Peter Spiliakos
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What Will GOP Powerbrokers Do in a Trump–DeSantis Contest?
Conservative talk-radio hosts and Republicans elected to statewide office could help DeSantis in a primary against Trump — but he must make the race close, first. → Read More
Obama Should Not Have Canceled Birthday Party
By getting vaccinated and getting on with his life, Obama would have been setting exactly the right example. → Read More
The Breaking of Stephen Colbert
Fifteen years ago, Stephen Colbert was a more original comic than Jon Stewart, but the demands of nightly doses of craven partisanship for year upon year has ruined him. → Read More
For Conservatives Confronting Corporate Wokeness, Failure Theater Is the Real Enemy
Republicans who threaten in order to get headlines but don’t act on their threats are playing Republican voters for chumps. → Read More
The GOP’s Post-Trump Tightrope Walk
The challenge for conservative populism will be to construct an agenda that responds to concerns of wage-earners of all races and ethnicities, without flying off into Trumpian hyperbole. It will be difficult, but if conservative populists want a workers’ party, they will have to make workers a better offer. → Read More
The Zombie Reaganism Trap
Zombie Reaganism is the application of a distorted version of 1980s Republican politics to a very different time, causing Republican politicians to focus on the wrong things, and costing conservatives the trust of many Americans. → Read More
Josh Hawley’s New Deal
Hawley argued that social conservatives had gotten a bad deal from the current Republican Party in his response to the 'Bostock' decision. → Read More
Don’t Blame Bleachgate
The early rally-round-the-flag effect was reversed by Trump’s flirtations with the unpopular anti-lockdown cause. → Read More
Trade Yes, Dependence on China No
Foreign-owned factories produce hundreds of thousands of cars and employ tens of thousands of American workers. If we want to encourage American production of key products, that could be a model. → Read More
How Warren Wooed the White Left
Warren’s candidacy has endured because she carefully & consistently went after college-educated whites, while Beto and Harris misunderstood and offended them. → Read More
The Simpsons and the Cowardice of Tribal Comedy
The attempt at humor is perfunctory. Too bad for those who would rather laugh than hear their political views validated. → Read More
Corporate Power and the Public Square
The law must protect Internet users from the ideological encroachment of big business. → Read More
The Choices We Pretend Not to Make
The set of policies and institutions that incentivize marriage for the affluent and disincentivize it for the poorest is a choice. → Read More
The Demoralizing of the GOP (and America)
For decades the GOP was on the ideological side of the interest-group/ideology spectrum. The core of the party was a fusion of economic & social conservatism. → Read More
The Calvinball World of Elite White Liberals
Elite white liberals expect to be the only ones to make up the rules. → Read More
Star Wars and the Culture-War Vortex
Critics of recent Star Wars movies exaggerate the political aspects of the films, while defenders of the films focus on trolls to avoid scrutiny of artistic weaknesses. → Read More
Decline is a Choice (Partly)
Our daily blog content exclusive to the web hits on hot topics in both religion and public life and will keep you informed and entertained all week. → Read More
Reince Priebus and the GOP’s Moral Disaster
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Tom Cotton, Lindsey Graham, and the Future of the GOP
In the immigration debate, Tom Cotton has gained points among Republicans. Lindsey Graham has lost some ... → Read More
How Anti-Trump Intellectuals Help Trump
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