Once it breaks down, we are all vulnerable. When anyone’s rights are violated, everyone’s rights are at risk. If the rule of ...

It Can’t Happen Here By Sinclair Lewis; Signet Classics; 416 pp., $10.99. The problem is that Lewis never actually said it. In the annals of lazy apocryphal quotes, it’s up there with “the ...

Poster for a Federal Theater production of "It Can't Happen Here" in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1937. The play was adapted from Sinclair Lewis' dystopian political novel about the rise of a U.S. dictator.

First, we must take a look at Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel about fascism, “It Can’t Happen Here.” In Lewis’ story, Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip uses populist rhetoric to ascend to the ...

The phrase ‘It can’t happen here’ comes from Sinclair Lewis’ book by the same title. It described an authoritarian presidential candidate who rose to power on a populist platform promising ...

To the editor: In 1935, Sinclair Lewis wrote a novel titled “It Can’t Happen Here,” which should be required reading for all voters this year. It is about an elected president who turns the U.S. into ...

Still, even with a new title for the piece, “It Can’t Happen Here — Again,” the effort by Writers for Democratic Action to stage free readings across the country in advance of the election ...

Lewis was inspired to write “It Can’t Happen Here” by his wife, Dorothy Thompson, a pioneering journalist. She spoke fluent German and interviewed Adolf Hitler in 1931, ...

DOWNTOWN — After its Friday night debut, “It Can’t Happen Here,” the third show of the 2024 season by Bigger Dreams Productions, will continue at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25, ...

To those who think Mr. Trump should be president again. Read the book “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. It tells the story of a man who is a belligerent and bombastic American ...