Republicans

A symposium on the future of American conservatism

How did we arrive to the same spot we were in on the eve of the Iraq War?

Should the US slap a no-fly zone over Ukraine? The GOP’s war hawks are divided

The Florida congressman promulgates govern-by-media tactics

The chaos on Capitol Hill conceals the fact that both parties love to run up enormous tabs

Naturally, the ongoing debacle in Afghanistan allowed every player to put in their best performance

‘If I were to hire a dog walker, I’d want her in the hands of someone who thinks rationally’

Today, the Democratic version of patriotism seems to be an endless stream of resentment and self-loathing

The current political disposition of the United States is at most a one-and-a-half party system

DeSantis is perfectly positioned to become the next Republican leader — if Trump steps aside

Trump will leave the party in much better shape than Bush did

The special election for Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has ended in a photo finish. There are absentee ballots still to be counted, perhaps a recount to be demanded. But it looks as if the Democrat, Conor Lamb, has won in this district that just two years ago voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton by … Read more

The weeping and wailing that is greeting Trump’s imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum products entering the US is evidence that no one in America knows anything about the history of the Grand Old Party. Paul Ryan and the libertarian right are acting as if the President is betraying some long and distinguished tradition. … Read more