John Ganz

To understand the intellectual coordinates of Trumpism we must look in unconventional places.

John Ganz offers a whirlwind tour of the cranks, conservatives, and con artists who helped remake the American right at the turn of the 21st century.

What was in the water circa 1992?

In ‘When the Clock Broke,’ John Ganz revisits the era of Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot to find the roots of our populist moment.

All that’s past isn’t necessarily present.

On how Europe’s interwar period informs the present.

The rise of a violent authoritarian state under Trump unveils a deep uncertainty over what America is.

Conservatives might be tempted to hold up Reagan as representative of a nobler era. They’d be wrong.

Eight years into the fascism debate, few skeptics seem to be willing to admit that they were wrong.

The rivalry of two men tells the story of how Democrats fumbled with their traditional base—and how they can win again.

Richard Beck’s “Homeland” traces the far-reaching aftereffects of the attacks and tries to recover the events of the day, as they happened.

In a new book, “Did it Happen Here?,” scholars debate what the F-word conceals and what it reveals.

The “forgotten American” mythology of the POW/MIA movement continues to haunt our politics today.