Progressives who once argued that free speech is violence now claim that violence is free speech.
If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’d bring a better understanding of the system’s vulnerabilities, more willing enablers, and a more focused agenda of retaliation against his adversaries.
For Gavin Newsom, the TV exposure had a clear logic. But for the Florida governor, all that was apparent was his psychic need.
Keep the endowment, but spin off the university.
The president has a popularity problem. He needs to remind Americans who he isn’t.
A new far-left party now joins an older far right in threatening an enfeebled centrist consensus.
In fact, it can’t afford not to.
The requisite for Republican leadership is serving delusion—that Trump won in 2020, that the Republicans did not lose in 2022. Fail at that and you’re out.
The Constitution won’t disqualify Trump from running. The only real-world way of stopping him is through the ballot box.
If reelected, the former president would move to make his legal troubles disappear. Constitutional chaos and political mayhem would ensue.
Should it?
Candidates who do not speculate about war with Mexico may be perceived as weak.
The special counsel’s indictment offers party leaders their best escape from the loyalty trap yet—if they choose to take it.
Russia’s gambit to deter support for Ukraine by restricting energy supplies flopped—thanks to concerted action by European countries.
It was bad when the Twitter Spaces sound was off for the Florida governor. It was worse when the sound came on.
Special Counsel John Durham served up not an investigation, but an excuse for future partisan abuses.
The X factors of the 2024 presidential race
Britain is now paying the price for its decision to leave the European Union.
Republicans thought about running without Trump in 2024—but lost their nerve. They’re heading for electoral disaster again.
Now we know what the Manhattan prosecutors have. It’s not enough.