Category: Electoralism/Democratism

Class and Caste

Quite a bit could be learned about Western politics by examining electoral patterns in India. The Democrats are an alliance between the Brahmins and Dalits and the Republicans are an alliance between the Vaishyas and Shudras, while the Kshatriyas are divided between the Democrats and Republicans, depending on […]

A New Year One for Gotham

By Joel Schlosberg, Garrison Center As “the city that never sleeps” turned the calendar to 2022 with the inauguration of Eric Adams just after midnight, partygoers didn’t need Frank Sinatra’s reminder to “start spreading the news” heard on the New Year’s broadcast from Times Square. New Yorkers were […]

One Year Later

By Michael Bluhm The Signal What really happened on January 6? Seth Masket on how Donald Trump’s claims about the 2020 election continue to endanger U.S. democracy. Americans believe vastly different versions of what happened in Washington a year ago, when a group of Trump supporters breached the […]

How to rise above the partisan fray

By Damon Linker The Week As a liberal centrist, I’m used to taking heat from both sides of our political and cultural divides. When I criticize progressive “woke” trends, the left lashes back. And when I take aim at intensifying anti-democratic derangement among rank-and-file Republicans, the right retaliates. […]

The Radicalization of J.D. Vance

By Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Washington Post As he runs for the Senate, the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author has gone from media darling to establishment pariah. Is his new, fiery, right-wing persona an act? Or is something more interesting going on? Let’s start with the beard. J.D. Vance didn’t used […]

The Left Doesn’t Own Minority Voters

By Joel Kotkin Demographic transitions present political opportunities, but do not protect politicians from their own folly. The shift in most Western countries to a more racially and ethnically diverse demographic has been widely seen by left-wingers as an opportunity to cement their ascendancy.   Yet after early […]

2 decades of right turns

By Bonnie Kristian, The Week This article is part of The Week‘s 20th anniversary section, looking back at how the world has changed since our first issue was published in April 2001. Saint Paul considered himself an “apostle to the Gentiles” though he did not number among them, […]

2 decades of left turns

By Ryan Cooper, The Week Leftists are stronger than they have been since the 1940s. But it might not last. This article is part of The Week‘s 20th anniversary section, looking back at how the world has changed since our first issue was published in April 2001. Rep. Barbara […]