Immigration Furor Flares in Farm Bill Fight
Tempers are flaring over immigration in the House of Representatives, and on Friday, the vitriol over the issue reached a new level. With the farm […]
Republicans
The Trump Coalition and the Electoral College
The Electoral College has been in the news recently despite the fact that the presidential election is still over two years off. President Trump kicked […]
Iran Nuclear Deal and North Korean Talks: The Difference
There is a remarkable contrast between the current state of the North Korean negotiations and the recently decertified Iran nuclear agreement. In August, President Trump […]
Outside the Defensible Perimeter
Five years ago, my husband and I bought a house in the emptiest county in America. We went there because the night sky is so […]
The Miraculous Image Rehabilitation of Former GOP Presidents
When Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, many in the media considered him a dangerous extremist. Some reporters warned that Reagan courted nuclear war […]
Requiem for McCain
This is our lot if we live so long and labour unto the end—Then we outlive the impatient years and the much too patient friend:And […]
Amnesty: The Rasputin of American Policy
President Obama’s illegal amnesty is turning out to be the Rasputin of the policy world. Every time you think it’s dead, it somehow staggers on. […]
‘Blue Wave’ Election vs. ‘Green Wave’ Economy
America’s economy is booming—people are working; job growth continues; consumer confidence is soaring; other economic indicators show increasing optimism. All of this a testament to […]
The Deep State Mob Targets Nunes
In an absurd tweet on Wednesday, Lawfare’s executive director suggested that Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) should be replaced as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee: […]
Is the Midwest the Next South for the Democratic Party?
When President Trump presided over a business roundtable in Cleveland last weekend, it was one of several events he has hosted in the Midwest since […]
Thoughts on ‘Unfettered Power’
Where to start? The phrase “unfettered power,” to which I will return, may put you in mind of Lord Acton’s famous observation that “power corrupts, […]
House Freedom Caucus: Don’t Trivialize Impeachment
House Freedom Caucus members have prepared articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The reasoning behind this absurd tactic? They don’t like the […]
Enough Obstruction: McConnell and the Senate Need to Work
Draining the D.C. swamp takes two critical things: willpower and manpower. President Trump has plenty of the former. But his attempts to gain the latter are […]
How to Revive a Roast
An open letter to the scribes who organized last Saturday’s White House Correspondents Dinner: Given your recent public relations wreck, these words are a little […]
The GOP Foreign Policy Establishment is Getting Schooled
If you asked the leading foreign policy experts in the Republican Party—those great minds who have dedicated their lives to the history, the economics, the […]
A Tax Cut Worthy of a Worker’s GOP
Republican Congressional leaders are talking about voting on a second tax cut bill later this year. The tax cuts passed last year were made permanent […]
Evan McMullin: A Colonoscopy
Here is a trivia question that no one will get right in the coming years: Name a Republican candidate for president in 2016 who attracted […]
An Imminent Counterattack Begins the Fight of Our Lives
Unparalleled government abuses of power are about to become public. The question is what we, the people, will do in response to this overt attempt […]
DACA Delay Exposes Hypocritical Republican Congress
Donald Trump as a candidate vowed, “We will immediately terminate President Obama’s two illegal executive amnesties.” In particular, he promised to roll back the Deferred […]
Mr. President, End the Collusion . . . in the Healthcare Industry
Between December 31, 2008 and April 2018, the S&P 500 saw 177 percent growth. By any measure, a strong performance for that nearly 10 year […]