It was certainly no slip of the tongue when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi cut a small group of her party’s radicals to size. “All these people have the public whatever and their Twitter world,” she told The New York Times. “But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people, and that’s how many votes they […]

By Ed Rogers Special to The Washington Post Voters always vote with their pocketbook, right? The last two presidents who lost reelection, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter, both had the bad luck of a weak economy throughout much of their terms. In 1992, the mantra of Bill Clinton’s campaign became “It’s the economy, stupid.” […]

By Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post The Washington Post reports: “CNN, the host of the next Democratic presidential primary debate, said Monday that it would conduct a televised ‘live draw’ next week to determine which candidates in the crowded field appear on which night of the two-night event.” It’s not clear what the process for […]

The Vindy announced its death about a week before Jeffrey Epstein was arrested. Though the timing was only a coincidence, the juxtaposition speaks volumes about the state of American journalism. Epstein, as you likely know, is the billionaire money manager who was taken into custody recently in New Jersey on charges of sex trafficking. This […]

In Hong Kong’s 2019 civil upheaval, China’s communist dictatorship confronts two intricate information-age political battles. One battle is a clash of national narratives, regionally with suspicious neighbors (including Hong Kong) who resist Chinese expansion, globally as the regime’s most potent international adversary, the U.S., squeezes Beijing economically and cajoles it politically. For example, the U.S. […]

WASHINGTON — Maybe President Trump was right that we needed a “Salute to America” last week, because apparently some Americans have lost sight of the greatness of our country. Case in point: To mark Independence Day, The New York Times posted a video op-ed challenging what it called the “mythology” of American greatness. “America may […]

A terrible thought, but suppose the planet were to heat up by 2 degrees Celsius — the level past which environmental damage would be catastrophic. It would also be wildly expensive. That much warming could cost the global economy $69 trillion by 2100, according to a study by Moody’s Analytics. The consulting firm breaks down […]

PLYMOUTH NOTCH, Vermont — Rep. Justin Amash has left the Republican Party and will now represent Michigan’s third congressional district as an Independent. In a Washington Post op-ed, he wrote: “I’ve become disenchanted with party politics and frightened by what I see from it. The two-party system has evolved into an existential threat to American […]

WASHINGTON — It looks as if Vladimir Putin wants to be recalled as something besides being an aggressive autocrat. He yearns, it seems, to be seen as a leading political thinker, respected for his analysis as well as feared for his actions. This is a reasonable reading of Putin’s recent interview with the Financial Times, […]