USH: Post AP Ideas Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:45:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Donald Trump Is… https://daniellazar.com/2016/01/31/donald-trump-is/ Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:56:09 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5511 Is Donald Trump truly one of a kind—a sui generis sensation in U.S. politics? As Americans try to make sense of the businessman-turned-Republican presidential frontrunner and how he’s come to dominate the polls and the airwaves in the 2016 cycle, Politico Magazine decided to consult the archives: Is there a historical figure the Donald resembles—a … Continue reading Donald Trump Is… →

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]]> Donald Trump in an Historical Perspective https://daniellazar.com/2015/08/05/5301/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 08:57:37 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5301 We are currently enjoying a master class in the art of political stupidity. Donald J. Trump has been schooling us for some time, but the Iran nuclear deal has touched off a new race to the bottom. Mike Huckabee said the agreement with Iran would “take the Israelis and march them to the door of … Continue reading Donald Trump in an Historical Perspective →

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]]> The end of capitalism has begun https://daniellazar.com/2015/08/05/the-end-of-capitalism-has-begun/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 08:41:58 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5296 Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian. I’ve raised this question–albeit with much less clarity–in class. Read Paul … Continue reading The end of capitalism has begun →

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]]> The Most Common* Job In Each State 1978-2014 https://daniellazar.com/2015/05/12/the-most-common-job-in-each-state-1978-2014/ Tue, 12 May 2015 07:17:22 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5260 …and the rise of truck drivers. from our friends at Planet Money

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]]> America’s angriest white men: Up close with racism, rage and Southern supremacy https://daniellazar.com/2013/11/23/americas-angriest-white-men-up-close-with-racism-rage-and-southern-supremacy/ Sat, 23 Nov 2013 20:50:40 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4774 Up close with small-town white rage, with bitter, scary men who feel left behind by economic and cultural change. “These are the sons of small-town America, the Jeffersonian yeoman of the nineteenth century, disfigured by global restructuring and economic downturns. They come from the “large and growing number of US citizens disaffected from and alienated … Continue reading America’s angriest white men: Up close with racism, rage and Southern supremacy →

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]]> What happened to the environmental movement? https://daniellazar.com/2013/09/20/what-happened-to-the-environmental-movement/ Fri, 20 Sep 2013 05:49:17 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4693 Adam Rome’s genial new book, “The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-in Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation” (Hill & Wang), brings to life another era. We’re as distant from Earth Day as the Battle of Gettysburg was from James Monroe’s reëlection, and Rome evokes a United States that feels, politically, like a … Continue reading What happened to the environmental movement? →

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]]> How much military is enough? https://daniellazar.com/2013/09/20/how-much-military-is-enough/ Fri, 20 Sep 2013 05:43:42 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4684 The U.S. once regarded a standing army as a form of tyranny. Now it spends more on defense than all other nations combined. Between 1998 and 2011, military spending doubled, reaching more than seven hundred billion dollars a year—more, in adjusted dollars, than at any time since the Allies were fighting the Axis. The decision … Continue reading How much military is enough? →

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]]> Post-AP Film Selections https://daniellazar.com/2013/05/25/post-ap-film-selections/ Sat, 25 May 2013 11:39:43 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4495 Here are some films to choose from. All of them are awesome. Comment below if you strongly endorse one of these films and/or if you would like to propose an alternative (if you propose an alternative I will expect that you can bring it to class): All the President’s Men: Academy Award winner of 1974 based … Continue reading Post-AP Film Selections →

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]]> Why Women Still Can’t Have It All https://daniellazar.com/2012/07/01/why-women-still-cant-have-it-all/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:37:14 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=3686 It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here’s what has to change. A discussion of Slaughter’s Atlantic piece at Slate

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]]> It's the Inequality, Stupid https://daniellazar.com/2012/06/03/its-the-inequality-stupid/ Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:56:24 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=3670 Eleven charts that explain what’s wrong with America.         More visuals from Mother Jones

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