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Labeling Donald Trump indomitable
Rich Lowry of National Review takes stock of the president’s approach to his job. Trump isn’t a former general or wizened old Indian fighter like [Andrew] Jackson, but he partakes…
Andrew Jackson
president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
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Trump deal likely to inspire more protests nationwide
Hayden Daniel writes for the Federalist about the likely impact of a recent Trump administration action. Rather than stand firm, crush the blatant insurrection against federal authority in Minnesota, and…
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Trump channels Andrew Jackson at Davos
Mike Watson writes for the Washington Free Beacon about President Donald Trump’s latest international adventure. President Donald Trump, who keeps a portrait of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, brought…
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Tariffs could cost GOP politically
Phil Gramm and Donald Boudreaux explore the political implications of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy. The Trump administration is looking for an exit strategy from the most destructive parts of…
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Newsom’s latest ploy echoes South Carolina’s dubious past
Chuck Devore writes for the Federalist about the latest bad idea from California’s governor. Oh, the irony! California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the gel-haired darling of the left, has decided to…
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Pushing back against judicial supremacy
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist ponders the president’s approach toward the judicial branch. Did President Trump ignore an order from U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C.,…
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Looking Closely at Trump’s New Chief of Staff Wiles
Neal Freeman writes for National Review Online about one of President-elect Donald Trump’s top advisers. The first time around, President Trump had four chiefs of staff. All of them were…
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Kansas Plans to Sue Over Biden’s Student Loan Bailout
Kris Kobach writes for the Washington Free Beacon about opposition to a bad Biden administration policy. President Andrew Jackson famously said of an 1832 Supreme Court decision concerning Cherokee lands,…
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National Review Editor Explores Furor Over ‘Brandon’
Rich Lowry of National Review Online highlights the political left’s reaction to the “Let’s Go, Brandon” meme. There’s a crisis afoot in the land — people are being rude to…
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Labeling the Two Distinct Democratic Parties: ‘Pillage’ Versus ‘Freakshow’
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online ponders today’s Democratic Party. There are two Democratic parties, and Joe Biden belongs to the older one: the Pillage Party. Thank God for small…
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Filibuster’s history offers valuable lessons
John Steele Gordon writes for City Journal about the origins of a controversial U.S. Senate procedure. The word comes from the Spanish for “freebooter,” another name for pirate. In the…
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Historian Wood sees a second Jacksonian age
Gordon Wood writes for Project Syndicate about similarities between political debates in the present day and those at the time of Andrew Jackson’s presidency. The Jacksonian era, like our own,…