Twilight of the American Century
The people may have spoken, but the options with which they were presented were not befitting of a serious country.
Brian Stewart
· 7 min read
Donald Trump
A collection of 84 posts
Revenge of the Silent Male Voter
What I learned about Trump’s landslide victory from one night in New York City.
Claire Lehmann
· 4 min read
Kamala Harris’s Very Big Tent
Can Kamala Harris be the stateswoman that the United States and the free world so urgently need?
Jeffrey Herf
· 10 min read
Populists Before Trump
John Ganz’s lively new book provides a valuable account of the intellectual origins of Trumpism.
Leon Hadar
· 9 min read
American Assassinations
Four deaths, two critical injuries, and three hairbreadth escapes. Not the best odds in a field of 46 presidents, so when one dodges a bullet, we’ve all been lucky.
Thomas Doherty
· 10 min read
It’s the Narrative, Stupid!
Every time there is a shooting, everybody turns to their narrative. We all want our stories to be vindicated, and we are perplexed if the expected pattern does not emerge.
Fred Litwin
· 7 min read
Donald Trump and the Perils of Myth-Making
In the wake of the shooting, we should neither demonise nor sanctify Trump, but assess him by normal political standards.
Jason Garshfield
· 7 min read
A Wretched Situation
The failure of the Secret Service to provide adequate protection to a standard-bearer for one of the major parties is the latest example of American breakdown.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
Courage and Cowardice in Pennsylvania
In trying to assassinate Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks inadvertently provided Trump with an opportunity to display the very qualities that have made him a cult icon.
Claire Lehmann
· 7 min read
Nationalist Self-Hatred
The culture war alone cannot explain the civic rot on the populist Right.
Matt Johnson
· 18 min read
Stop Dunking on Trump Supporters
No one is beyond reach—unless everyone around them refuses to reach out.
Julian Adorney
· 9 min read
Podcast #231: Leaving MAGA
Former Trump activist Rich Logis explains why he renounced his former MAGA beliefs—and how he’s helping others exit the movement.
Quillette
· 1 min read
A Royal Grift
In political terms, the purchasers of Trump’s NFTs are not citizens but subjects.
Julia Friedman, David Hawkes
· 8 min read
Should the GOP Continue to Embrace Populism? Two Responses
Quillette readers Joe Benning and Charles N.W. Keckler give their responses.
Quillette
· 8 min read
Return of the Strong Gods: Understanding the New Right
A great many Americans held their noses to vote for Trump, whom they saw as the lesser evil.
Jordan Alexander Hill
· 20 min read