Magazine
The post-deficit presidential campaign
The first 2024 presidential debate generated days of headlines about President Joe Biden‘s health and former President Donald Trump‘s loose way with words. But the debate came…
July 17, 2024
Grand old populism: Trump transformed Republicans from white bread to blue collar
Beltway Confidential
If you can use trash bins here…
Did you know that putting trash bags in trash bins instead of leaving them on the street is more sanitary, more civilized, and keeps rats out? Did…
Entertainment
Hacks really is that good
It isn’t often that a critic gets to tackle three seasons of a television comedy at once. Still less frequently may he do so after binging the…
Entertainment
Against protest songs
The past several months have provided much fuel for political fears both at home and abroad. But there is one worrisome political development in particular that has…
Magazine
Grand old populism: Trump transformed Republicans from white bread to blue collar
Of the conventional wisdom, this much is true: When Donald Trump took over the Republican Party in 2016, it was the most momentous political revolution in at…
Magazine
How we became doomed to relive the ’90s
Quietly, modestly, appropriately, June 12 just passed as the centenary birthday of the late former President George H.W. Bush. Bush, or “Poppy,” as his eldest son and…
Justice
Supreme resistance: John Roberts and company immunize Trump from the Left’s lawfare
Since he departed the White House, Donald Trump has faced a barrage of litigation and judicial proceedings across the country. Some of it was civil, such as…
Magazine
Congressional Democrats increasingly keep distance from Biden amid aftermath of disastrous debate
The spiraling political crisis sparked by President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance in late June doesn’t just affect Joe Biden. Democrats throughout the party, from Capitol Hill…
Economy
Hawley forgets economic growth serves workers better than central planning
In Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) continued attempt to cosplay as a man of the people, the banker’s son stands at odds with former President Donald Trump, the…
Entertainment
With his ambitious multipart epic ‘Horizon,’ will Kevin Costner reinvigorate the Western genre or just deplete his bank account?
As a Midwestern suburban kid born during the Reagan administration, I grew up with no direct contact with cowboys, covered wagons, or the open trail. The only…