In the course of a week, Liz Cheney endorsed Kamala Harris over Donald Trump, then John McCain’s son did, and then Dick Cheney. Their public statements have consequence for a reason they did not intend. Trump’s rise in the GOP…
Strong client states help keep America first, and that includes Ukraine. Rome was at her strongest and her military most efficient when she maintained a vibrant system of clients along the marches of the empire from the days of the…
What does conservatism look like? A small number of conservatives are critiquing the role nationalism is playing in the conservative worldview, and it’s fueling a growing debate. In today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, guest Nate Hochman joins hosts Melissa…
At her death on April 8, 2013, she was the Right Honorable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC, but at her birth on Oct. 13, 1925 — 98 years ago today — she…
On Saturday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted by that state’s Senate in the impeachment trial that has been percolating since May. At the Hayride, Andy Hogue covers the aftermath, and — after reminding the reader that despite knowing…
Editor’s Note: This is the second of four articles covering the interlinked topics of Israel’s relations with the U.S. and the challenge posed by Iran’s nuclear program. Much of what follows, especially as to diplomatic maneuvers, is drawn from a…
Periodically in the Trump era, as with President Ronald Reagan, some Establishment Republican elite will pop up to lecture Donald Trump or, before that, Reagan supporters. Preferably in the New York Times or some other far-left publication. Their point is…
Paul Ryan has popped up again, and it’s not in a good way. You probably don’t watch a lot of CBS Mornings, and, as such, there’s a good chance you didn’t see this. But we should talk about it nonetheless,…
When I heard about the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, I sighed. He was one of the final remaining pivotal figures in the end of the Cold War: Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Margaret Thatcher, Václav Havel, Boris Yeltsin,…
