Daniel McCarthy is a US columnist for The Spectator and is the editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review.
The Trump economy has defied all sceptics and naysayers. Unemployment is at half-century record lows, wages are up, and Wall Street opened November by bouncing back from a rocky October. Trump was supposed to be a reckless leader who would panic the markets. He hasn’t. His tariffs were supposed to torpedo the economy. They haven’t. If Americans
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The Democrats’ broad interpretation of the 14th Amendment is not a winner with the American public
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Violence should not be a cudgel with which to beat political opponents — but it is
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Reagan, Gingrich and Trump all transformed their parties. The Democrats don’t have anyone that can do that
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Midterms simply are not a reliable verdict on a president’s job performance or re-electability
This article was originally published on Spectator USA. With the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court has a solidly conservative majority for the first time since the New Deal. Just how conservative this new majority is remains to be seen: Chief Justice John Roberts disappointed the Republican right when he voted to uphold the
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The new alerts are likely to prove harmless, if unnecessary
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Kanye West’s message could do for black America what Trump’s did for the people of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin
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What won’t help Brett Kavanaugh are the kinds of arguments that many right-leaning commentators have made over the past week in response to Ford’s claims
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Left-wing foes of Republican judicial philosophy would be encouraged by the GOP’s humiliation
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Tipping point for Ted
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The critics who disliked 2001 on its initial release found the characters empty and the plot thin — but it’s their criticism that has dated badly
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In a democracy, policy is suppose to follow elections. But that isn’t how the anonymous New York Times op-ed writer sees it
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The President’s preferred candidates had the edge on Tuesday
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He was a man of many virtues. It’s a shame his politics were so flawed
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Doing otherwise would be a great disservice to American audiences.
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The Kentucky senator is able to bridge Trumpism and old-guard Republicanism while pointing both in a more libertarian direction
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Insurgents do not have to win every battle to win the war.
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It sure isn’t America.
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History somehow isn’t moving toward its predetermined end, and this has driven Western liberals completely mad. The theatrical overreaction to Donald Trump’s joint press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki is just the latest proof. Before the Trump-Putin summit, pundits warned that Trump might recognise Crimea as Russian territory. He did nothing of the sort. … Read more
