Populism: Why Primary Season 2016 is Different
The 2016 primary season has been extraordinary in the way it has captivated voters, media, and the international community for such a sustained period. There’s a certain appeal to the train wreck that is Donald Trump’s ascent, with his endless supply of petty remarks and unrealistic policies, and the ensuing speculation and incredulity surrounding his […]
Why Vox is wrong about Bernie Sanders, explained
The runaway success of Bernie Sanders’ 2016 run has been met with a mix of bewilderment and condescension by Beltway pundits. Among mainstream liberal voices from Paul Krugman to Ezra Klein to Matthew Yglesias, the consensus is that Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has been a series of unrealistic promises playing off of the anger of […]
The Only Thing We Have to Fear
It was well into Thursday’s GOP debate in Miami when Republican presidential frontrunner and Nazi literature authority Donald Trump was finally asked to answer for the numerous instances of racial violence that’ve gone down at his rallies across the country. This was going to be good. The audience seemed to take one long, monolithic inhale […]
How To Vote In Boston on Super Tuesday
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A (Not-So-Brief) Rundown of the Best Show on TV
Following an evening of serious number crunching, tough algorithms, and even tougher decisions, the 2016 Presidential campaign report cards are finally in. Now that the dust has settled on last Monday’s historic and exciting presidential primary in New Hampshire, the candidates are gearing up for the next showdowns in South Carolina and Nevada. Some candidates […]
In Defense of Young Women Who Support Sanders
I am a woman. I am an independent voter who leans liberal. I am a feminist. And I support Bernie Sanders. Because of that, according to the first female secretary of state Madeleine Albright, there’s a “special place in Hell for” me.[1] According to Gloria Steinem, a leader of the feminist movement, I’m only supporting […]
For Some Reason I’m Not Concerned: Bernie Sanders vs. The Democratic Spin Machine
In a November 2003 Believer magazine interview, American author David Foster Wallace (who once profiled John McCain’s 2000 Republican primary campaign for Rolling Stone) was asked of his opinion on U.S. political writing around the turn of the century. “As of 2003, the rhetoric of the enterprise is fucked,” the late writer said to interviewer […]
For Some Reason I’m Not Concerned
Okay, so, I finally did it. For way longer than I thought possible, I stayed away from the 21-minute political masterpiece that you’ve all been raving so much about. I’m proud of how long I resisted this thing, as it was teasing my interest nonstop from all over the Internet, silently lurking around every shadowy […]