Toggle navigation
TWunroll
TWunroll
faq
Contact US
Lawrence Glickman
LarryGlickman
This persistence of this campaign message since the New Deal is something to behold. But rather than juxtaposing "socialism" with an opposite--such as "free enterprise" or "individualism"--Loeffler here offers
Read more
Trump’s presidency has marked the apotheosis of elite victimization. Unlike previous exponents, he doesn’t even bother connecting it to a broader political worldview. It’s an identity in which he wallows
Read more
I disagree that Trump ran as an "economic populist" in 2016. He called for tax cuts for the rich, opposed increasing the minimum wage (@PeterBeinart says otherwise), & called for
Read more
Excellent article by @KBAndersen but I think it is a misinterpretation, though a common one, to say that the Powell Memo was the "founding scripture for an economic crusade to
Read more
Whereas Trump thinks the way to reduce "panic" is to lie, in his First Inaugural, FDR, who also wanted to reduce "fear" and "terror," said in the 3rd sentence, "This
Read more
This is a great piece of reporting by @elizabethjdias. What stands out most are the intense and generalized feelings of victimization, which is a common thread among Trump voters and
Read more
As with Douthat's column the other day, David Brooks massively overstates small differences among Republicans and the degree to which some are "breaking free from old orthodoxies." /1https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/opinion/
Read more
This piece takes Trumpism to be a total rejection of “traditional” GOP orthodoxy and does not reckon at all with how the Party laid the groundwork for Trump./1https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/worries-about-trump-and-a-bloodbath-a
Read more
I know you weren’t a History major at Princeton, Sen Cruz, but it’s too bad you didn’t get to take a course with Prof Nancy J. Weiss Malkiel, the another
Read more
We are living through a terrible time in many ways, but it is a Golden Age for public-facing history. No major pundit, as far as I’m aware, has as consistently
Read more
‹
1
2
›
By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our
Cookie Policy
to improve your experience.
I agree