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A more reflective Trump will win in November
Dr. Johnson once remarked that the prospect of hanging in a fortnight concentrates the mind. So, apparently, does being shot. At…
Donald Trump sounds sombre – and strange
Nobody can blame Donald Trump for a being a little reflective – given the events of the last few days.…
Trump returns with a sedate RNC speech
Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Republican National Committee could not have hoped for a better convention. For three days, the party has…
When did Trump supporters become fans of cancel culture?
A rock band’s tour cancelled after one of the band members made a tasteless joke. A working-class cashier sacked from…
Why Priti Patel will struggle to win the trust of Tory members
Jonathan Gullis is a happy man. ‘Good news!’ the ex-Tory MP for Stoke-on-Trent North wrote following reports that Priti Patel,…
Trump calls for unity in somber RNC speech
Milwaukee, Wisconsin President Donald Trump arrived at Thursday night’s convention to accept the Republican Party’s nomination for president but, more…
Elon Musk boards the Trump train out of California
Elon Musk is parting from his home state, publicly endorsing Trump minutes after the former president was almost assassinated at…
MSNBC’s hell week: Lord of the Rings racism, Covid and no Joe
It’s been a rough few days over at MSNBC. Since the attempted assassination on Donald Trump over the weekend, the…
Inside the parlous state of state Republican parties
“The whole thing is fucked.” That’s how one former blue-state GOP official describes the current turmoil facing state Republican parties.…
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 Biden-Trump rematch is a nationwide exercise in denial
Neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden is the other guy. This, we are frequently reminded, is their principal advantage in…
Clamor rises for Biden to step aside soon
The pressure is building for Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race. Donald Trump leads Biden nationally in…
Coercion and coddling take campus
On October 7, 2023, I was the chairman of the political science department at a large public university, but not…
The logic of the J.D. Vance selection
The best way to understand Donald Trump’s choice of J.D. Vance for vice president is to ask how different choices…
America’s Summer of Discontent, 250 years ago
In the summer of 1774, large numbers of American colonists, from Massachusetts Bay down to the Virginia Tidewater, were disaffected…
How long has Hollywood been out of ideas?
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès made more than 500 films in his career, but 1896 was a banner year for the Frenchman. He…
If Trump or Biden actually cared about America, they would step aside
I’ve written ad nauseam about how much I hate this election, about how Trump-Biden 2.0 is even more demoralizing than…
Who is behind the Elon Musk-backed America PAC?
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced after Saturday’s assassination attempt against Donald Trump that he would donate $45 million…
Starmer accuses Tories of ‘dereliction of duty’
Keir Starmer used his press conference at the end of the European Political Community summit to further cement his narrative…
The Horizon scandal shows how badly Britain is run
The Post Office inquiry has shed an unflattering light on the inner workings of Whitehall, a hermetically sealed world in…
Joe Biden, naked emperor
Sometimes, a fairytale provides the best description of a real-world crisis. That’s true of President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. The…
Pat McFadden and Ed Davey probed at Post Office Inquiry
At what point does a minister decide they are being lied to? That was the question Pat McFadden and Ed…
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…
Waste not want not
Alexandria, Virginia I sit on bathtub’s edge, back spasming, left leg numb, inner cheek bitten raw — pain that must…
How one bad scene can ruin an otherwise great movie
Can one egregiously bad scene ruin an otherwise great movie? When I go on an early 1970s jag — revisiting…
