From March’s Madness to April’s Fools
The U.S. has lost faith in both politicians and the press at precisely the time we need competence from both.
Hasbro Conservatism
The conservative fusionism forged by people like our beloved founder, William F. Buckley Jr., is arguably the least vital force in American politics today.
Fictions of the Right
One of the best explanations for the Republican acquiescence to Trump is that we can’t stand to live in chaos, and so we seek to make sense of nonsense.
Progressive Woke, Communist Yoke
In a tableau for our age, the crisis of global capitalism was set off earlier this month by an opinionated gamer and a white guy with a loose tweet.
The Primaries of Pain
They call these things ‘races’ for a reason. Where you start matters.
CPAC Is the Party of the Right
The sessions aren’t really the point of CPAC — not for me, and not for many.
The House of Memes
Nobody knows what AOC will be or what she will do with a House seat that could very well stay hermetically sealed from competition for the next 50 years.
Dinner Warriors
History will remember 2018 as the last year Republicans got to eat at restaurants.
Comedy Platform
Some on the left have long bragged and some on the right have long lamented that “there is no such thing as conservative comedy.”