerring instinct for harnessing anger, resentment, and fear” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 February 2016 Behind Trump’s success is an unerring instinct for harnessing anger, resentment, and fear. His...
Politics in America “What a dangerous distraction the Iowa spectacle has been from the dysfunction and unfairness of democracy as we now know it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 February 2016 If we’re lucky, the day will come when we look back at the Iowa...
Politics in America “The Trump campaign may be a win-win for Trump, but it is a monstrous dilemma for a lot of other people” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 November 2015 The Trump campaign may be a win-win for Trump, but it is a monstrous...
Politics in America “…the core of Trump’s phenomenon is his celebrity itself, which, in today’s America, is in fact as populist as it gets” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 November 2015 …while populism is often associated with grass-roots movements, Trump’s brand of it flows not...
Politics in America “In general, Trump understands and appreciates that reporters like to be given the time of day” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 November 2015 Getting close to Trump is nothing like the teeth-pulling exercise that it can be...
Politics in America, Television “As a reality TV professional, I would be lucky to strike gold like Donald Trump once or twice in a career” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 October 2015 I’ve been working in reality television for 10 years, and I can tell you...
Politics in America, Television “Donald Trump is the presidential candidate that reality TV made” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 October 2015 Donald Trump is the presidential candidate that reality TV made. An electorate trained in...
Politics in America “…journalists bear special blame for [Trump], because bit by bit, year by year, we turned up the heat, intensifying our demand for conflict, for crackups…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 October 2015 We journalists bear special blame for him, because bit by bit, year by year,...
Entertainment, Politics in America “The bleed of entertainment into politics is hardly new. It’s been rued and prophesied for many decades…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 October 2015 We now utterly conflate entertainment and politics, routinely confuse celebrity with authority and regularly...
Politics in America “It’s never as simple and humdrum as being for or against the Clintons” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 June 2015 …it’s different from politics as usual. It’s politics as a peculiar form of psychological...