Recent articles
February 12, 2026
Trump Has a Bridge He Wants to Sell You
The president’s closure of a trade route from Detroit to Windsor will help a billionaire and hurt basically everyone else.
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February 10, 2026
Even After RFK Jr., Democrats Can’t Quit the Kennedys
Nancy Pelosi reportedly plans to endorse JFK’s grandson for Congress. Why?
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February 5, 2026
All My Ex–Democratic Saviors Live in Texas
Once again, the party’s statewide candidates seem to have grander ambitions than victory.
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February 3, 2026
Trump’s Crypto Defenses Aren’t Reassuring
An Abu Dhabi royal seems to have gotten what he paid for, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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January 27, 2026
Trump Blinks
The president’s retreat in Minneapolis is a stinging defeat for the national conservatives.
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January 25, 2026
What MAGA Really Thinks of the Second Amendment
Now Americans know.
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January 22, 2026
Why Conservatives Defend ICE
Republicans deplore the mayhem in Minnesota—but blame protesters and Democrats for it.
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January 15, 2026
Elizabeth Warren’s Abundant Mistakes
Her critique of moderate Democrats is a grotesque mischaracterization of her opponents within the party.
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January 14, 2026
Jeff Bezos Needs to Speak Up
The raid on a Washington Post reporter’s home is deeply troubling.
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January 12, 2026
Banana Republicanism
A criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will test whether Republican loyalty to the president has any limits.
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January 12, 2026
Trump’s Shrinking Coalition
The president can no longer present himself as anti-system, because he has become the system.
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January 8, 2026
Trump’s Slippery Definition of ‘Patriots’ and ‘Terrorists’
The president has odd ideas about who constitutes an enemy of the state.
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January 5, 2026
Trump’s Retro Imperialism
The president holds some misguided views about wealth, power, and natural resources.
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December 30, 2025
The Show Won’t Go On
President Trump’s threats against artists who decline to perform at the renamed Kennedy Center are ultimately hollow.
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December 24, 2025
Stop Defending Bari Weiss
It is impossible to take her actions at face value given the context in which she is operating.
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December 22, 2025
Trump’s Plan to Corrupt the Media Is Starting to Work
CBS pulled a critical story after the president complained about the network’s coverage.
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December 19, 2025
A Nakedly Imperialistic President
The administration’s justifications for attacking Venezuela feel familiar, but nakedly imperialistic.
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December 16, 2025
The Real Revelation in the Susie Wiles Interviews
It’s not the crime, but the cover-up.
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December 12, 2025
The Indiana Vote Is an Inflection Point
The spines of the state’s Republicans stiffened where so many others snapped.
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December 12, 2025
Obamacare Changed the Politics of Health Care
It’s one thing for Republicans to deny hypothetical care. It’s another to take this tangible benefit away.
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December 10, 2025
Trump’s Toddler Foreign Policy
To better understand why the president is inexplicably going after Venezuela, one must study the behavior of small children.
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December 8, 2025
Why Are Leftists So Pessimistic About School Reform?
Progressives used to view schools as engines of social mobility. Now they seem resigned to their failure.
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