It’s a truism of American politics that public frustration with the two-party system periodically erupts into a call for another option. Usually that frustration arises from factions that believe the […]
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Political activists rarely make good politicians
by Lynn Schmidt There’s a reason people repeat the adage that “half a loaf is better than none,” coined in 1546 in John Heywood’s collection of English proverbs. It is […]
Manchin’s deal clears a path to finish the MVP
Sen. Joe Manchin, ever the deal maker, managed to cut a side arrangement with Democratic leaders when crafting a compromise on the climate, energy and Medicare prescription drug bill. The […]
New centrist party going nowhere
by Ramesh Ponnuru The founders of a new political party, “Forward,” acknowledge that third parties usually fail. They say that previous third-party efforts flopped “either because they were ideologically too […]
GOP stunt during PACT Act vote may backfire this fall
We’ve said it before, but we’ll say it again: When it comes to government, intention often takes a back seat to appearances. And the appearance of denying veterans health care […]
New members of Congress should take a class about the Constitution
The beauty of our democratic system of government is that anyone can get elected. But that feature is also a bug. We suspect we aren’t alone among Americans who watch […]
When veterans become political pawns
by Martin Schram It was four in the afternoon on March 10, 1991, when the first planned explosion of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons went off at the U.S. weapons depot […]
Here’s the real problem with Joe Biden’s reversal on Saudi Arabia
by Bonnie Kristian President Joe Biden took a defensive tone in the run-up to his visit to Saudi Arabia last Friday. “I have never been quiet about talking about human […]
Trump ‘fell under malignant influence’?
“Donald was enabled from the beginning …” — Mary L. Trump, “Too Much and Never Enough” Liz Cheney sure called that one. Last Tuesday afternoon, in her opening statement at […]
Even Republicans are tiring of Trump
by Julianna Goldman Democrats are worried that President Joe Biden is old, but the Jan. 6 hearings are showing that former president Donald Trump is stale. And in a sea […]
