The GOP’s New Red Scare McCarthyism, the second time as farce. Shortly after announcing the mission of turning the 2026 midterms into a “hate election,” the campaign brain trust for the Republican Party has settled on the secret-weapon epithet it plans to... See more
Do Voters Hate Democrats More Than Republicans? The GOP is staking its chances on the idea that Americans are more dissatisfied with the opposition party than with the one in power. Saddled with a historically unpopular president, a fraying House majority... See more
Americans Want to Impeach Donald Trump So why aren’t Democrats doing something about it? From the fog of complacency that enshrouds Democratic congressional leaders, one refrain billows above even the antiregulatory mantra of abundance—the siren song of p... See more
Are Democrats Finding Their Spines? At an Open Markets Institute conference, economic populism was on the agenda. The Open Markets Institute, a DC clearinghouse of antitrust policy and legal strategy, didn’t lack for ambition in drawing up its convocation... See more
Trump’s Reflecting Pool Renovations Are a Total Disaster The president’s attempt to make his mark on the National Mall has become a big, wet mess. It would be a bit too on the nose for our malignant-narcissist president to be undone by a reflecting pool, ... See more
