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Biden as Jimmy Carter 2.0
Jay Cost writes for the Washington Examiner about the links between Joe Biden and the last one-term Democratic president. The Biden administration is less than two months from its end,…
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Restoring Congress’ Proper Role in the Constitutional Structure
Jay Cost highlights the importance of restoring Congress’ role as the leading branch of federal government. Congress was intended to be the most important institution in our national government. This…
Liberty
Defending the Senate
Jay Cost of National Review Online offers a defense for a much-maligned part of the American political system. Frustrated by their narrow majority in Congress, progressives have begun to take…
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Exposing Pelosi’s ‘reign of error’
Jay Cost writes for the Washington Examiner about the dubious record compiled by the U.S. House of Representatives’ speaker. Nancy Pelosi made news late last month, and not in a…
Liberty
The Nixon pardon revisited
Jay Cost of National Review Online writes in praise of the 39th American president. This weekend mark[ed] the 45th anniversary of arguably the most amazing moment in the history of…
Elections & Public Integrity
Progressives and the Constitution
Jay Cost of National Review Online probes progressives’ attitudes about our nation’s governing document. Last week, conservatives in the Twitterverse had a good chuckle at the expense of MSNBC host…
Elections & Public Integrity
National Review columnist labels presidential nomination process ‘nuts’
Jay Cost of National Review Online explains why he is no fan of the process used to select presidential candidates. In the short term, it may be good for the…
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Nationalizing Congress
Jay Cost offers National Review Online readers a suggestion for improving Congress. I think the problem is that Congress as a constitutional entity is too parochial to govern for the…
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Don’t tinker with the Senate
Jay Cost of National Review Online pans proposals to change the composition of the U.S. Senate. In a provocative Sunday opinion piece for the New York Times, Jamelle Bouie takes…
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Miserable political situation better than the alternative
Jay Cost of National Review Online explains why he believes our current political woes aren’t as dire as they appear. Everybody today is miserable about politics, or so it seems.…
Elections & Public Integrity
Sanders and small donors
Jay Cost of National Review Online is not as excited as some other pundits about the number of small donors supporting U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ latest presidential bid. The emergence…
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The Mueller report and the ‘absurdity of the governing class’
Jay Cost of National Review Online explains that the Mueller report teaches a valuable lesson about the American governing class. [L]et’s think about part one of the Mueller report: the…