Premise: Thomas Carr Frank (born March 21, 1965) is an American political analyst, historian, journalist, and columnist for "Harper's Magazine". He wrote "The Tilting Yard" column in the "Wall Street Journal" from 2008 to 2010, and he co-founded and edited "The Baffler". He has written several books, most notably "What's the Matter with Kansas?" (2004) and "Listen, Liberal" (2016).
Hypothesis: Thomas Carr Frank is also known as Tommy-boy to his friends.