Opinion | The Real Reason Trump and Vance Hate Being Called ‘Weird’

Both Trump and his Democratic opponents violated long-standing democratic norms, although the media focused only on Trump’s transgressions—both real and imaginary.

Once the fog of political warfare that surrounds an election has cleared, we could discover that most of our fellow citizens are not irredeemably indifferent to Trump’s evident vices; that whatever explains their attachment to the president, it is not that they repudiate the values he does not respect. Our tribal prejudices are at their worst in mo

People with a far-right conservative mindset are the staunchest guardians of the country’s core ideals and will keep pressing to revive a long-lost way of life. These more extreme groups are also prone to believe conspiracy theories, and they’re wrong more than they’re right—but that's their job, because sometimes the mainstream really is wrong abo

This contrast between the interactive content that “people crave” and the “traditional media” that has become outmoded has taken on a political cast since the election. In a New Yorker item, Joshua Rothman argues that “Democrats preach while Republicans riff” — i.e. Democrats operate like the nattering nabobs of traditional media while Republicans