BY FROMA HARROP Over a century ago, William Jennings Bryan presided over mass rallies of mostly middle-class Americans angry about economic inequities. The Tea Party activists gathered in Washington last weekend for Glenn Beck’s event shared similar concerns. Both leaders framed their populist mission in Christian terms. But Bryan’s people knew the source of their insecurity. Beck’s don’t. Bryan’s populists blamed unregulated banks and industrial mammoths for oppressing the middle class on down. They wanted […]
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