“I know you are, but what am I?” Remember that kid from fifth grade? That little riposte constituted his entire arsenal of comebacks. Slam him with the […]
Tag: Republican
For the sake of national unity, don’t block this Court nomination
Maybe it’s just wishful thinking, but Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement offers Republicans a real opportunity. No, not the opportunity to install yet another hard-right conservative on […]
Republicans should rethink idea-free campaigns
by Ramesh Ponnuru Democrats ran in 2020 on a long list of policies they planned to enact and implement, and now they are going through the agony […]
Thanks to gerrymandering, GOP can continue to behave abominably
by Jackie Calmes House Republicans began the year with nearly two-thirds of them voting against ratifying Joe Biden’s election. In doing so, they allied with the insurrectionists, […]
Democrats have a messaging problem
by Jackie Calmes Democrats have a messaging problem, as you’ve no doubt heard since their recent election losses. The problem hardly started with President Joe Biden. Weak […]
Pennsylvania leapt further right on Election Night
Voters in the Keystone State, as in Virginia, took Nov. 2’s election as an opportunity to rebut Democrats’ overreach. With mail-in ballots still pending, Republicans are poised […]
GOP can be for Medicaid expansion
by Sara Pequeño More than 1 in 10 people in North Carolina are living without health insurance. They’re working in construction, retail or manufacturing. They’re cooks and […]
What the Virginia election outcome means for West Virginia
I keep wondering when the West Virginia Democratic Party is going to get some encouraging news, but the bad news just keeps coming. Democratic office holders switch […]
Guest essay: The broad center of American politics
by Stephen N. Reed and Ken Ramsey Soon after we met as graduate students at Emory University in Fall 1989, we were both struck by how similar […]
My people are Americans
I’ve got something to say about “you people.” That, as you may recall, was how I referred, in a recent column, to Mike Pence and others who […]
