The Ruling Class Is King George III
The unanticipated showstopper midway through the first act in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton is Jonathan Groff as King George III. The actor – better known for his stints on Glee and voicing Kristoff...
View ArticleHow Much Is The Media To Blame For Donald Trump?
By now you’ve probably seen the footage of a dour Marco Rubio presser in Florida, where he seems downtrodden and frustrated in the wake of the weekend’s violent protests in Chicago and the failure of...
View ArticleWho Is The Establishment? You Are
Somewhere in DC, there’s a smoky back room where a shadowy coterie of elites calls all of the shots in the 2016 presidential election. At least, that’s what the phrase “the establishment” evokes when...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Is Getting Jobbed
Bernie Sanders is getting jobbed in the Democratic primary. His voters are getting jobbed in the Democratic primary, too. That’s the way the system is designed, although it took a few decades to really...
View ArticleCan Marco Rubio Pull Off A Win This Time?
Six years ago, Marco Rubio was an upstart political talent with a far-fetched dream of upending the Florida GOP establishment by taking out former Gov. Charlie Crist for the party’s Senate nod. When he...
View ArticleDonald Trump Can’t Make America Great Again Because That Requires Greatness
In his best speech to date—clearing a low bar—Donald Trump successfully showcased the failures of our political and economic elites, but failed to make a case for economic protectionism. Worse, in a...
View ArticleHow Would America’s Founders Tackle 2016’s Populism?
The pundit who best explains the rise of anti-establishment populism in the twenty-first century is Brutus, the Antifederalist opponent of the U.S. Constitution. Today’s rampant anti-establishment...
View ArticleEven If Hillary Wins, Democrats Are Due For An Electoral Reckoning
Donald Trump’s recently unearthed interview implosion has given Democrats their best chance to avoid their worst nightmare. While media speculation centered on Trump’s negative immediate and long-term...
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Bernie Supporters Should Vote Trump Because Hillary Will Reinforce Dynastic...
When Hillary Clinton received the Democratic nomination, articles flooded the net from women who said they had tears in their eyes. I too had tears in my eyes. Not because I was a solid Bernie Sanders...
View ArticleWhy Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton Are Two Sides Of The Progressive Coin
In Graham Green’s short story “The Destructors,” written in 1954, a group of boys determines to dismantle a 200-year-old house belonging to a Mr. Thomas, whom they nickname “Old Misery.” While there is...
View ArticleHow Populism Can Rejuvenate American Conservatism’s Ideas
Since Donald Trump’s surprise victory several weeks ago, a debate has raged in conservative circles over to what extent, if any, conservatives should adopt some of Trump’s more “populist” tendencies...
View ArticleFishtown Will Never Become Great Again If It Keeps Blaming Elites For Its...
Fishtown, Philadelphia, sits perched on the banks of the Delaware River, a working-class neighborhood with Irish Catholic roots. Historically, its economy was anchored in the fishing industry. More...
View Article‘The Fate Of The Furious’ Shows The Dangers Of Masculine Populism
Vin Diesel is the Sylvester Stallone of this generation, and the “Fast and Furious” franchise is his “Rocky.” These simple stories succeed when sophisticated filmmaking seems to be all about sickness...
View ArticleAmerica’s Political Establishment Is Still Stuck In Its Prius Moment
Some have described my driving as speedy, others have used more graphic descriptions. I tend to see it as a logistical exercise of getting from one point to another with the least hassle and waste of...
View ArticleThe Ruling Class Is King George III
The 2016 cycle has seen an utter collapse of the established order of things.
View ArticleHow Much Is The Media To Blame For Donald Trump?
Can you really blame a news media that has become all about entertainment for their Trump sycophancy, considering that in the end, it’s just good TV?
View ArticleWho Is The Establishment? You Are
We don’t have an ‘establishment’ problem. The existence of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz establishes that fact.
View ArticleBernie Sanders Is Getting Jobbed
While the fight on the Right has centered around ‘the establishment,’ it’s on the Left where the establishment is actually ignoring voters for Bernie Sanders.
View ArticleCan Marco Rubio Pull Off A Win This Time?
Will Marco Rubio be the Comeback Kid or the Giant Hometurf Disaster with his Senate re-election campaign? He's got experience with both.
View ArticleDonald Trump Can’t Make America Great Again Because That Requires Greatness
Donald Trump has hit upon our rage but can’t he remedy it, because he embodies the corruption his supporters despise.
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