“In an unjust society the only place for a just man is in prison,” said the writer Henry David Thoreau. That is increasingly true in Canada, where critics of its COVID restrictions can be thrown in jail for peaceful protests….
Last week in the Atlantic, David Graham took aim at smart conservative politicians who play dumb. He declares at the beginning of his piece, “This is the age of smart politicians pretending to be stupid.” As evidence, he mainly cites…
Over the past four years, a loosely organized group of wonkish college students, disgruntled journalists, exhausted political operatives, and a couple of heterodox public figures have denounced the lack of conviction from the conservative establishment. They call themselves populists, post-liberals,…
While President Joe Biden traveled to Illinois Wednesday to rally support for his $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, lawmakers and education experts claim that providing universal, high-quality preschool to all 3- and 4-year-olds may actually do more harm than good….
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) told Fox News back in January that he has no plans to run for president in 2024 and countered that “There’s a lot of work to do” in the Senate. Much of that “work” will entail…
One of the unfortunate vestiges of liberalism’s lingering influence upon American conservatism, and by extension the Republican Party that is conservatism’s default political vehicle, is the pervasive knee-jerk tendency to view government action as per se bad and private-sector action…
Incredible. A United States congressman calls out a United States senator for the latter having the nerve — the gall! — to stand on the floor of the United States Senate and — gasp! — defend the United States Constitution….
Washington Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republican senators that their vote on impeachment should be based on “conscience.” Conscience? It apparently has less of a presence on Capitol Hill than partisan identity. Consider the words of Sen. Josh Hawley,…
Conservatives have a love-hate relationship with the Republican Party. The reason is straightforward: the Grand Old Party (GOP) frequently disappoints them. The media regularly complains that Republicans have been radicalized and are governing from the far right; conservatives not so…