So Let’s Pass Some Laws and Make The World A Better Place
One of the biggest criticisms of the attempt to ban abortion or institute gun control is the simple pragmatic one: It won’t work.
Category: Politics
Credit Where It is Due: Lessons from the War in Ukraine, So Far
There is now a legitimate chance for Ukraine to inflict a massive defeat on Russia. In some ways it already has.
Joe Biden Likes to Go to Church
The professionals who dominate the party may not care Joe Biden attends church. But soft partisans and swing voters do care
About Last Night: Primaries in North Carolina, Pennsylvania & More
Four states held primaries on Tuesday, including very high profile races in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Here’s what happened last night…
Government By Performativeness is a Failure
It’s not an accident, it’s a tactic. Performativeness over performance. Because performativeness is not only loud and distracting, it’s easy
Parsing The Polling Numbers Post-Alito Draft
No, the Supreme Court’s forthcoming abortion ruling isn’t going to save the Democratic Party in the coming midterms
The Election that Could Decide the Election
At first blush, you would think that Doug Mastriano would be a good candidate for governor. Not enough people are paying attention…
Politicians are Cheap
The underlying factor in this transaction is that, compared to most other complex questions in society, politicians are relatively cheap.
The Pro-Life Movement Must Embrace Continuing Moral and Practical Obligations
The pro-life movement has a unique chance to actually, in word and deed, dispel the critique of being merely “pro-birth.”
About Last Night: Vance Wins Ohio GOP Senate Primary
JD Vance went from floundering to a comfortable win in the Ohio GOP Primary for US Senate, thanks to a Donald Trump endorsement.
Student Loan Forgiveness: Watch What Unfolds from Here
I don’t think student loan forgiveness SHOULD happen. But I think that it most certainly WILL happen.
Madison Cawthorn’s Getting A Trip To the Cornfield
The word was out. The bosses had enough of Madison Cawthorn. They had enough. How much were they gonna take? So they made an example of him
Elon Musk Buys Twitter
There are a number of hurdles Musk has to clear before he swaps $45b in imaginary Tesla value for $45b in imaginary Twitter value.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Doesn’t Recall What Marjorie Taylor Greene Said
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s storytelling was quite different on the witness stand. Funny how that works out.
Kevin McCarthy Under Fire
That this has come out only months before Kevin McCarthy hopes to become Speaker of the House is pure justice.
The Joy of Opening Time Capsules: 2022 Edition
Remember: you can’t mock someone else as being a shill for some shadowy conspiracy without making your prediction first!
WaPo’s Top 10 Democratic Presidential Candidates List Has One Big Problem
With a Democratic Presidential Candidates bench like that, the Democratic Party better hope Joe Biden lives forever.
Ron DeSantis’ Florida, A Banana Republic
How do we know that Ron DeSantis is now a leading light in Republican national politics? Simple…
Make the 1920s Great Again? A Superficially Appealing Story of The Republican Party
Rather than a return to the Republican past, Trump was a bombastic expression of existing and continued trends.
JD Vance, Josh Mandel Put The Race Into Ohio Senate Race
To misquote The Bard, hell is empty and all the devils are running in the Ohio Senate Race in the GOP primary.
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