Mark Kelly is Kamala’s best choice — and it’s not close
Kamala Harris’s ascension to the Democratic nomination has been rapid and energizing for a demoralized party that had, in some…
Biden’s media sycophants are the biggest losers of him stepping aside
The speed at which politics moves in 2024 is enough to give the American citizenry a massive case of whiplash.…
Trump has reshaped the GOP in the last decade. What comes next?
From the outset, it was inconceivable. The idea that Donald J. Trump, limousine liberal, famed for bankruptcies both financial and…
The intellectual journey of JD Vance
For someone who is not yet 40, the path JD Vance walked to become the next potential vice president of…
JD Vance is a loyal Maga man
The most surprising aspect of Donald Trump’s choice of JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate is how unsurprising…
Trump shouldn’t make the mistake of embracing false unity
In the wake of his brush with death in Butler, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump appears to be indicating that he is…
The Trump shooting is an indictment of the national mood
It was a long, hot, steamy day in Butler, Pennsylvania when someone crawled onto a rooftop that had baked in…
A Kamala Harris-Gretchen Whitmer ticket could help Democrats avoid a landslide
The mood among Washington Democrats is grim. Understanding that Joe Biden is headed toward defeat, they’ve also come to the…
The newly disciplined Trump is driving the left nuts
For years now Republicans have voiced some version of the same opinion: “If only Donald Trump could get out of…
Voters deliver lessons on a return to normalcy
Jamaal Bowman’s ignominious defeat in the Democratic primary in New York last night marked the first incumbent to go down…
Has CNN learned anything about debate moderating since 2012?
It’s been twelve years since the infamous moment when CNN’s Candy Crowley interjected herself into the presidential debate between Mitt…
Antony Blinken embodies decades of failure
There is no sign marking the entrance to Barman Dictat. The bar under 44 Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv boasts the…
CNN’s moderators must ask Biden the tough Hunter question
The upcoming June 27 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be the first of its kind — a…
Hating Caitlin Clark for all the right reasons
Over the past two weeks, one of the biggest culture war conversations in America has had absolutely nothing to do…
The ungaggable Donald Trump flames his ‘enemies’ at Trump Tower
In the same building where he once descended down a golden elevator and embarked on a campaign that would forever…
The Trump trial tedium
Donald Trump was falling asleep. The former president of the United States was, as we have all been at one…
Joe Biden’s failure is Bob Gates’s vindication
One of the most famous criticisms of Joe Biden over the years came from former Bush and Obama secretary of…
Why is Kristi Noem still humiliating herself?
The biggest question in politics right now has to be: why is Kristi Noem doing this to herself? Let’s do…
The Commission on Presidential Debates deserves to be disrespected
The Donald Trump campaign is not an organized effort with which I typically agree or endorse, but their latest statement,…
Lessons from the foreign aid votes
The past week has presented a fascinating object lesson in the continued tension over the direction of foreign policy and…
Trump’s abortion mistake
Donald Trump’s decision to weigh in on the abortion issue again at this juncture, with his most definitive statement yet…
The next Senate GOP leader won’t be super-rich. That’s a good thing
One of the two Johns — John Cornyn and John Thune — is in all likelihood going to be the…
Joe Lieberman RIP: a voice of reason in a fractious age
It is impossible for me to think of an American in politics who lived a life as full of hope as…
Lessons from Trump’s TikTok zigzag
One of the accepted media tales about the Republican Party is that because Donald Trump dominates it politically and stylistically,…
Haley is out. How can Trump pick up her voters?
In the end, the lesson of Nikki Haley’s run is that Donald Trump defeated every wing of the Republican Party…
