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THE REAL REASON DEMS ARE LOSING GROUND ON EDUCATION

On many bygone Election Days, voters trusted Democrats more than Republicans on the issue of education-but that may not hold this November,...

MAINSTREAM LEFT EMBRACES VIOLENCE AS A VIABLE OPTION

At some point, we need to reckon with a new reality: that the level to which the left has embraced justifications of violence and whitewashed...

NO, STEVE BANNON CANNOT JUST IGNORE CONGRESS

On Friday, former White House advisor Steve Bannon was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to appear before...

BIDEN WILL ENSURE GOP'S COMING SENATE LANDSLIDE

There is consensus that U.S. House Republicans will win a majority this fall, and that Kevin McCarthy will be the next speaker of the...

WHAT COULD SAVE DEMS FROM A MIDTERM CATASTROPHE?

At a time when very little if anything is normal about American politics, we have come to expect the unexpected. While the House looks...

PETER THIEL ON THE FANTASY OF PROGRESS AMIDST STAGNATION

You can tell a bit about someone based on their preconceptions about Peter Thiel. Whether the reflexive response to the name is "malign...

REQUIEM FOR BIDEN'S AGENDA

In the end, sheer economic ignorance killed it.

WHY BIDEN MUST CANCEL ALL STUDENT LOAN DEBT

Politicians argue that canceling student debt will mainly benefit doctors and lawyers. But it is first-generation graduates of color...

CLIMATE CRISIS RISKS MAKING BIG U.S. CITIES UNLIVABLE

Some of the cities enjoying population boom are among those gripped by a ferocious heatwave and seeing record temperatures

BUTTIGIEG WRONG TO WANT TO MANDATE ELECTRIC VEHICLES

IT'S CHRISTMAS IN JULY FOR JOE BIDEN

Joe Biden needed a break. He's had a ton of bad news lately: inflation; a new strain of COVID-19; low poll numbers; that awkward fist-bump...

WHY DEMOCRATS WON'T WAKE UP

People, and parties, don't always learn the right lessons from defeats.

A DOCTOR'S COUNTERPUNCH TO ANTI-ABORTION REPUBLICANS

Some Republicans are trying to scare health care providers into refusing to perform abortions, even when they are legal.

BUILD UKRAINE BACK BETTER

It has been over four months since Russia launched an unprovoked military offensive in Ukraine, expanding an eight-year-long conflict...

WHY VOTERS WILL DELIVER DEMS A BUTT-KICKING IN NOV

I've been saying this from the start - 2022 is ours to lose. In less than 2 years of Joe Biden's presidency and the Democrat Party's...

DO DEMOCRATS VALUE ABORTION MORE THAN THE CONSTITUTION?

In the days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, did you hear that former Vice President Mike Pence had called for a national...

YOUNG VOTERS FLEE BIDEN - BUT WHO IS THE ALTERNATIVE?

Time is not on Biden's side. But time is the one thing Democrats have. The question is whether a viable alternative to Biden will emerge...

BIDEN'S AGE ISN'T THE PROBLEM

At 79, Joe Biden is the oldest president in American history. Eighteen months into his term, the burdens of governing have staggered...

DEMS SCAPEGOAT BIDEN FOR THEIR POLICY FAILURES

Democratic discontent with President Joe Biden is boiling over into the press. His polling is abysmal, his age is showing and the Democrats...

JOE BIDEN IS TOO OLD TO RUN AGAIN

I'm sure the president is experiencing some diminution in the memory department. I know I am