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Thomas Carr Frank (born March 21, 1965) is an American political analyst, historian, journalist and columnist for ''Harper's Magazine''. He wrote "The Tilting Yard" column in the ''Wall Street Journal'' from 2008 to 2010, and he co-founded and edited ''The Baffler''. He has written several books, most notably ''What's the Matter with Kansas?'' (2004). Frank is a historian of culture and ideas and analyzes trends in American electoral politics and propaganda, advertising, popular culture, mainstream journalism and economics. His writing topics include the rhetoric and impact of the culture wars in American political life and the relationship between politics and culture in the United States. ==Politics== Frank started his political journey as a College Republican,〔http://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/16.Thomas_Frank〕 but has come to be highly critical of conservatism, especially the presidency of George W. Bush. Frank summarized the thesis of his book ''The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule'' as "Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad." 〔http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08012008/profile3.html〕 Frank is the founder and editor of ''The Baffler'' and the author of several books. Other writings include essays for ''Harper's Magazine'', ''Le Monde diplomatique'', ''Bookforum'', and the ''Financial Times''. His book ''What's the Matter with Kansas?'', published in 2004, earned him nationwide and international recognition. Since December 2010, Frank has written the monthly "Easy Chair" column for ''Harper's Magazine''.〔http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=187979〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Frank」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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