Biden’s State of the Union went quiet on China
Joe Biden’s meandering State of the Union left out a great many things, as his voice toggled between insincere whisper…
So we’re canceling AI for being transphobic now
With the dramatic expansion of artificial intelligence-generated text, the speed and frequency of the internet’s milkshake-ducking has become all the…
Trump forfeits his vaccine success to attack DeSantis
Why would a candidate for the presidency purposefully undermine his greatest achievement in government — one that required the movement…
Here’s how extreme Democrats have gone on abortion
A great deal of the conversation about abortion in America is based on lies about who occupies the more extreme…
Mike Gallagher’s China challenge
Twenty-five years ago, bipartisan American consensus about China was built on hope, spin and money. Despite the trauma of Tiananmen…
Prince Harry and Andrew Tate are two sides of the same coin
On the face of things, there is little in common between Prince Harry and Andrew Tate. Yet look closer and…
What has Kevin McCarthy won?
After Kevin McCarthy finally ascended to the heights of the speaker’s chair, it remains to be seen what he actually…
Who would be the Republican House Speaker now?
The clash that has led to the historic abnormality of a House of Representatives without a speaker is fascinating in…
Trump’s war on pro-lifers is a sign of desperation
Donald Trump just made his first significant political error of the 2024 nomination battle, and it’s a doozy. After being…
A Winston Churchill Christmas
On Christmas Eve 1941, in Washington on a diplomatic mission to organize the support of Britain’s American allies in the…
The Twitter Files communication breakdown
The gradual release of the Twitter Files is impressive in its scale and its revelations about the internal workings of…
Will Republicans learn from the midterms?
The 2022 midterm elections consumed more than 16.5 billion real American dollars. They featured thousands of candidates and the most…
One failed Republican autopsy was enough
The news that Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel is planning on conducting an “autopsy” of the 2022 election…
Mike Pompeo prepares for 2024
The race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination began in earnest on November 9, 2022 — and it could prove far…
Nancy Pelosi won’t go away
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that in the wake of Republicans taking the House, she’s doing exactly what the…
We can blame Mitch McConnell, too
So now it’s time to figure out who to blame. The post-election spin from the world of Mitch McConnell is…
The time to move on from boomer Republicanism is now
Having been saddled by everyone involved with the largest portion of blame for Tuesday’s election disappointment, Donald Trump’s descent into…
Why the red wave never crested
The 2022 midterm election was supposed to be a red wave. Instead, it turned out to be a night of…
Why Trump jumping in early would be a mistake
Donald Trump is expected to announce that he is running for president again next week on November 14, according to…
Will this election finally be the end of Betoism?
Democrats across the country should be grateful for what Republicans are about to do: rid them of a nagging disease…
Kitchen tables versus kitchen tablets: the real election divide
It’s useful to think of this election as a contrast between how, in the simplest understanding, people see the world…
Pat Buchanan and thirty years of culture wars
It was a relatively cool 85 degrees in Houston on the August evening thirty years ago when Republicans gathered at the…
Letting John Fetterman debate was political malpractice
Like the proprietors of a gimp show at a carnival, Pennsylvania Democrats apparently get off on making the average viewer…
Evan McMullin is the candidate from the deep state
Many Republican observers of the Utah Senate race have noted Evan McMullin’s obviously false claims at anything approaching ideological conservatism.…
Will the Nury Martinez fallout break Los Angeles politics?
The resignation of Nury Martinez, the first Latina president of the Los Angeles City Council, is a dramatic development that…
