A biography for Joy Reidhasn’t been written yet.
“There is a twinge of abandonment that comes with being a member of the African Diaspora. But 'Black Panther' fearlessly introduces and then complicates this and other deeply held albeit rarely expressed emotions; that indeed is what makes this film so profoundly innovative.”
“Americans are locked into our traditions.”
“American populist politics has a long tradition, from Andrew Jackson to Huey Long to Joseph McCarthy. But the politician Trump is most like could be George Wallace.”
“Wakanda, in short, is the Africa of black dreams.”
“In the 1950s, the black men and women and their white allies who fought for civil rights and basic human dignity could look to the federal government. If the racist sheriff and his troops beat them with batons or sprayed them and their children with water cannons, the attorney general would act.”
“Whether on guns, race, culture or feminism, there really are two Americas.”
“If a novel were written about Florida's administration of its healthcare for the working poor, an appropriate title might be: 'Don't get sick, and God help you if you do.'”
“Trump has humbled our country under the shadow of China's autocrat Xi Jinping.”
“If politics were a high school movie, Republicans would be the jocks and mean girls locking hapless freshmen inside their lockers and threatening to call in their rich parents if the teachers complain - plus the broke kids who are always willing to strong-arm homework for them from the nerds.”
“Our love of Hollywood-style glamour helped elect two presidents: JFK and Reagan, who fulfilled the prophecy that a country so enamored of actors would eventually make one their president.”
“Dwight Eisenhower presented a face of America that was heroic and resolute; Ronald Reagan represented a return to confidence and glamour after the weary Carter years.”
“Hillary Clinton's time in the Senate indicates she is happier being a policy workhorse than a show horse.”
“When he ran for president in 2008, Mr. Obama was the candidate of the young and the demographically ascendant. He eventually attracted strong majorities among African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans and voters under 30.”
“The abuse of congressional power for pure partisan gain has become a specialty of the GOP.”
“Local government is a gamble that can have disastrous consequences when it fails.”
“For many Americans - many humans - Trump's presidency can often feel unbearable.”
“To be sure, the Trump administration is shot through with corruption.”
“I multitask and always have the TV on in the background. If I need to focus, I generally have to turn off the TV.”
“Even at its most outrageous early moments, the Tea Party movement was treated to sober and at times breathless media coverage, to the point of being invited to co-host a presidential debate.”
“Ailes built a Kingdom of Yes. That was his genius. He understood the id of many white conservatives - their sense of constant persecution and victimization; and their existential fears of an America whose racial makeup, sexual mores and gender roles were careening in the opposite direction of the country of their childhood.”