Given the triumph of contemporary conservatism, it may be time for liberals to take a look at the vulnerabilities of their own orthodoxies. … For the moment, the left is both stunned and infuriated by the vehement animosity it faces from red America, which is made up of counties that […] Read more »
Don’t blame the election on fake news. Blame it on the media.
SINCE THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, an increasingly familiar narrative has emerged concerning the unexpected victory of Donald Trump. Fake news, much of it produced by Russian sources, was amplified on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, generating millions of views among a segment of the electorate eager to hear […] Read more »
Is Media Driving Americans Apart?
Is social media responsible for our democracy’s current crisis? An increasing amount of political information (and misinformation) gets disseminated online, and many Americans do not trust the media, do not trust Congress and do not trust the president. By many measures, voters are as polarized now as they have ever […] Read more »
The New California Democrat and America’s New Way Forward
A new California Democrat is rising, and it’s not Jerry Brown. … The New California Democrats understand that a healthy society needs a strong government that’s well funded, and they don’t shy from raising public funds through progressive taxation. But the New California Democrats appreciate the market and the capabilities […] Read more »
How the Republicans Broke Congress
… Congress no longer works the way it’s supposed to. But we’ve said that before. Eleven years ago, we published a book called “The Broken Branch,” which we subtitled “How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track.” Embedded in that subtitle were two assumptions: first, […] Read more »
Why Evangelicals Stick with Donald Trump and Roy Moore
Nobody should be surprised that evangelical voters are sticking with the GOP. I’ve been watching evangelical voting behavior since I worked for Paul Weyrich’s Free Congress Foundation in the 1980s, and I’ve come to believe that, in most cases (though certainly not all), white evangelicals get their religion from their […] Read more »