The many controversial people appointed to the Trump administration, from Elon Musk to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have at least ...

Richard Hofstadter’s Pulitzer Prize–winning book Anti-intellectualism in American Life was published 60 years ago this month. In it, the historian suggests that American culture has recast the role of ...

Kennedy Jr., have at least one thing in common: They dislike and distrust experts. While anti-intellectualism and populism are nothing new in American life, there has hardly been an administration ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad While anti-intellectualism and populism are nothing new in American life, there has hardly been an administration as seemingly committed to these ...