1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgDave Denisonhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/dave-denison/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HDxJQPsjol"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/1726-whats-the-matter-with-us-the-all-american-political-dysfunction/">What’s the Matter With Us?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/1726-whats-the-matter-with-us-the-all-american-political-dysfunction/embed/#?secret=HDxJQPsjol" width="600" height="338" title="“What’s the Matter With Us?” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="HDxJQPsjol" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> What’s the Matter with Kansas? Stand Up Fight Back: Republican Toughs, Democratic Wimps, and the Politics of Revenge Thomas Frank takes up a question that has been mostly neglected in recent popular studies of American politics. While other authors are denouncing the stupid white men who control the country, and the thieves in high places, […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402