3 (non-Trump) issues worth debating
In the era of President Donald Trump, politics is reduced to a fatuous, debilitating spectacle. We screech, we weep, we laugh bitterly. We don't seem to think much. Yet there...
Home > Reviews
All Stories
The hypocrisy of the Democratic Russia hawks
With his interference in the 2016 election, Russian President Vladimir Putin achieved something that none of his murderous Soviet predecessors were able to accomplish: He has turned Democrats into Russia...
The Democrats’ frightening embrace of socialism
Speaking at an event last week in New York City, Hillary Clinton said something interesting about Democrats today and their lurch to the left. Clinton said being a capitalist "probably"...
The president who knew too little about the Electoral College
WASHINGTON — Among the recent garbled effusions from today's temporary president — cheer up; they are all temporary — was one that concerned something about which he might not have...
Six questions about Trump’s economy you were too embarrassed to ask
Over the past few months, President Donald Trump has painted a portrait of a resurgence: After tanking under President Barack Obama, the economy has finally been Made Great Again. Based...
Gowdy aimed to close the circle of South Carolina’s history
WASHINGTON — Trey Gowdy's emotions sometimes bubble disconcertingly close to the surface, but unlike many members of the political class, he is not all surface. At a breakfast four years...
Gorsuch delivers hammer to Congress’ ‘imprecise legislating’
WASHINGTON — Last week, one week after the first anniversary of his ascension to the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch delivered an opinion that was excellent as it pertained to...
Nikki Haley was confused, but not about Russia sanctions
Nikki Haley thought she knew what President Donald Trump was going to do. Now she looks like a dupe. What makes Republicans in Congress think their trust in Trump will...
Can Syria be trusted? Are you actually thinking it over?
WASHINGTON — On April 22, 1915, chlorine gas, wafted by favorable breezes, drifted from German lines toward enemy positions held by French troops near Ypres, Belgium. This was the first...
What government interest is served by barring ex-felons from voting for the rest of their lives?
The bumpy path of Desmond Meade's life meandered to its current interesting point. He is a graduate of Florida International University law school but cannot vote in his home state...