Magazine
Resistance will only make Trump stronger
When a federal district judge ruled on March 1 that President Donald Trump could not remove the head of the Office of Special Counsel, Hampton Dellinger, it…
March 19, 2025
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Magazine
Throw Mahmoud Khalil out, and others with him
Mahmoud Khalil is a leading agitator in New York who stokes hatred and harassment of Jews, works for the eradication of Israel, glorifies the murderous evil of…
Beltway Confidential
Prosecuting the homeless for their own good
Democratic officials in California have circled back from their coddling of drug addicts and homeless people to the understanding that they can use criminal law as leverage…
Economy
The falsehood at the heart of Peter Navarro’s tariff fantasy
President Donald Trump’s Cabinet has coalesced behind his plans for increased tariffs in the name of national security. The stated goals are to return to the U.S.…
Crime
City lights and crime
“Rick Perry’s Strange Sex Story” was the New York Times headline. The columnist, Gail Collins, said Perry further proved he was “an absolutely terrible secretary of energy”…
Defense
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome for America’ rekindles decadeslong debate over missile defenses
President Donald Trump has been inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome defense against short-range rockets to build something grander, akin to former President Ronald Reagan’s “Strategic Defense Initiative”…
Magazine
House members’ sarcastic and edgy messaging now trumps policy proposals in grabbing attention
President Donald Trump has made no secret of his ambition to annex Greenland while leading an administration that’s only the latest in a long list that wanted…
Beltway Confidential
To tallow or not to tallow
Certain foods stand out as political signifiers: You’re more likely to see Republicans at a steakhouse chowing down on a rare filet and less likely to see…
Magazine
Politics is not a religion: Elected officials are humans, not demigods, and fallible like everyone else
It’s election night 2008, and President-elect Barack Obama is speaking before a celebrating crowd. In a flag-waving throng at Chicago‘s Grant Park, with the happy Democrats holding…
Columnists
Which way, MAGA man?
We have a good idea of what Donald Trump and his MAGA movement are against. But what are they for? If MAGA succeeds in setting a cultural…