Understanding Forces

Without much comment, I'm posting below links to three pieces from the past day or so that cast light on the rise of the current populist insurgency--and explore how politics might look should populism continue to grow.

Laura Ingraham looks at the establishment's stubborn refusal to adapt.

Ben Domenech argues that Donald Trump's campaign is a "beta-test of a cure that the American people are trying out."

Reihan Salam asserts that catering to corporatists opened the door to Trumpism and argues that policy reform will be required in order to respond to popular anxiety.