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 […]
Republicans
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 […]
With Omnibus, Trump Makes the Best of a Bad Situation
People are unhappy about the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, and just so. But while this anger at the president for signing the legislation is […]
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 […]
Will $1.3 Trillion Blobnibus Devour the GOP?
In 1958, The Blob appeared in theaters across America. The plot was standard science fiction fare: a meteor lands on the outskirts of a small […]
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 […]
Time to End Mueller’s Investigation About Nothing
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s sprawling investigation into “Trump-Russia collusion” has devolved into a ludicrous media spectacle, a meandering situation comedy “about nothing” that is in […]
Exclusive! McCabe’s ‘Secret Memos’ Revealed!
Attorney General Jeff Sessions canned FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for doing things much worse than anything Robert Mueller and his pack of Democrats accuse […]
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 […]
Immigration and Tariffs: Keys to Victory in ’18
Donald Trump is under siege. He is being hounded by a dogged, partisan special counsel intent on leading a witch hunt. Trump’s own party is […]
Pennsylvania and Populism: Lessons Missed
In all the theorizing about Democrat Conor Lamb’s narrow victory in last week’s special congressional election in Western Pennsylvania, here is one important overlooked factor: […]
The Whipped-Cream Boys of Affirmative Action
Wouldn’t it be marvelous if there were some public policy by which the United States could mitigate the shameful legacy of slavery? The descendants of […]
Why November May Spell Doom
Since the special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, Democrats have been giddy, while Republicans have tried to conjure some reason—any reason—why the PA-18 result […]
Of Course Trump Should Defend Himself
House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Sunday suggested President Trump should not publicly criticize Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into his 2016 campaign. […]
How Trump’s Protectionism Could Save the GOP
While Conservatism, Inc. continues to criticize President Trump’s new steel tariffs, its spokesmen appear incurious about the possible positive effects the tariffs may have. Not […]
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 […]
Americans Deserve a Full Hearing on the Trump-Russia Hoax
The House Intelligence Committee closed its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, concluding there is “no evidence of collusion, coordination, or conspiracy between […]
Ted Cruz, Free Trade, and the Future GOP
This is a very different Ted Cruz than I remember.” That was correspondent Kasie Hunt’s assessment on “Morning Joe” as the Republican senator from Texas […]
Poison-Pill Migration
Beginning in the 1970s, the Republican Party’s center of support shifted from the Northeast and Midwest to the Southwest and Southeastern United States. For many […]