His predictions have been famously wrong, but doom springs eternal.
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Are Vaccines Fueling New Covid Variants?
The virus appears to be evolving in ways that evade immunity.
Spare Us a Trump-Biden Rematch
Peggy Noonan: The president is likelier than his predecessor to be nominated, but could he be persuaded to bow out?
The Democratic Trump Tax-Return Dump
The Ways and Means Committee offers a flimsy pretext for disclosing confidential tax information.
The Jan. 6 Inquiry’s Not-So-Grand Finale
Criminal referrals of Trump add nothing but political complication.
Only the Voters Can Crush Trump
Peggy Noonan: What matters is that voters on the ground turn away from him. That is how it ends. Any other way and he says the swamp did him in. Voters have to show no, it was us, and we’re not the swamp.
The Urgency of Republicans’ Leaving Trump Behind
At some point, the Republican Party must make it clear that they won’t take another step with the former president and won’t support him if he is—for the third consecutive time—their party’s nominee.
Facts Ruin Narrative About Hate Crimes at HBCUs
Another story of American hate has ended with a whimper. Several months ago, American media was abuzz with the claim that white supremacists were targeting historically black colleges and universities with bomb threats. It turns out it was a single teenager.
Dinner at Hate for Donald Trump, Nick Fuentes and Kanye West
Gerald Baker: Publicly breaking bread with a white supremacist and a black fantasist has meaning and consequences. Part of it presumably just represents Mr. Trump’s limitless capacity for hearing people tell him things he wants to hear—whoever they are. Part of it surely is his perceived need for a continuing association with the ugliest elements of the American political spectrum.
Public Distrust of Health Officials Is Fauci’s Legacy
He presented his judgment as beyond reproach, while consistently flip-flopping and silencing dissent.
What Trump and Sam Bankman-Fried Have in Common
Both men cast themselves as saviors. Yet both deceived and exploited their supporters.
Trump or Biden? How About Neither?
Walking away from the presidency is like giving up the car keys because you’re too old to drive safely.
Oh, Trump Believes in Yesterday
Karl Rove: He applauds himself and promises more of the same. But voters want something new.
Trump’s Presidential Rerun
Last week’s elections showed that clinging to 2020 election denial, as Mr. Trump has, is a loser’s game. Republicans who took this line to win his endorsement nearly all lost. The country showed it wants to move on, but Mr. Trump refuses—perhaps because he can’t admit to himself that he was a loser. Mr. Trump will carry all of that baggage and more into a 2024 race.
Dems Can’t Count on Trump in 2024
They’re in trouble if GOP voters respond to the midterms by wising up and shunning his craziness.
Maybe Republicans Will Finally Learn
Peggy Noonan: If they aren’t serious about policy, they’ll nominate Trump in 2024 and lose a fourth straight election.
Trump Is Republican Party’s Biggest Loser
He has now flopped in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
The DeSantis Florida Tsunami
A huge re-election victory vindicates his pandemic policies.
The 2022 Midterm Election Endangers Democrats, Not Democracy
The party is in the grip of an ideology that believes the entire constitutional construct is illegitimate.
Dems Develop Elon Musk Derangement Syndrome
They oppose his takeover of Twitter for the simple reason that they want to silence conservative views.
Is the Fetterman-Oz Debate Too Late
Almost half of mail ballots in Pennsylvania have already been cast.
The Bivalent Booster Boondoggle
Washington spends billions on shots nobody wants.
The CDC Pushes to Vaccinate Toddlers, Again
Its decision to include Covid-19 shots in children’s schedules is based on far-too-flimsy evidence.
Kari Lake Makes Waves
Kari Lake has adopted a simple and successful strategy: Be genuine, focus on real issues, and show some spunk. That’s a recipe for Republican triumph.