Even though Obama’s triumph over Hillary Clinton & McCain in 2008 was supposed to empower the Gen-Xers, the Baby Boomer generation set the agenda in 2016.
We Asked 16 Historians If They Think Trump Is a Fascist. This Is What They Said.
About half thought a Trump comparison with Mussolini was more apt. They cited Trump’s “I and I alone” demagoguery, his “exaggerated masculinity,”
The Führer and the Donald: The Ghost of a Resemblance
Much has been made recently of alleged parallels between the authoritarian taint of current political events in the USA and the rise of European fascism.
It’s Possible Donald Trump Could Win a Smaller Percentage of the Popular Vote than Any Other Presidential Candidate
Donald Trump may be on his way to one of the worst popular vote percentage losses in all of Presidential election history even before the videotape surfaced
It’s Time for Trump to Go. Party Leaders Need to Give Him a Push.
What a mess the GOP faces. Donald Trump’s indefensible conduct caught on a video tape with a hot mike should finally mark the end of his tortured run.
Assuming History’s a Good Guide, Trump’s Going to Win
Using his model, Allan Lichtman predicts Donald Trump will win the presidency. But his prediction comes with an asterisk that the article discusses.
Is Donald Trump One of Russia’s Useful Idiots?
Trump is not a Russian agent or a Manchurian candidate. Rather, he personifies a term often ascribed to Lenin: useful idiots.
9/11 Struck Fear in Americans for more than the Obvious Reasons
9/11 evoked, and still invokes, a number of strong emotions in Americans. Sorrow heads the list, for the many killed and otherwise directly affected.
Why This Historian Fears the Future
As it finally sinks in that the country that is running the world hardly knows where it is, some form of general education might be tried again. Future?
This Awful Election Year Is Revealing the Horrible Politics of Ancestry
The distortions and toxic diatribes and lies on ancestry across the airways and in print about President Barack Obama’s ancestry existed since before the election began.