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Stamping out robust political debate is an ugly business.
For the first time in 50 years, the party's nomination race will no longer begin with the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
They're the enemy, not the friend, of true American diversity.
It's impossible to make the case that public employee unions over the last half-century have improved the performance of government and easy to make the case they've worsened it.
The current leaders of The New York Times and other major publications and networks have been unwilling to admit that they fostered a false narrative.
The Biden Democrats, who came to power determined to show that government can solve problems, have done quite a bit to prove the opposite.
"The Myth of American Inequality" has the potential to change public policy debate and discourse for the better.
Lockdowns, piled atop high taxes and restrictive housing regulations, got several million people on the move.
Some surprises are good news. But others leave us puzzled and most likely unprepared.
There's been a sharp downgrading of the San Francisco Bay area tech industry's reputation.
It's hard to see how Trump's statement about "terminating" the "rules, regulations, and articles" in the Constitution doesn't disqualify him for a second term.
Nationwide, precious few incumbents were ejected from office. Just one governor lost — Steve Sisolak of Nevada, who had been elected with 49% in 2018.
"There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory."
Duplicating the GOP's support in the South and Midwest is one way an unproblematic nominee could top 270 electoral votes.
The trend is not in Biden's direction. At best, it's slow leakage of the Democratic coalition.
You will see the extent of the damage on election night next Tuesday.
Candidates aren't addressing, and voters aren't asking, tough questions about Ukraine. Or about China's threats to Taiwan.
Three weeks ago, Republicans seized the lead and are ahead now by slightly more than in 2014.
Men tend to be more risk-acceptant and women more risk-averse. This matters in American politics because women vote differently from men.
The bulk of damage to Russian and Chinese revisionist ambitions has been self-inflicted and serious enough to make 2022 look like a hinge year in history.
