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Campaigns and Chaos
by Rick Perlstein | Jun 16, 2016 | Politics, Rickipedia…tion of Republican presidents. Just read Rick Perlstein! Well, I love my readers, conservative and liberal both. But the people using my historical work to make this particular argument need to read it less selectively and more attentively. Trump is a…
California Dreamin’ with Donald Trump and Alex Jones
by Rick Perlstein | Jun 1, 2016 | Election 2016, Politics, Rickipedia…unders promised us. And I’m not going to sit here and let the orange-haired monster steal it. Rick Perlstein is the Washington Spectator’s national correspondent….
The Convention That Could Have Been
by Rick Perlstein | May 12, 2016 | Election 2016, Politics, RickipediaPhoto Credit: Thomas J. O’Halloran, U.S. News & World Report Magazine When the end finally came, I felt like crying: first Ted Cruz, then John Kasich, pulling out of the presidential election, denying a political historian like me the keys to a bon…
Trump Unmasked
by Rick Perlstein | Apr 27, 2016 | Election 2016, Politics…officer atop the system? It’s time for us, together, to start thinking about what happens next. Rick Perlstein is The Washington Spectator’s national correspondent….
Avenging Angels
by Rick Perlstein | Apr 18, 2016 | Election 2016, RickipediaPhoto Credit: Derzsi Elekes Andor I’ve been studying the history of American conservatism full time since 1997—almost 20 years now. I’ve read almost every major book on the subject. I thought I knew what I was talking about. Then along comes Donald…