T’was a Nice Republic, While It Lasted
On or around 9 a.m. EST, on July 24, 2019, as a gentle breeze wafted over the gingerly groomed Kentucky bluegrass grounds of the National […]
Republicans
Confessions of a Recovering Neoconservative
The realignment of the political Right has prompted a public confessional of sorts, a raw acknowledgement that millions of us were led astray by Republiican […]
Democrats’ Attack Machine Revs Up Against Ratcliffe
Twenty minutes before President Trump announced Sunday afternoon on Twitter that Representative John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) would be his choice to replace Dan Coats as the […]
Fiscal Conservatism, R.I.P.
The drama over congressional testimony from Special Counsel Robert Mueller this week obscured other important legislation before Congress—like the mammoth $2 trillion, two-year budget deal […]
Focus on the White House, Not the House, in 2020
Although we have many reasons to be optimistic about the 2020 election, there is one particular battle in which we would be wise instead to […]
Lara Trump Tries to Fix Her Party’s Woman Problem
Last week, one month before she was set to give birth to her second child, Lara Trump came to King of Prussia, Pennsylvania to kick […]
Republicans, Don’t Screw Up the Mueller Hearing
Republicans will have a chance to redeem themselves this week after the farce they helped create: The special counsel investigation into alleged “collusion” between Russia […]
Are Jews Ready to Pass Over the Democrats?
Yeah, OK, bad pun. But a bit of shtick to open this column seemed appropriate. The allegiance of so many Jews to the Democrats is […]
Stiffening the Backbone of the Right
Many people seem surprised that CNN gave a platform to white-supremacist Richard Spencer this week. They angrily decry the outrageous hypocrisy of the Left putting […]
Party, Personality, a Big Name, and a Primary in Western Michigan
Peter Meijer’s decision to run for Congress in Western Michigan was a surprise to no one who knows the 31-year-old Grand Rapids native. He is […]
Who Is for Middle America?
The late Edward Abbey, an irascible and irreverent American environmentalist, took aim at the immigration ideologues in terms still relevant for our time: “The conservatives […]
High-Skilled Immigrants Act Is a Sop to Big Tech
In a rare moment of bipartisanship last week, Democrats and Republicans joined hands to make a small, but fundamental change to our immigration system. Not […]
Jilted Again! The NeverTrump-Left Alliance Crumbles
The political misfits known as NeverTrumpers are begging for allies ahead of next year’s presidential election—and, as usual, they aren’t looking to the Right. This […]
In North Carolina Special, National Questions Intrude on Local Issues
By the end of the summer, towns such as this will be flooded with national reporters covering the special election for the 9th Congressional District.
The Cowardice of the College Republicans
One would think that in the age of a massively successful Republican president like Donald Trump, most conservative college organizations would be rushing to hitch […]
A ‘Green Book’ for Conservatives?
Last year, an Oscar-winning movie made known to many of us what the “Green Book” was—a guidebook listing accommodations for the African American traveler during […]
Mike Lee Backs Big Tech Crony Capitalism
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) has long warned against the dangers of crony capitalism, which he defines as “an unholy union of big government, big […]
How Romney and the Anti-Trump GOP Fueled the Border Crisis
The crisis at the southern U.S. border proves at least one thing to be true: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is more honest than Senator Mitt […]
Ron DeSantis is What the Trump Movement Should Be
Could the 46th governor of Florida go on to become the 46th president of the United States? It goes without saying that the excruciatingly narrow […]
Richard Trumka and Big Labor Try to Come Home
Richard Trumka needed to come home. Walking into the union hall at the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers building along the Monongahela River, the AFL-CIO president […]