Michael Kimmel

He spends his working days in a barely suppressed panic that he will be discovered to be a fraud, that his big secret will be exposed.

What unites Donald Trump’s supporters, apparently, is not their racism, their class position, or their xenophobic anti-immigrant positions.

Here’s a little experiment.

My wife and I were among the nearly 28 million Americans who watched the final match of the Women’s World Cup in July, Skyping all the while with our soccer-fanatic son who was abroad.