Was Trump Really an Exception?
Republican strategy should be focused on playing up Democratic scandals before their adversaries start the mudslinging. The hell with striking a “positive note”!
A Study in Unflattering Contrasts
Chuck Schumer’s chutzpah in doing anything to maintain and expand his party’s power stands in depressing contrast to the go-along attitude shown by Republican congressional leaders.
The Single-Mindedness of the Democratic Party
If Democrats can get their way legislatively within the next few months, they may do better than expected in November.
Wokeness is Dangerous
The critical question concerning the future of wokeness is to what extent it remains useful as an instrument of power.
Regretting and Excusing Are Not the Same
Regimes that embattled minorities are on the streets protesting are not there by accident. Voters made choices.
A Peevish Review Misunderstands ‘Claremont Conservatism’
Shifting political alliances have joined students of Harry Jaffa and traditionalists against the thinly disguised Straussian atheists on the Left.
Rhetorical vs. Historical Distinctions
It may be fair to assume that Victor Davis Hanson’s attack on the “blue Confederate states” is a political exercise, not the professional scholarship he offers elsewhere.
Kamala and Pete—Two Peas in a Woke Pod
The Democrats might not be able to drag their limping heroes to victory this time.
Speculating About Trump’s Future
Trump’s move into high tech may be more significant for Trump’s political future than the possible effects of the Virginia election.
The Veneration of the Obamas
What has Barack Obama done to deserve his standing as a national moral leader?
Old Wine in New NeverTrump Bottles
Rich Lowry’s latest pontifications tell us nothing very different from the anti-Trump mantra that he and his magazine have featured for the last five years.
Dealing Honestly with Election Issues
However extravagant may be his phrasing, former President Trump’s insistence that the election of 2020 was rigged is entirely true and it remains an urgent problem.
Misplaced Nostalgia Obscures Truth About the Left
Our social and political deterioration did not start with Joe Biden’s election or Jonathan Greenblatt’s elevation to the leadership of the Anti-Defamation League.
Race Card is the Reliable Glue for a Fractured Left
If anything can hold together these disparate groups with otherwise irreconcilable differences, it is the prospect of playing the race card against the Deplorables.
Antifa and the Mainstreaming of Antifascism
Through violence and its ability to create extensive support systems, Antifa looks very much like early National Socialism.
Faulty Recall
National Review’s ongoing hostility to MAGA voters misses the real story of the California election.
Liberalism Isn’t What it Used to Be
For writers at Salon “liberal” signifies whatever they and their circle of groupies would like it to mean and has little attachment to historical reality.
The Unchanging Telos of the Democrats
Biden is right: importing thousands of Afghan refugees is a “success”—for the Democrats’ plan to transform America.
The Emerging One-Party State
Republicans would do well to abstain from misleading talk about “bipartisanship” and refer to the Democrats as what they really are: a totalitarian threat to our constitutional system.
Protecting Us From COVID: Politics and Reality
Americans may be allowed to feel skepticism as we watch self-identified Democrats running to mask up again.