Today's Editors' Choice
- Peggy Noonan: Republicans, Learn the Limits of Loyalty
- Imprimis: The Left's War on Free Speech
- Cornwall Alliance: Poison for the Mind: The Nation on CO2 and Global Warming
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Opinion in Brief
Peggy Noonan: "Republican officeholders should by now have figured out how to speak about our ever-interesting president, and most have not. They think since he is a Republican and they are Republican, they must defend him on all things. They are looking at it wrong. He is Donald Trump. He is not 'a Republican.' He is a wholly unusual historical figure who happened to them, and who now heads their party. They owe him an eager and open-minded willingness to work with him, to create helpful legislation, to join in debate and support him on areas of mutual conviction. They do not owe him a thing in terms of covering for his gaffes or oddnesses, mistakes or failures. ... When being loyal involves not stating obvious truths, maybe you're being loyal to the wrong thing. Being truthful is moral and good. It comes, for both speaker and listener, as a refreshment. Or in the practical, strategic language political figures respect, candor is the new cleverness. Everyone's had it with evasions and circumlocutions. Stop. Say it true and keep walking."
