Jim Sleeper, a writer and teacher on American civic culture and politics and a lecturer in political science at Yale, is the author of 'The Closest of Strangers: Liberalism and the Politics of Race in New York' (W.W. Norton, 1990) and 'Liberal Racism' (Viking, 1997, Rowman & Littlefield, 2002). More of his articles and commentary are available at jimsleeper.com.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe right to have visiting rightsMay's not the only one trying to have it both ways. Before Trump’s election, the US, long-heralded (and...
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Published in: HomeA word about Trump from the American republic's foundersAnd a warning to Republicans who claim to revere them.
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Published in: HomeThe die is cast: why Trump can’t help but try dictatorshipAmerica’s founding fathers read intently Gibbon's account of how Augustus eviscerated the Roman republic’s remaining...
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Published in: HomeGazing into the abyssBoth parties are to blame and it has cost all of us a republic.
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Published in: HomeNot Hitler or Augustus, but a hybrid that shows what the American polity is becoming“Our national crisis isn’t really about Trump; it’s about what’s happening to the American people.” Long essay.
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Published in: HomeBlimey, it could be the unconstraining voiceAnthony Barnett’s book on BREXIT prompts the hope that Britain will continue to inspire both the US and Europe to...