11/10/2016
"But where these experts heard incoherent specifics, many voters heard a consistent deeper theme: A promise to work hard at restoring left-behind Americans’ dignity by bringing back jobs and striking back at the cultural elites who disdain them.
This story is not merely crucial for understanding this extraordinary election. It is also the lodestar for cultural renewal and better politics, no matter one’s place on the ideological spectrum. Leaders on both sides will likely take issue with some parts of Mr. Trump’s agenda. But all must contend with the central reality he has unearthed—the hunger for dignity in communities where it is most absent." http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-donald-trump-filled-the-dignity-deficit-1478734436
AEI’s Arthur C. Brooks writes about Donald Trump’s appeal: Over the past half century, the percentage of working-age men outside the workforce doubled.