tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post4534861743812951640..comments2024-01-08T05:15:14.232-08:00Comments on Buckhorn Road: What's the matter with Kansas, indeed?W.R. Chandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908482384887766964noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-31529782749677931582010-09-11T17:35:28.910-07:002010-09-11T17:35:28.910-07:00I don't think Thomas Frank ever taught at Berk...I don't think Thomas Frank ever taught at Berkeley. He edited a magazine call the Baffler and wrote longer articles for other magazines before writing for the WSJ. One of the reasons Mr. Frank is interesting is his contempt for identity politics and the intellectual class (while he does defend learning, reading, and intelligence).<br /><br />Frank's view is a little more complex. He notes that the Democrats, the adult wing of the corporate party, don't have much of an interest in challenging corporations and don't provide any kind of plausible economic narrative to the middle class and poorer. He does have a theme that opportunistic politicians who get voted in based on values rarely deliver the goods while harming the economic interests of the people who voted them in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com