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The Reality of the Fake News Hysteria
Since the 2016 election, “fake news” has become a stunningly popular topic among politicians in America and around the world. As of November 2017, the term’s usage had increased by 365 percent since 2016. Donald Trump played a major role in its popularization, with his attacks on the media often laced with the term “fake…
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Why the 2016 Election Was Not the Worst Election in American History
I generally despise using generalizations without near-encyclopedic citations. However, it must be stated: the 2016 election received universal criticism. Nobody beamed with pride at either set of candidates. Many Americans loathed both tandems and gritted their teeth at the ballot box. If an American did vote for one of the two sides enthusiastically, they firmly…
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Why Trump Can Never be an Autocrat
On October 30, 2017, conservative writer and intellectual Norman Ornstein spoke at Washington University in St. Louis to promote a book he co-wrote, One Nation After Trump. He argued that the Trump presidency is leading the way toward autocracy (government by one person), kleptocracy (government by thieves), and kakistocracy (government by the worst). In fact,…
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Table Talk
Watching the sunrise through the window, I remain in the same spot I first sat down in eighteen hours prior. The diner had cleared out except for my best friend and me in a booth, and the people working the early shift. The sound of the coffee brewing and our stomachs grumbling from a sugar…
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An Interview with Norm Ornstein
On Oct. 30, the Washington University Political Review sat down with Norm Ornstein, a national commentator, political scientist, and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. We asked Dr. Ornstein about his recently published book, the state of Washington, the situation facing the American press corps, the Republican Party’s present and future, and more. What…
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Addressing Democracy
Zack: “Hey, come on, come get pizza with Rob and me.” Jack: “Nah, I’ll pass. I’m not hungry right now.” Zack: “But we want you to.” Jack: “I’m deciding not to.” Zack: “Too bad. There’s two of us and one of you, so you’re outvoted. Majority rules. You have to come and get pizza with…
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Enough About the White Working Class
An emerging theme from the media’s analysis of the 2016 election is that the Democrats failed to connect with the white working class voters in the heartlands that voted in large droves for President Trump. That is, Hillary Clinton should have spent more time in the Rust Belt. There has been a borderline obsession with…
