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riot

The roots of riot

31 May 2020 1:11 am

That LEGO set or Louis Vuitton bag you’ve always wanted can be yours free if you just wait for the…

amash

Why did Justin Amash give up?

18 May 2020 12:13 am

Three weeks after announcing his bid for the Libertarian party presidential nomination, Justin Amash has called it off. What went…

money stimulus

When money dies

14 May 2020 7:18 am

This article is in The Spectator’s May 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. ‘Money for Nothing’ is more than just…

Who will be Joe Biden’s co-president?

12 May 2020 7:59 pm

Joe Biden needs a co-president. Not just a running mate, not just a potential vice president, but someone who will…

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Justin Amash: a study in vanity

29 April 2020 9:53 pm

Every Democrat’s favorite ex-Republican has just announced he’s going to seek the Libertarian Party nomination for president. If he gets…

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Why Joe Biden’s America loves a lockdown

24 April 2020 9:24 pm

COVID-19, the Wuhan virus, is an epidemiological scourge — but it’s also a clarifying catalyst for American politics. The virus’s…

foreign policy

Foreign policy is in a straitjacket

9 April 2020 6:57 am

This article is in The Spectator’s April 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. Before the world went into quarantine, I…

donald trump recovery

After the coronavirus, who wins the recovery?

20 March 2020 11:17 pm

We are living through a gruesome case study in the irrationality of elites. COVID-19 is a serious disease, but the…

Could Joe Biden be the Hillary Clinton of 2020?

4 March 2020 10:31 pm

The 2020 struggle for the White House is shaping up to look a lot like the 2016 contest. Once more…

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Why I’m voting for Tulsi in Virginia

3 March 2020 4:36 pm

Four years ago I cast a vote for Bernie Sanders in the Virginia Democratic Primary. It was a triple protest:…

victory

Biden’s Pyrrhic victory

1 March 2020 1:59 pm

Bernie Sanders just lost his first primary of 2020. He’ll lose a few more on Tuesday. But as of now,…

new nationalism

What the new nationalism means

28 February 2020 5:19 am

This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. For most of the past 200 years, the left, whether…

bernie

What if Bernie actually wins the nomination?

23 February 2020 5:08 pm

Bernie Sanders has a long way to go yet before he locks up the Democratic nomination. He fell short of…

ubi

Good riddance to Yang — and Biden

12 February 2020 1:42 pm

Now that ‘entrepreneur’ Andrew Yang has ended his presidential campaign, can we all admit what a sad commentary on the…

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Impeachment has proved the Democrats are no longer democrats

1 February 2020 10:08 am

The Senate is not going to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, and to all appearances the…

bolton

Why John Bolton won’t win his war on Trump

29 January 2020 12:56 am

The first sentence of the New York Times report on John Bolton’s tell-all memoir about his time in the Trump…

peace

Donald Trump, president of peace

26 January 2020 6:03 am

This article is in The Spectator’s February 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. Groupthink is the last thing a country needs when debating…

trump

You come at the Trump, you best not miss

18 January 2020 5:42 am

The third presidential impeachment in US history has now reached the Senate. Like the first two, this one is almost…

genghis

The case for Genghis Trump

8 January 2020 1:50 am

This article is in The Spectator’s January 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. America has a problem, and it’s not Donald Trump. Suicides…

impeachment

How Democrats lost the Impeachment War — and probably 2020

11 December 2019 9:46 pm

The Democratic party is dying from its hatred of President Trump. The impeachment fiasco is just the latest symptom. After…

impeachment

Impeachment doesn’t work

6 December 2019 1:06 am

So, impeachment it is. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that the House will begin articles of impeachment against President Donald…

capitalism

Trump’s economic nationalism is an effort to save capitalism

13 November 2019 4:32 am

This article is in The Spectator’s November 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. Elizabeth Warren looks like a deadly serious prospect for the…

impeach

The Democrats don’t want to remove Trump

1 November 2019 8:51 pm

Democrats are eager for the 2020 election to be defined by something other than the issues. The impeachment of Bill…

christian

The Democratic party’s post-Christian America

19 October 2019 12:52 am

The new Pew report doesn’t mince words in its headline: ‘In US, Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace.’ In…

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Romney Republicanism could never win

6 October 2019 6:56 am

This article is in The Spectator’s inaugural US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. As Donald Trump strides toward his fourth year in…