After Wisconsin
The front-runners took it on the chin in last night’s Wisconsin primaries. Ted Cruz beat Donald Trump, 48% to 35%, while Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton by a similar margin, 57% to 43%.
So, what did we learn from these results?
Republicans
Cruz cruises: Last night’s victory was an impressive one for Cruz, ...Articles of note
“The Obama doctrine,” The Atlantic, by Jeffrey Goldberg
“Chaos in the family, chaos in the state: the white working class’s dysfunction,” National Review, by Kevin Williamson
“What Donald Trump gets pretty much right, and completely wrong, on China,” New York Times, by Neil Irwin
“What happens when Wal-Mart dumps ...
Takeaways from the Ides of March primaries
The Ides of March primaries won’t be seen as turning points in world history, but they were pretty critical in determining who will be the parties’ 2016 presidential candidates.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won big last night. There were ...
Trump: a monster made by PC
The elite can’t fight The Donald because it unwittingly created him.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Articles of note
“The Republican Party is shattering,” Wall Street Journal, by Peggy Noonan
“What are the core differences between Republicans and Democrats?” Marginal Revolution, by Tyler Cowen
“Justice Department grants immunity to staffer who set up Clinton email server,” Washington Post, by Adam Goldman
“Hillary Clinton, ‘smart power’ and a dictator’s ...
From the GOP to the EU: the crumbling of the elites
In the first episode of spiked’s new, weekly radio show, I spoke with Tom Slater, spiked’s deputy editor, about the rise of Donald Trump and the crumbling of the Republican establishment.
Tom also speaks with the Brussels correspondent for The Times ...
The rise of Trump and the fall of the Republican establishment
The crisis of the GOP is greater than people realize.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Articles of note
“Inside the Republican Party’s desperate mission to stop Donald Trump,” New York Times, by Alexander Burns, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin
“A Trump wave is on the way,” USA Today, by Glenn Reynolds
“Why Clinton is connecting with black voters – and Sanders isn’t,” The Atlantic, by David A. ...
Trump, Sanders and the new American populism
These two candidates are shaking up a staid political life. Good.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Takeaways from South Carolina and Nevada
Last night Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton advanced towards securing their respective party nominations for president.
Trump won handily in the Republicans’ primary in South Carolina, taking 32.5% of the vote, ahead of Marco Rubio with 22.5% ...
ABOUT SEAN COLLINS
I write about American current affairs for Spiked, the online magazine. I am a native New Yorker, and I divide my time between New York City and upstate New York.
In addition to articles for Spiked, The Australian and other publications, I contributed an essay, "BDS: Demonizing Israel, Destroying Free Speech," for the book Unsafe Space: The Crisis of Free Speech on Campus (2016). I also wrote a chapter on New York City's economy for the book London After Recession: A Fictitious Capital? (2012).
My writings have been cited in American Conservative, Arts & Letters Daily, the Financial Times, Fox News, the Huffington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the New York Times, Real Clear Politics, and the Times of London, among other media.
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