US Election - Quillette (Page 2)

Visions Are Sublime; Social Reform Is Messy

The Democratic party’s radical wing, which mostly set aside its many differences with Biden during his contest with Trump, wants a more rapid pace of change than the 78-year old centrist would wish.

John Lloyd

26 Jan 2021 · 10 min read

Republicans' Lyceum Moment—and America's

In the present moment, reverence for the law is not yet (or is no longer) a political religion in the United States.

Brian Stewart

15 Jan 2021 · 6 min read

America Has Serious Problems. It’s Time to Stop Blaming Them on ‘Trumpism’

It is always tempting to portray one’s political opponents as consumed by some inveterate flaw or social contaminant that marks them as fallen creatures.

Quillette

9 Nov 2020 · 10 min read

Podcast #121: The Inconvenient Truth About Donald Trump’s Non-White Supporters

A conversation with Jamil Jivani.

Quillette

6 Nov 2020 · 1 min read

Without and Within, a Fin-de-Siècle Moment

If Donald Trump had won, the Left would have burned down the cities. If Joe Biden had won decisively and flipped the Senate, conservatives would have loaded the guns into their pickup trucks and laid siege.

Stephen Elliott

6 Nov 2020 · 8 min read

For Five Months, BLM Protestors Trashed America's Cities. After the Election, Things May Only Get Worse

Common themes in the emerging constellation of radical groups include apocalyptic beliefs, a “utopian” political agenda, martyr narratives, and a cell-based organizational structure.

Mike Gonzalez

3 Nov 2020 · 9 min read

‘Nobody Likes the Other Guy’: On the Road With Donald Trump’s Diehards

There were a lot of Hispanic people there, which seems an underreported story.

Stephen Elliott

2 Nov 2020 · 20 min read

How The Intercept Abandoned Its Truth-Seeking Mission—And Lost Its Best Journalist

In the case of the media, we’ve had a running social experiment underway since 2015 that helps us answer this question.

Zaid Jilani

30 Oct 2020 · 9 min read

Sanders' Indifferent City on a Hill

Brian Stewart

25 Mar 2020 · 7 min read

Trailblazing Pete Buttigieg Revealed the Extent of ‘Progressive’ Homophobia

There is a certain kind of progressive writer who has convinced himself that there is only one way to be gay; and if you don’t fit that mold, you’re a class-war traitor who doesn’t even count as part of the LGB community.

Brad Polumbo

3 Mar 2020 · 7 min read

Democratic Road Trip: Who Will Save U.S. Workers from the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’

One of the weird subplots of this Democratic leadership contest has been the steady output of long, puffed out New York Times think pieces that came off as thinly veiled hit jobs on disfavoured candidates.

Jonathan Kay

22 Feb 2020 · 18 min read

Bereft of Impartial Arbiters

Brian Stewart

19 Nov 2019 · 5 min read

Andrew Yang—Technocratic Populist

Government and policy would be better off if they were presided over and/or dictated by technical experts.

Marshawn Brewer

5 Nov 2019 · 12 min read

We Are Living in Parallel Societies

Was that supposed to make them see the error of their ways? Of course not. That’s how you get people to hunker down and reject social change altogether.

Nick Ottens

5 Mar 2018 · 7 min read

A Government of One

One singular fault line that Trump has truly exposed that could genuinely endanger America’s future.

Alistair Penny

26 Jan 2018 · 9 min read