The late scholar of mass movements, charismatic leaders, and government violence foreshadowed the president’s rise and the MAGA movement in The Origins of Totalitarianism. Recent polling proves her prescience.
Princeton University
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25 Best-in-Class Colleges
A selection of stand-out institutions from the Washington Monthly’s college rankings.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Political Animal
Princeton, Betsy DeVos, And The Need For a Real Debate About Race
I don’t want Betsy DeVos telling Princeton what to say about racism. But I also don’t want our universities to squelch discussion.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Kavanaugh’s Drinking Has Caused All His Problems
Kavanaugh’s belief that he cannot admit to excessive drinking has led him to commit perjury.
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Beware the “Moderate Republican”
Why do people continue to promote the fiction of “moderate Republicanism”? It’s a contradiction in terms, like “healthy corpse.”
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Do You Like Your Planet Regular, or Extra Crispy?
Fifteen years ago today, just weeks after George W. Bush invaded Iraq in a war for oil, Princeton University Professor Michael Oppenheimer wrote a column for the New York Times in which he observed: [T]he global warming issue, and particularly America’s handling of it, has become a central geopolitical concern. Speaking at a delicate moment […]
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Making It, Part 2
This book sets off a psycho-physiological phenomenon called “reassurance-induced terror,” which can be defined roughly as the feeling you get when the pilot of the plane you’re riding in comes on the public address system to say that there’s nothing to worry about. Both the author, Bill Paul, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, and his main […]
