The 20-Week, Pain-Capable Abortion Bill Reveals Uncomfortable Truths About Both Parties
Although the bill enjoys support across demographic and party lines it’s also highly unlikely to ever reach the Senate floor for a vote. That should change.
Podcast: Eli Lake On The Iran Deal, Trump, And Neoconservatives
Bloomberg View columnist Eli Lake talks Trump’s foreign policy ideas and the reactions of neoconservatives on the Federalist Radio Hour.
Even If Trump’s Threat Against NBC Isn’t Serious, It’s Still Destructive
It’s never appropriate for a person sworn to defend the Constitution to threaten to shut down political speech. This goes for Donald Trump — and every other politician.
Michelle Obama Tells Women Republicans Are ‘All Men, All White’
Mrs. Obama, like her husband, tends to have a way with words. So why, as of late, is she tripping over them?
Democrats Have No Idea How To Prevent Mass Shootings
Nick Kristof offers eight ideas to alleviate mass shootings. All of them would make it harder for law-abiding citizens to own guns. None would stop mass shootings.
When You Politicize Shootings You Make It Harder To Find Solutions
There are two kinds of social media reactions to horrifying events such as the Las Vegas shooting. One of them makes debate impossible.
CNN Loves To Cover Corruption Trials Of Senators, Unless The Senator’s A Democrat
The ongoing trial of Sen. Bob Menendez is a big deal. But you wouldn’t know that from the scant coverage it’s received from CNN.
To Save Itself, The GOP Needs To Figure Out How To Deliver For Trump
Republicans in Congress need to learn that defeated warriors don’t get to pick their battles.
The Pivot Is Real, And It’s Spectacular
Trump doesn’t like McConnell and Ryan, and never did. He likes Chuck Schumer, and knows Chuck always makes money for his partners.
Rescinding DACA Is The Right Thing To Do
Political theater or not, DACA is probably unconstitutional. Something the pretend-defenders of law and order might want to remember.
What It Means That The Right Is Animated By Principle And The Left By Power
The basic stance of the Right and Left determines their government’s approach to the economy and the individual.
Stop Gorging On Stupid Troll Polls
Any scientific credence polling lends to political debate is undermined when they offer absurd hypotheticals that skew questions to establish the preconceived notions of one side.
Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare Was Never ‘Free-Market’ And Neither Are Its Replacements
The health insurance market has not been truly free since 1945, when Congress passed the McCarran-Ferguson Act.
What’s Going On Right Now Inside The Senate’s Health Care Debate
As Vince Lombardi might ask, ‘What the h— is going on out here?’
Republicans Need A Foreign Policy That’s Neither Isolationist Nor Hawkish
The GOP has struggled to define its foreign policy views, waffling between neoconservatism and anti-interventionism. But we need a third way.
Here Are 5 Backroom Deals Inside The Latest Senate Health-Care Bill
Another health-care bill, another pack of senators holding the nation hostage until they get special treatment.
Megan McArdle On Social Capital, Health Care, And Life With Algorithms
Bloomberg View Columnist Megan McArdle defends David Brooks’ thoughts on sandwiches and social class on this episode of the Federalist Radio Hour.
Is There A Lane For An American Macron in 2020?
It seems reasonable to expect that at some point soon a real vacuum will emerge at the center of American politics where there wasn’t one before.
Here’s Why So Many Republicans View America’s Colleges And Universities Negatively
Many of them have seen or experienced the detrimental results of campus protests, a growing PC culture, and catastrophic student debt.
4 Slurs Democrats Need To Stop Using As Political Weapons
Grab a piece of paper and make a hash mark every time you hear a progressive make a beeline for one of the Four Big Slurs rather than acknowledge a legitimate counter-position.
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