State elections in Germany constitute a “political earthquake”, given the surge in support for upstart parties on the far right and far left. Writing in Spiked, Sabine Beppler-Spahl figures such tremors are the result of “government failure”, as crime rates and illegal immigration rise and the economy goes sideways. If the traditional voices can’t fix things, she argues, voters are prepared to let others give it a try.
Not Your Grandparents’ Kennedy
The makers of Trix and Lucky Charms recently promised to remove synthetic dyes from their products, notes Kevin Roberts in The American Mind. “Nobody forced them,” he observes. “They read the room.” And the elephant in that room is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a Trump cabinet member and ringmaster of the “Make America Healthy Again” crusade. Kennedy’s Herculean tasks include battling entrenched interests while redirecting a nation that is disproportionately fat, out of shape, chronically ill and drug-dependent.
