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Speaker Ryan Follows the Lead of Speaker Reed Apr. 13, 2018
One hundred nineteen years ago, Speaker of the House Thomas B. Reed announced that he was, after 22 ... Read More
Republicans and Patriotism Apr. 07, 2018
The election night words of the long-shot Republican candidate after his upset victory remain with m... Read More
Our Time-Tested Parties Aren't About to Fall Apart Mar. 30, 2018
Some days, the Republican Party seems on the verge of splitting up. Its congressional majorities cou... Read More
Gun Control Movement Polar Opposite of Civil Rights Movement Mar. 28, 2018
Covering the pro-gun control March for Our Lives in Washington, CNN ran a headline that read, "They'... Read More
Not Always Like This Mar. 21, 2018
One of the unavoidable tragedies of youth is the temptation to think that what is seen today has alw... Read More
Did Putin Order the Salisbury Hit? Mar. 20, 2018
Britain has yet to identify the assassin who tried to murder the double agent Sergei Skripal and his... Read More
President Trump and the Freedom of Speech Mar. 15, 2018
When James Madison drafted the First Amendment — "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the... Read More
Trump on Trade: Better Than Smoot-Hawley? Mar. 09, 2018
Donald Trump's announcement that he is imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from other cou... Read More
Underestimating the Voters' Intelligence -- and Paying for It Feb. 24, 2018
Politics can be both cruel and unsentimental. Consider the case of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., known... Read More
False Humility Is Better Than None at All Feb. 03, 2018
Thanks to the reliable American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, w... Read More
Patriotism On the Cheap Jan. 27, 2018
For the first two centuries of U.S. history — while Americans were proudly winning a war for i... Read More
Trump Repeats the Folly of Protectionism Jan. 25, 2018
Next month, thanks to the tax bill signed by Donald Trump, many Americans will see more money showin... Read More
Republicans Have Reformed Taxes; Will They Fix 1970s Budget Rules Next? Dec. 22, 2017
The Republicans have passed their tax bill, without a single Democratic vote, despite low to dismal ... Read More
Hope Bloomed in Alabama Dec. 13, 2017
Just two years ago, 65-year-old Peggy Wallace Kennedy stood on the steps of the Alabama Capitol and ... Read More
Francisco Franco and the 2018 Republicans Dec. 09, 2017
To understand the discouraging plight for Republicans heading into the 2018 midterm elections, it mi... Read More
Understanding Republicans Dec. 02, 2017
It's important for us to remember that even though President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, successf... Read More
First 'Pre-mortem' of the 2018 Elections Nov. 11, 2017
American voters, almost invariably dissatisfied with the political status quo, generally endorse cha... Read More
To Be a Great President, You First Have to Like Politics Nov. 04, 2017
On the consensus list of the most significant American presidents following George Washington, there... Read More
Keep Calm and Carry On Nov. 03, 2017
Keep calm and carry on. Those words, though not appearing as extensively on posters in wartime Brita... Read More
Undermining America Oct. 25, 2017
Our nation's leftist progressives have long sought to undermine the American values expressed in our... Read More
