by Jackie Calmes Tired of Congress’ repeated partisan standoffs every time a big fiscal deadline approaches, like last week’s? Weary of the breathless cable coverage of looming government shutdowns or […]
Tag: political polarization
Joe Manchin’s quest
Joe Manchin is looking for something. The Democratic senator from West Virginia said he is going to travel around the country in search of the Great Middle, which he says […]
Can political foes be personal friends?
A Republican and a Dem County Chair test a theory by Melinda Burrell Heads probably turned as we entered the red brick town house in Warrenton, Va., on a warm […]
How small donors have become a dividing force in American politics
by Jonah Goldberg There’s an approach to political questions that the conservative in me rebels against. Let’s call it the “You can’t have too much of a good thing” fallacy. […]
Trump’s indictment reflects the failures of our populist passions
by Jonah Goldberg America blew it. I generally support special prosecutor Jack Smith’s indictments of Donald Trump. The classified documents case is open-and-shut, as far as I can tell. As […]
The Founders warned us
That America’s Founders were brilliant men supported by equally strong women is beyond dispute. They created a framework for a new nation and a Constitution that, if obeyed, would provide […]
Are your elected officials principled or stubborn?
by Megan Rawlins Woods As I watched the debt ceiling standoff between Republican lawmakers and President Joe Biden over the last several months, I returned to a question I have […]
Shame on us: How did we get from Coolidge to Trump and Biden?
Plymouth Notch, Vt. — One hundred years ago on Aug. 2, President Warren Harding died and Calvin Coolidge became America’s 30th president. The contrast between the two men is stark. […]
No election system is an island
Why more states must eliminate partisan primaries by Dr. Richard Barton There is growing mainstream consensus that partisan primaries are one of the main causes of government dysfunction. They disenfranchise […]
Americans are moving to other states as they sort by ideology
The “Harry Potter” books famously feature a sorting hat, a magical way of determining in which house Hogwarts students truly belong: Gryffindor? Slytherin? Last week, The Associated Press reported […]
