My blogging has been light because I am knee deep in archival work on a rare research trip to the Northwest and neck deep in the other projects I am finishing and are due soon. But I do want to at lea
The transition from the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Calhoun is going swimmingly: Among black voters, Trump is doing particularly poorly, earning only a percentage point or two. (The results in th
Hillary Clinton has surged to a 15-point lead over reeling, gaffe-plagued Donald Trump, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. Clinton made strong gains with two constituencies crucial to a Republi
WARNING: Some of this content is highly offensive and NSFW. I’ve known for awhile that a Trump presidency–even an impending Trump presidency–means something pretty profound to his su
Eeyores are going to Eeyore, and I’m sure Mark Halperin is developing theories about how committing one massive blunder after another is actually a winning approach as I type. But Donald Trump i
As I said earlier today, I’ve been researching. The main archival collection I’ve been examining is the papers of Jim Weaver, who was an Oregon congressman in the 70s and 80s. Weaver, who
This Dara Lind piece articulates a typology of protest that I found illuminating: protest with a specific demand, that will be at least partially satisfied when that demand is met versus protest aimed
Dionne Warwick tells me that I’m all turned around on this Air Force issue: But this is the one that really hurts: Pete was probably just fulfilling the requirements of some sort of plea deal to