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The Great Revolt Enters a New Phase: How the Populist Uprising of 2016 Will Reverberate in 2020 Dec. 31, 2019
WESTBY, WISCONSIN — In a country increasingly engaged in national politics and divided, the ne... Read More
What's Scaring the Bejeezus out of Billionaires? Dec. 04, 2019
There's a new political army on the march in America, moving forcibly into the 2020 presidential cam... Read More
Where to Get the Money to Start Fixing Inequality Oct. 16, 2019
When Jesse Jackson ran a strong populist campaign for president in 1988, advocating bold new policie... Read More
Why Would We Trust Plutocrats to Save Us From Plutocracy? Sep. 11, 2019
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote of being leery of a loud-talking huckster who visited his home: "The ... Read More
Bernie Sanders Needs a Shot of Dignity Aug. 15, 2019
I have never been a big fan of Bernie Sanders. His authoritarian tendencies and aggressive attacks o... Read More
Let's Decode Trump's Afta-NAFTA Trade Deal Aug. 07, 2019
"Keep your eye on the ball" is a core principle not only for baseball players but also for us common... Read More
Rats Infest Our Cities, but There Are Bigger Barriers to a Better Life Aug. 06, 2019
GARY, Indiana — If you want to know the true state of a city, drive through all of it, not jus... Read More
Compared With the Democrats, Donald Trump Is a Moderate Aug. 02, 2019
Once you strip away all the hysteria and madness surrounding Donald Trump's presidency, you're left ... Read More
As Britain Hurtles Toward the Brexit Cliff, Boris Johnson Stomps on the Accelerator Jul. 25, 2019
Britain's Conservative Party hit the accelerator as it hurtles toward the cliff known as Brexit, ele... Read More
The Mad Corruptions of Trump Inc. Jul. 17, 2019
Where's Shakespeare when we need him? Only the Bard of Avon could do literary justice to the torture... Read More
Facing the Fates Jun. 26, 2019
In "Democratic Promise," Larry Goodwyn's definitive history of America's 19th-century Populist movem... Read More
It Is Boris' Moment May. 30, 2019
WASHINGTON — Well, the UK's Prime Minister, Theresa May, has run out of gas. She just retired.... Read More
Is the Liberal Hour Ending in the West? May. 29, 2019
Hillary Clinton called them "the deplorables." Barack Obama called them losers who "cling" to their ... Read More
What We Can Learn From the European Union May. 29, 2019
The European Union Parliament elections this week provided a shock to the system for the center-righ... Read More
After Mueller, Nobody Has Changed Their Views on Trump Apr. 23, 2019
Nothing has changed. Just about no one has moved away from where they stood on Nov. 9, 2016, when th... Read More
Bernie 2.0 Is 'Woke' Apr. 18, 2019
Bernie Sanders is running for president again, not that he ever really stopped. Before you drop ever... Read More
It's Not Socialism; It's What the People Want Mar. 13, 2019
"Socialism," snarled Donald Trump at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient c... Read More
The Green New Deal: The Left's Phony Attempt to Co-Opt Trump's Labor Populism Feb. 28, 2019
The florid Green New Deal proposed by newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been widely pa... Read More
Push, Push, Push: How Movements Succeed Feb. 27, 2019
There's a sports cliche, often applied to political races, that devalues strong-but-losing contender... Read More
Kamala Harris, 'Populist'? Jan. 30, 2019
In a widely praised National Review article excoriating the media, Charles C. W. Cooke writes, "Some... Read More
