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Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama shows conservatives are all about the culture war now
The president sided with the establishment on this one. His voters had other plans. → Read More
Football, America’s favorite weekend social space, is being corrupted by politics
The escapism it provides is a real good. The players and the president have hurt their causes by intruding on it. → Read More
Barack Obama’s failed policies still linger as we approach the 10-year anniversary of the recession
An economic crash that finished off an age of innocence—and helped usher in the Age of Trump. → Read More
Bernie Sanders’ Medicare-for-all bill masks the Democratic Party’s true crisis
Even health care doesn't play well for them anymore. → Read More
Is Populism Dead?
Why did the formidable populism of yesteryear suddenly give way to elite optimism? → Read More
Why Rand Paul wouldn’t have made that deal with Democrats, but Donald Trump did
Sometimes it helps if you actually believe in something. → Read More
In Donald Trump’s shadow, the Democratic Party radicalizes and fades
They can't seem to get their message out. The contrast between 2009 and 2017 is striking. → Read More
Can we please try to keep politics and the NFL separate this season?
Of course we won't, but we should. Politicizing everything isn't woke; it's unhealthy. → Read More
Bannon's Pugnacious Restraint May Be Missed
What direction will the White House go in now? → Read More
Pathetic white nationalists go from winning to weeping as America shuns them
Thankfully, most of us have better things to do than become polarized by evil losers. Still, a danger remains. → Read More
Why I’m uneasy about tearing down Confederate statues
Not opposed necessarily — that's up to states and localities. Just uneasy. Here's why. → Read More
Trump's Crisis of Authority
In coming on too strong, he came off as weak. → Read More
The white supremacists in Charlottesville were trying to co-opt the right — we should make it clear that they’re not welcome
They called their violent march "Unite the Right" for a reason. Conservatives need to fight back. → Read More
Diplomacy is Donald Trump’s best option on North Korea—in fact it’s his only option
From Clinton onward, America's approach to North Korea has been a failure. Now Trump needs to get it right. → Read More
So far, Donald Trump has actually been tougher on Russia than Barack Obama
The Russian expulsion of American diplomats is only the latest example of how the media's favorite narrative has been dead wrong. → Read More
Democrats still have no clue how to beat Donald Trump
They've embarked on a listening tour through Red America. The results have been hilarious. → Read More
Donald Trump seems to think Jeff Sessions is his personal lawyer
The president seems to have a fundamental misconception of what his attorney general is supposed to do. → Read More
Jeff Sessions is the latest outcast in Trump’s “Lord of the Flies” administration
The AG and Trump reportedly have an irreparable relationship. Meanwhile, chaos persists throughout the rest of the administration. → Read More
No, the GOP is not becoming the party of Putin
If anything its ideology has become less Putinist. → Read More
It boggles the mind that Republicans have bungled health reform this badly
They had six years to get this right. Congressional leadership, not Donald Trump, is to blame. → Read More