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Has the Day of the Nationalists Come? May. 21, 2019
A week from today, Europeans may be able to gauge how high the tide of populism and nationalism has ... Read More
Let's Re-fund America May. 08, 2019
The powerhouses of Wall Street have tunneled directly into the cloistered backrooms of Washington de... Read More
It's Not Socialism; It's What the People Want Mar. 13, 2019
"Socialism," snarled Donald Trump at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient c... Read More
Push, Push, Push: How Movements Succeed Feb. 27, 2019
There's a sports cliche, often applied to political races, that devalues strong-but-losing contender... Read More
Hamilton and Trump: Who Knew? Jun. 20, 2018
WASHINGTON — A brash, reddish-haired New Yorker — or two — is taking the town by s... Read More
'Populist' Trump Punks His Fans Feb. 03, 2017
There was never any reason to think that Donald Trump's stump-speech assaults on Wall Street banks a... Read More
Cleaning Up After Pundits Sep. 07, 2016
Being a muckracking political writer often makes me feel like a custodian in a horse barn, constantl... Read More
Trump a Long-Lost, Not-So-Great Nephew to Jackson May. 13, 2016
WASHINGTON — Andrew Jackson, anyone? How about a new Trail of Tears? Let's go back to the 1830... Read More
Something Is Happening Jan. 21, 2016
When I crossed paths with a Democratic Party campaign consultant in Austin last March, I suggested h... Read More
The Depressing Appeal of Hillary's Phony Populism Apr. 24, 2015
There was a time when Hillary Clinton was a bona fide leftist radical, but those days have past, swa... Read More
For Hillary Clinton, No War but the Class War Apr. 24, 2015
Near the end of a recent New York Times article detailing the imaginary populist roots of Hillary Cl... Read More
Plutocrat or Populist? Actually, Hillary Clinton Is Neither Nov. 01, 2014
As America's biggest political target — a status she is likely to enjoy for the foreseeable fu... Read More
Actually, Hillary's Wealth Is Her Greatest Accomplishment Jul. 11, 2014
It's simply mystifying that so many Americans look to candidates who pretend to be just like them. W... Read More
The Specter Haunting Europe May. 23, 2014
Memorial Day will likely bring alarmist headlines in the elite media about a populist fever raging i... Read More
Corporate Lobbyists Challenged by a Growing "Populist Lobby" May. 07, 2014
Imagine a bold headline blaring, "An Army of 1,500 Lobbyists Swarms Capitol Hill." But that wouldn'... Read More
