If Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination collapses, so might the GOP
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Left-wing foes of Republican judicial philosophy would be encouraged by the GOP’s humiliation
Daniel McCarthy
Daniel McCarthy is a US columnist for The Spectator and is the editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review.
Monday
Wednesday
Will Cruz lose?
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Tipping point for Ted
Friday
2001: A Space Odyssey still gets better as it goes along, 50 years on
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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
Thursday
The NeverTrump movement’s latest trick? Sabotaging the White House
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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
Wednesday
The primaries show that Trump Republicanism is still on the rise
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The President’s preferred candidates had the edge on Tuesday
Sunday
Why John McCain wasn’t right
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He was a man of many virtues. It’s a shame his politics were so flawed
Tuesday
Social media should be held to the same bar as a newsstand, not a publisher
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Doing otherwise would be a great disservice to American audiences.
Thursday
The return of Rand Paul
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The Kentucky senator is able to bridge Trumpism and old-guard Republicanism while pointing both in a more libertarian direction
Wednesday
No major upsets in Tuesday elections — but don’t expect a return to ‘normalcy’
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Insurgents do not have to win every battle to win the war.
Tuesday
Who benefits from John Brennan’s security clearance?
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It sure isn’t America.
Tuesday
Donald Trump’s fight is against globalisation and the left – not Vladimir Putin
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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
Saturday
Dinesh D’Souza’s pardon may be political, but that isn’t Donald Trump’s fault
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The president is showing loyalty to conservatives who believe he was wrongfully prosecuted and punished.
Friday
If this is a trade war, the United States will win
Donald Trump is following through on his threat—or promise, as his voters see it—to impose steep tariffs on foreign goods in the name of supporting American industry, starting with levies of 25 per cent on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium imports. Allies and neighbours that had been granted temporary exemptions are now set
Monday
Why America First beats the party of Bernie Sanders
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As the mid-terms approach, the Democrats are divided and dwindling. The GOP’s hand is getting stronger.
Friday
John McCain is right about Gina Haspel
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John McCain is a victim of hypocrisy. His allies in Washington and admirers in the national media praise him as the conscience of the nation, even as they betray him in his last desperate battle against the normalisation of torture. After a White House communications staffer, Kelly Sadler, joked that McCain’s views don’t matter because … Read more
Sunday
How John McCain lost the Republican Party
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The Arizona Senator could have been a Donald Trump-type figure. But he never was.
Tuesday
Anarchy in the White House — it’s a good thing
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Would Trump without John Kelly be any different from Trump with John Kelly?
Tuesday
Why did Rand Paul endorse Mike Pompeo?
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Rand Paul’s whole aim in foreign policy is to keep the U.S. out of unnecessary, unwinnable conflicts in which there is everything to lose and nothing gain. So why are some of his supporters angry at him for staying out of just such a conflict with President Trump over Mike Pompeo’s nomination for secretary of … Read more
Thursday
The war party is ready for its next campaign: Haley 2020
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Nikki Haley is at war with Donald Trump. She may be his ambassador to the United Nations, but she wants to set a foreign policy all her own, closer to the global interventionism of George W. Bush or Hillary Clinton than to the muscular but restrained foreign policy that Trump campaigned on in 2016. Her … Read more
Thursday
Paul Ryan is out, and a new congressional Republican Party is waiting to be born
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The outgoing speaker was never able to connect with voters
