Julia Azari
Julia Azari
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Speaking truth to power is brave, but going it alone is not brave in a way that is intrinsically useful in politics.
A lot of moments in political and social events seem momentous and unique at the time but fade into history as nothing special, with little impact on later events.
David Frum writes that the “guardrails” of democracy have fallen. But glorifying the recent past has its dangers.
Are supporting and endorsing really the same thing?
Once the primaries got underway, Republican elites made several attempts to coordinate. But they didn’t have much bargaining power.
Trump’s ambitious declaration fits right into what we know about how politicians claim mandates. That’s terrifying.
Could better institutions have prevented Donald Trump’s nomination?
Parties play a crucial role. But our vision of them relies on norms and values we’ve left in the past.
The party’s halting and controversial embrace of his candidacy tells us something about the ubiquity of parties and about the limits of their capacity to shape events.