Thomas Frank is an American political analyst, historian, and journalist. He co-founded and edited The Baffler magazine.
Frank is the author of the books, What’s the Matter with Kansas? (2004) and Listen, Liberal (2016), among others. From 2008 to 2010 he wrote, “The Tilting Yard”, a column in The Wall Street Journal.
Is Thomas Frank liberal or conservative?
Frank was a College Republican, but he 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 (2008) as “[b]ad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe the government is bad.