Who’s taking the wheel of Trumpism?
So much of the former president’s political infrastructure resembles the old GOP establishment
Pedro L. Gonzalez
Pedro L. Gonzalez is the associate editor at Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture.
Saturday
Thursday
America the fat and impotent
We watch too much porn and too much sports — and it’s weakening us
Tuesday
CRT is the dialectic of suicide
Why are white people so reluctant to tell the truth about critical race theory?
Friday
Just how America First is the America First Policy Institute?
AFPI seems to actively seek out people who hold populism and nationalism in contempt
Tuesday
Trump has lost his magic
Does the former president understand or, more importantly, care why some Americans still support him?
Wednesday
The infrastructure Trojan horse
The GOP only pretends to be the party of fiscal responsibility and limited government
Tuesday
Down with the Intellectual Dark Web
It is a harbinger of ‘dangerous ideas’ that manages at the same time to be utterly unthreatening
Wednesday
Trump’s influence is waning in exile. Is that a bad thing?
His online presence depends on other Republicans keeping his name and brand alive for their own interests on social media
Wednesday
We need to talk about Kevin McCarthy
Why is the House minority leader more concerned about what Democrats think?
Saturday
There is no appetite for the Paul Ryan doctrine
Trump showed in 2016 that a socially conservative, economically liberal platform is the key to the future
Thursday
Tim Scott’s rebuttal marches the GOP towards obscurity
Scott preached to the choir while Biden spoke to the country
Saturday
If anything, America has an under-incarceration problem
The victims of violent crime are paying the price
