“above all, intellectual. Anti-intellectualism is one of the grand unifying themes of the backlash, the mutant strain of class war that underpins… — Thomas Frank War Copy Share Image
The only truly individualistic health-care choice - where you receive care that is unpolluted by anyone else's funds - is to forgo… — Thomas Frank Care Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not a doctrine of contentment. Not a doctrine for the satisfied and the smug. It's a politics that's at war… — Thomas Frank Conservatism Copy Share Image
A president aiming for 'Great' or 'Near Great' status must do more. He must give lots of interviews, make records accessible, and… — Thomas Frank Academia Copy Share Image
“Innovation liberalism is "a liberalism of the rich," to use the straightforward phrase of local labor leader Harris Gruman. This doctrine has… — Thomas Frank Child care Copy Share Image
Media bias has been a favorite theme of the Right for decades, of course. — Thomas Frank Bias Copy Share Image
Presidential legacies are valuable things, too valuable to be left up to historians. — Thomas Frank Historian Copy Share Image
A lot of populists after populism died just became socialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, socialism looked like it was… — Thomas Frank 20th century Copy Share Image
“And so the catastrophe of 1929–33 did to the certainties of laissez-faire economics what science did to nineteenth-century religion and what the… — Thomas Frank Business leaders Copy Share Image
Vibrancy is so universally desirable, so totemic in its powers, that even though we aren't sure what the word means, we know… — Thomas Frank Believe Copy Share Image
Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of… — Thomas Frank Administration Copy Share Image
Massive inequality, we have learned, isn't the best way to run an economy after all. And when you think about it, it's… — Thomas Frank Best Copy Share Image
Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion. — Thomas Frank Blame Copy Share Image
Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular god and all the world thrilled to behold the amazing… — Thomas Frank Airports Copy Share Image
As it happens, Chicago is the nation's leader in municipal privatization efforts. That's right: The city that conservatives portray as the citadel… — Thomas Frank Back Copy Share Image
We the people say it loud and clear every Election Day, in high-crime periods as well as peaceful stretches - More of… — Thomas Frank Bars Copy Share Image
Conservatives may believe that impoverished borrowers destroyed Wall Street. But we liberals will not fool ourselves that stupid bankers sank conservatism for… — Thomas Frank Bankers Copy Share Image
“But such people (Moderate Conservatives) aren't liberal. What they are is corporate. Their habits and opinions owe far more to the standards… — Thomas Frank Business Copy Share Image
Vote to stand tall against terrorists ; receive Social Security privatization . Vote to strike a blow against elitism; receive a social… — Thomas Frank Blow Copy Share Image
Money never seems to be interested in strengthening regulatory agencies, for example, but always in subverting them, in making them miss the… — Thomas Frank Agency Copy Share Image
Thanks to a deal finalized in 2008, Chicago's parking meters will be operated for the next 75 years by a group of… — Thomas Frank Chicago Copy Share Image
Privatizing bits of the prison industry was a step in the right direction, but what we didn't have - until recently -… — Thomas Frank Bits Copy Share Image
Americans have known about mounting inequality and king-sized Wall Street bonuses for years. But we also had an entire genre of journalism… — Thomas Frank Bonus Copy Share Image
There is something uniquely depressing about the fact that the National Portrait Gallery's version of the Barack Obama 'Hope' poster previously belonged… — Thomas Frank Administration Copy Share Image
