Ross Perot was the populist who betrayed populism
From our US edition
By failing to team up with Pat Buchanan, he set back his cause by 20 years
Daniel McCarthy
Daniel McCarthy is a US columnist for The Spectator and is the editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review.
Tuesday
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Justin Amash is the anti-Ron Paul
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He ’ s teaching libertarians how to lose
Friday
The Democrats are too fake for 2020
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The politics of recitation is enough for ordinary time. But America is in the midst of serious change
Monday
After 30 years of bad wars, who thinks one with Iran will be good?
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Trump, Bolton, and the pathological cycle of failed conflicts
Friday
Is Roy Moore the post-Trump future?
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In the deepest red of Republican states, an accused pedophile is more popular than the GOP’s leadership
Wednesday
Facebook is the world’s worst coffee house
From our US edition
The social media giant is bad for the press and bad for freedom
Thursday
America’s war games
Washington, DC Trump, believe it or not, is smarter than the last two presidents, who started fires they couldn’t extinguish Donald Trump has an itchy trigger finger, and his name is John Bolton. The President’s national security adviser is a lifelong war hawk who, unlike Trump, was a diehard supporter of the Iraq War. Now
Monday
The great folly of US-Russia misunderstandings
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Washington and Moscow should be careful what they wish for
Wednesday
Joe Biden is Obama without hope
Joe Biden’s inevitable 2020 presidential candidacy is a strange, strange thing. Biden has longed to be president all his political life: he first ran in 1988; he ran again 20 years later. Now we’re more than a decade past his last grab for power, and Biden, as he nears 80, thinks his day has come
Tuesday
The curious candidacy of William Weld
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The former Massachusetts governor is entirely a figure of the past. Why is he running?
Monday
How Biden loses
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He’s just a familiar face who entails the fewest risks
Thursday
Has Trumpism hit the wall?
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Trump remains the strongest force in the GOP. But what comes after him?
Why Beto is a Beta
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He might think himself the next Bill Clinton, but he’s probably the next John Edwards
Friday
To win, the Democrats need to be more like Trump
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Beyond hating the president, the party has little to offer. That needs to change if they want success in 2020
Thursday
Why libertarians are wrong
From our US edition
They don’t appreciate that the political crisis could come sooner than the economic one
Wednesday
The Democrats don’t have a star
From our US edition
Name recognition and star power split the 2020 field
Sunday
The NeverTrumpers never learn
From our US edition
The 2020 attempts to ‘primary’ Donald Trump will be even more pathetic than 2016
Sunday
What makes a liberal want to punch a child?
From our US edition
The progressive media doesn’t care about what really happened when it has white boys in MAGA caps to hate
Monday
How character counts with Donald Trump
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The quality that counts in a president is whether he suits the needs of the country at a given moment
Thursday
Donald Trump is a man of peace – his enemies are a war machine
From our US edition
War brings our elite together
