American politics’ great irony is that Democrats hold populism in contempt. Definitionally, historically, and rhetorically, Democrats drape themselves in “the people.” Yet somehow, populism is now a pejorative for their party. The answer lies in the separation that populism implies and…
The picture of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sitting in first class en route to a “Fighting Oligarchy” rally hosted by Bernie Sanders tells a thousand words. A few of those words? People who shout the loudest about fighting for “the people” rarely…
The United States is in the midst of a sociopolitical revolution that has propelled Donald Trump and his populist MAGA movement to power during the last decade, but their hold on power is tenuous as the globalist/administrative state “ruling class”…
Disdain for the new president was palpable within the political, intellectual, and social establishment. Many members of his own Republican Party found his ascendancy horrifying with the party chairman renouncing “that damned cowboy in the White House.” Newspapers censured him…
The year 2025 represents a pivotal moment for those of us on the political right. President Donald Trump enters his second term as the 47th President of the United States with control of both chambers of Congress and a mandate for…
The 2024 Presidential Election showcased that a GOP platform of moderate, anti-woke common sense is a winning strategy. Remade in the image of MAGA, the Republican Party nixed its historic conservative stance on social issues and embraced a “Barstool conservatism”…
National Review was once the nation’s premier conservative journal of opinion. The brainchild of William F. Buckley, Jr, the magazine featured the writing of modern conservatism’s first team: James Burnham, Russell Kirk, Whittaker Chambers, Frank Meyer, Willmoore Kendall, William Rusher,…
Above all, even in the political realm, our relationship with God gives us perspective. That’s no small thing. Our perspective is the way we see the world. Things we don’t associate with religion depend on that perspective. This has played…
David Brooks is the regular alternative voice discussing politics and public affairs for the government-supported Public Broadcasting Service’s News Hour. He is a regular columnist for the New York Times, a former editor for the Weekly Standard (from its inception), and…
