Congress

Why would anyone choose to live in Puerto Rico?

6 July 2024 9:00 am

US bailouts keep this poor relation afloat through bankruptcies, hurricanes and political bust-ups without even trying to boost its demographics or reverse its economic decline

middle america

The trouble with alienating Middle America

12 January 2021 2:22 am

You’ve got to admire the left. Granted, they own the internet, the media, the courts (apparently) and now the government,…

cooler heads

So much for cooler heads prevailing

10 January 2021 7:33 am

There was a glimmer of hope amid the events at the US Capitol building on Wednesday. Could this be the…

game

MAGA arrives at the last level of the video game

10 January 2021 4:51 am

I played my share of video games when I was a kid and there was nothing quite like getting to…

end

The end game

9 January 2021 8:07 am

January 6, 2021 is a day that will live in infamy. On that day, our Capitol was assaulted by a…

beijing

Beijing revels in Washington’s chaos

9 January 2021 4:50 am

The events on Capitol Hill were always going to be met with schadenfreude — perhaps even glee — among autocracies in…

capitol

The carnival in the Capitol

8 January 2021 2:39 am

Generally, events that we think are significant will be passed over by historians — much in the same manner as…

nevertrump fantasy universe

We are living in a NeverTrump fantasy universe

7 January 2021 6:50 pm

Last July, Cockburn had this to say: ‘Commentators daydream of the moment Trump is dragged out, like Saddam Hussein from…

remove

Remove Donald Trump now

7 January 2021 11:59 am

Enough is enough. There really is no other way to contextualize perhaps the darkest day for America since airplanes hit…

republic

This is not what a constitutional republic looks like

7 January 2021 10:21 am

When a violent mob broke into the Capitol building, they did more than breach the barriers of House and Senate…

house

This scene shows how a democracy ends

7 January 2021 9:06 am

This is the house that Trump trashed. The President claimed that the election had been stolen. He pressed elected officials…

capitol

What’s happened to Trumpism?

7 January 2021 7:36 am

Is this the death of mainstream Trumpism? Trump supporters left a peaceful rally near the White House on Wednesday afternoon…

speaker aoc

Republicans should make AOC House Speaker

25 November 2020 3:47 am

Republicans are currently on track to end up with 214 seats in the House of Representatives in January. As of…

house

Who deserves blame for the Democrats’ lost House seats?

17 November 2020 7:31 am

Democratic joy at defeating Donald Trump was partially dulled by the simultaneous diminishment of the party’s House majority. As of…

democrats

A Trump loss will overshadow a catastrophic election for the Democrats

6 November 2020 9:42 am

​Joe Biden looks to be on his way to the White House. There will be recounts, and legal challenges and…

proxy voting

Clear and absent danger: why proxy voting violates the American system

22 May 2020 12:00 am

When House Democrats passed their $3 trillion coronavirus ‘relief’ package late last week, they also jammed through a rules change…

stimulus

Stimulus squabble marks a return to politics as usual

17 May 2020 5:36 am

Who is the proposed new $3 trillion stimulus package designed to help? If enacted, the bill — which narrowly passed…

corona trump

The problem is a lot bigger than Trump

6 April 2020 10:20 pm

It’s incredibly easy to blame President Trump for the coronavirus hell we’re all living in. The president doesn’t help himself…

democrats

The Democrats just made a huge mistake

24 March 2020 6:55 am

‘Never let a good crisis go to waste.’ When Rahm Emanuel said that during the economic meltdown of 2008-2009, his…

trial

The Senate impeachment trial is all about November

21 January 2020 9:25 am

The single most important thing to understand about the Senate impeachment trial is that it is all for show, meant…

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…

jon stewart congressional testimony

When did Congressional testimony become performance art?

13 June 2019 1:49 am

Watching parts of the Watergate hearings again recently, I was struck by just how dry they are as a spectacle.…

imam suleiman hate preacher

Why did Democrats invite a hate preacher into Congress?

11 May 2019 5:47 am

The Republicans are the party of racists and religious bigots, and the Democrats are the party of anti-racists and religious…

Mark Sanford and George W. Bush in 2002

The best American political memoir in a generation

8 August 2015 9:00 am

In June 2009, the good people of South Carolina lost Mark Sanford, their governor. Per his instructions, his staff told…

Why Hillary Clinton always seems to have an inbox full of scandal

14 March 2015 9:00 am

There are fresh accusations levelled at her every week. Will they keep her from the Oval Office?