Martin Gurri writes for the New York Post about the failed attempt to discredit President Donald Trump as he started his first presidential term eight years ago. One possibility is…
Naomi Lim of the Washington Examiner documents Democrats’ electoral concerns involving President Biden. Most Democrats are closing ranks around President Joe Biden and denying reports of widespread panic in the…
Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review Online tackles an unexplored aspect of the debate over “fake news.” President Donald Trump will occasionally, at rallies or press conferences, just point to…
Dan Hannan explains in a Washington Examiner column why optimists face an uphill political battle. Given the circumstances of its founding, you’d think America would be an optimistic, forward-looking place.…
Yuval Levin offers National Review Online readers a theory about the way President Trump approaches his job. [T]he excessive hope and the excessive fear of Trump might have an error…
Ronald Bailey of Reason explores the latest research into liberal versus conservative approaches to complex, nuanced arguments. It is almost a truism among psychological researchers that conservatives are simple-minded and…
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online on Google’s dubious solar energy claims. John Hood’s Daily Journal focuses on the fallacy of relying on voters’ anger.
Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute shares with New York Times readers his thoughts about a recent study suggesting a strong biological component of our political ideologies. [R]esearchers found…
Professor Steve Horwitz argues that one of our big national problems is the tendency for many people to see some politicians as heroes (who can do no wrong and always…
Amid the debate about instituting waiting periods for those who would like to buy guns, Instapundit Glenn Reynolds offers a different idea in a USA Today column. After New York…
Though he’s suggested that President Obama should “hit the road,” Harvard historian Niall Ferguson nonetheless believes the president has a better than even chance — perhaps a “3 in 4…
An article in the latest Newsweek highlights research from Tufts University mood disorder expert Nassir Ghaemi, who suggests that we might want a commander-in-chief during trying times who’s not quite…