Trump's rise is the return of the demagogue

Like Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot before him, the Republican frontrunner plays on voters’ worst fears. But the toxicity of his message – and his success – far eclipses theirsThe rally In Lowell, Massachusetts, was a classic Donald Trump event: 8,000 people packing the venue to capacity, a crowd still angry over the loss of manufacturing jobs (long ago, Lowell was the center of a vibrant textiles industry) and an influx of immigrants to the area. On this cold day in January, Trum