The U.S.-Israel alliance now divides Democrats as much as it unites Republicans. This dynamic will hinder the president.
Publication: Commentary
Watching the Trans Bubble Burst
Americans aren’t buying the trans fairytale about magical, shapeshifting creatures who can will themselves into anything they want and live happily ever after.
Trump’s CNN Coup
Donald Trump’s decision to participate in a town hall on CNN on May 10 is a small masterstroke for his campaign. In saying yes to the “fake news” channel he usually slams, Trump kills five birds with one stone.
Biden Goes Electric
If you listen to the White House, you might think electric vehicles are the Veg-O-Matic of federal policy—the handy solution to every pesky problem. But EV motors and batteries require a host of exotic minerals—lithium, cobalt, rare earth metals. Environmental rules make it almost impossible to mine those in the U.S., and the quantities available overseas are limited.
Why Conservatives Aren’t Overtly Panicking About Coronavirus
The Right is more generally trying to hold fast to notions about how people ought to behave at a moment of crisis and personal peril that are anathematic to the political and social culture of the present day. In short, they feel that the panic is unmanly.
Soleimani Deserved His Fate
Noah Rothman: The strike President Donald Trump authorized on Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps commander Qasem Soleimani neutralized a bad actor with American blood on his hands. According to a Pentagon estimate, roughly one in six U.S. casualties sustained in the effort to subdue the insurgency during the Iraq war was attributable to Iranian actions.
Is Bernie in or out?
Researchers have found that two-thirds of people over age 65 who have a heart attack die within eight years, which is not the actuarial message Bernie wants to be sending right now.
Trump’s Obsession with 2016 Is Doing Him No Favors
Noah Rothman: While relitigating the events of 2016 appears to be an inexplicable source of satisfaction for Trump and his allies, it’s not at all clear what political benefit the president derives from it. Every moment the president spends venting about how badly he has been treated is a moment he’s not making a case for a second term.