Posts by Michael Kazin

Cultural populism has helped Republicans win many an election. Why haven’t liberals found a way to counter it?

The established forces in his conservative party fear and denounce him. They cringe whenever he attacks Wall Street, vows to use government to help the poor or castigates the failed policies of the incumbent president of his own party. A devout Christian, he mixes Scripture into nearly every speech he gives. But the insurgent candidate’s [...]