Should the Democrats Be the Party for the Highly Educated?

by Martin Longman October 25, 2019January 9, 2022

It’s easy to forget that people with four-year college degrees strongly supported the Republican Party in the recent past.

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How Jimmy Carter Laid the Groundwork for Trump to Go to War With Iran

by Markos Kounalakis May 24, 2019January 9, 2022

He created the reactionary blueprint that still defines the rules of U.S. engagement in the Persian Gulf.

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Basket Cases

by D.R. Tucker September 9, 2018January 9, 2022

In his first year on the Court [Clarence Thomas] scarcely ever left the Supreme Court Building on foot, and that was fortunate, in one way, because it meant that he probably never saw the boldly lettered [graffiti] on a Capitol Hill sidewalk across the street. It said, “Anita Told the Truth.” —“The Burden of Clarence […]

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Isn’t It Obvious Kelly and Mattis Wrote the NYT Op-Ed?

by D.R. Tucker September 8, 2018January 9, 2022

There have been actual mysteries in this country. What happened to the missing 18½ minutes on the Nixon tapes? Was there an actual “October surprise” in the 1980 presidential election? Why did anyone ever take George W. Bush seriously? This “mystery” is not one of them. To quote the renowned American philosopher Nasir Jones, it […]

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We Have Met the Climate Enemy, and He Is Us

by D.R. Tucker August 6, 2018January 9, 2022

It’s about time we grapple with the ultimate inconvenient truth.

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John Kasich Will Run in 2020–His Mouth, That Is

by D.R. Tucker March 25, 2018January 9, 2022

One would have to be a king-sized fool to think he’ll actually do it. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, appearing alongside former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as he mulls a primary challenge to President Donald Trump, said Wednesday that the Republican Party has “never been my master” and that “all of my options are on the […]

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Rocky Road: Enough Already of the Dwayne Johnson Presidential Talk

by D.R. Tucker January 14, 2018January 9, 2022

I felt a little embarrassed for Jonathan Allen of NBC News last week when, in a piece about potential challengers to Donald Trump in 2020, he wrote the following: Former Vice President Joe Biden is going to look a lot like a presidential candidate this year. He plans to raise money for Senate Democratic incumbents, […]