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Sean Illing

Sean Illing

Host of The Gray Area

    Latest articles by Sean Illing

    Politics
    The real reason we have an Electoral College: to protect slave statesThe real reason we have an Electoral College: to protect slave states
    Politics

    “In a direct election system, the South would have lost every time.”

    By Sean Illing
    Politics
    Will Trump’s victory redefine the GOP? Mitch Daniels is skeptical.Will Trump’s victory redefine the GOP? Mitch Daniels is skeptical.
    Politics

    Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on the GOP’s future after Trump.

    By Sean Illing
    Politics
    Why so many people voted to “make America great again”Why so many people voted to “make America great again”
    Politics

    A historian on Trump’s primal appeal

    By Sean Illing
    Technology
    How Trump masterfully exploited the structural weaknesses of the pressHow Trump masterfully exploited the structural weaknesses of the press
    Technology

    A media scholar on Donald Trump and perils of a Balkanized media.

    By Sean Illing
    The people’s tyrant: what Plato can teach us about Donald Trump
    Politics

    Trump put fascism on the ballot this year, and millions of people said “yes.”

    By Sean Illing
    Politics
    “Amoral masculinity”: a theory for understanding Trump from feminist contrarian Christina Hoff Sommers“Amoral masculinity”: a theory for understanding Trump from feminist contrarian Christina Hoff Sommers
    Politics

    “Trump is a reminder of what masculinity can be like outside of conventions.”

    By Sean Illing
    Politics
    Social decay: what the conversation about Trump and the white working class missesSocial decay: what the conversation about Trump and the white working class misses
    Politics

    “I think it’s important to say it’s a social crisis.” — J.D. Vance, author of “Hillbilly Elegy.”

    By Sean Illing
    Politics
    Why Comey should not have sent the Clinton letter — but probably felt he had toWhy Comey should not have sent the Clinton letter — but probably felt he had to
    Politics

    “What are voters supposed to do with this?” — Justin Shur, former Department of Justice prosecutor.

    By Sean Illing
    Is civilization good for us? Sebastian Junger on the dangers of social fragmentation.
    Books

    The author of Tribe explains how the American military’s PTSD problem illustrates our broken society.

    By Sean Illing
    Politics
    The reality of Trump’s alt-right trolls: they’ll put your 7-year-old’s face on a gas chamberThe reality of Trump’s alt-right trolls: they’ll put your 7-year-old’s face on a gas chamber
    Politics

    David French talks about the price his family paid for opposing Donald Trump.

    By Sean Illing