Is Ryan’s Exit the End of the Permanent Bipartisan Fusion Party?
Paul Ryan’s announcement Wednesday that he is not running for re-election from his hitherto safe district in Wisconsin, coming as it did amidst the media-fueled […]
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Good Riddance, Mr. Speaker
In 2016, Wisconsin turned red for Donald Trump but Paul Ryan’s Janesville remained stubbornly blue—so perhaps it is no surprise that the speaker of the […]
Twitter’s Jack Likes Article Vowing War on Republicans. Bring It
When two California progressives write a sophomoric think piece about how to dispense with the country’s ruling political party, most sensible people don’t take it […]
Washington’s Fantasies Are Not People’s Reality
The Beltway’s sober and judicious foreign-policy establishment laments Donald Trump’s purported dismantling of the postwar order. They apparently take the president’s words as deeds and […]
Revenge of NeverTrump: Mr. Murphy Makes a War Room
President Trump should be afraid. Very afraid. No, not of the flailing Robert Mueller investigation or the latest accusations by porn star Stormy Daniels. He […]
This Monstrosity of a Spending Bill Will Hurt Republicans
The omnibus spending bill passed in the dead of night and signed into law Friday, on the eighth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, is […]
‘Never Again’? Omnibus Bill Is a Product of the Swamp
Thinking about the $1.3 trillion—that’s “trillion” with a “t” for “terrifying”—omnibus spending bill that President Trump signed on Friday, I wonder who is most unhappy […]
A Night At the Opera with Tenor Trey Gowdy
Mark Twain once wrote, “A southerner talks music.” U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy’s operatic molasses-and-cream voice, and a wardrobe’s worth of changing hairdos, memorably color the […]
Judge, Lest Ye Be Judged!
Evangelicals and Christians are now under intense public pressure to condemn one particular adulterer. Weirdly, this pressure comes from many of the same people who […]
Pessimistically Optimistic for the Midterms
Democrat Conor Lamb’s upset win last week in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has led many observers to claim an electoral tsunami is about to hit […]
Democrats, NeverTrump Finally Have a Jobs Plan
With the decisive midterm elections just months away, Democrats are finally rolling out a long-awaited jobs program in hopes of wooing disaffected, working-class voters back […]
It’s Time to Let the GOP Die
After watching the results of the recent special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, I came to a sobering conclusion: the Republican Party, as an […]
Biggest Loser in Pennsylvania? Polling
That Conor Lamb squeaked out the narrowest of victories in a pre-midterm election is hardly surprising. Although Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton there by 20 […]
Trump is Reviving American Republicanism
Late on election night, as befuddled pundits finally accepted that Trump, against all predictions, had been elected president, the question arose: “What then should this […]
Russia is Destabilizing America with Democrats’ Help
Colonel Stanislav Lunev defected from Russia to America in 1992. He came with a warning: Never mind the end of the Cold War. Russia was […]
Donald Trump on Love and Justice
One of the most revealing moments of Donald Trump’s presidency so far went completely unnoted. “We all learned a lot,” he said following his recent […]
Parkland, Populism, and a Doomed Generation
Democracy dies in darkness, but truth dies in broad daylight in a culture that no longer values the rule of law and the primacy of […]
Trump Enforces Immigration Law
Americans could view immigration policy three ways: Through the lens of a citizen, a client, or a consumer. First, there is the small r-republican view […]
Schiff Losing the Memo Wars
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) launched the third salvo in the “Great Memo Wars” over the weekend, and after overshooting his target, it’s apparent that […]
Equal Justice Under Law: ‘Well, We’re Waiting’
Atop the entrance to the United States Supreme Court is engraved a solemn promise for every American to see: “Equal Justice Under Law.” Unconscionably, it […]