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The sun sets on the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., December 13, 2022.
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’Tis the season to look back on and take stock of the last twelve months — mostly with the aim of retroactively conditioning your audience into assuming your preferred conclusions.
That seems to be the objective of the political commentators who look back on this year as one big, missed opportunity — a lapse attributable entirely to the modest Republican majority in the House:
About the Author
Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.
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’Tis the season to look back on and take stock of the last twelve months — mostly with the aim of retroactively conditioning your audience into assuming your preferred conclusions.
That seems to be the objective of the political commentators who look back on this year as one big, missed opportunity — a lapse attributable entirely to the modest Republican majority in the House:
About the Author
Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.
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