Paul Ryan's Donald Trump Endorsement Is a Total Capitulation to Trumpism
The House Speaker will end up supporting Trump's agenda, not the other way around.
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Watch Matt Welch on Tonight's Real Time with Bill Maher
Live at 10 p.m. ET on HBO, talking Trump, Hillary, Gary Johnson, and moreÂ
Anti-Trump Protestors Attack Trump Supporters, in Apparent Effort To Help Trump Get Elected
Acting out says a lot about the shallowness of the mainstream left's anti-Trump rhetoric
Nick Gillespie Talking LP, Gov. Gary Johnson, & More on "Conservatarian" Podcast
Ricochet's Jon Gabriel & National Review's Stephen Miller grill me on all things libertarian.
After Excusing Obama's Misdeeds, New York Times Now Attacks Trump for 'Bold Claims of Presidential Power'
The newspaper's uneven coverage of executive power abuse.
Before Gary Johnson Can Debate Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, He Needs to Be Included in Polls
To be included in debate, a candidate must be polling at 15 percent in five mainstream news polls, only one of which currently includes Johnson.
Watch Hillary Clinton's Big 'National Security' Speech, What to Expect
2:30pm ET in San Diego
Trump University Court Documents Make Clear that the GOP is Willingly Supporting a Fraud
Former employees say the presumptive GOP nominee's real estate seminar program was a scam. So is his campaign.
Thaddeus Russell vs. Michael Moynihan on Blowback: The Fifth Column Returns
Besides foreign policy, the quartet yaks about Kristolean futility, L.P. stripteases, America's new four-party system, and more. Â
Well, What Do You Expect From "Dan Quayle's Brain"? The End of Bill Kristol & Right-Wing Seriousness
The failure to offer credible alternatives to Trump-or to accept Gary Johnson as one-shows that pro-war social cons are a dying breed.
Tricky Trump: A Total Sleaze or Just Unbelievably Dishonest?
Donald Trump and the $6 million in contributions to veterans groups.
Cruz's Constitutionalism Trumps Trump's Trumpism
The Texas senator is the least scary major-party option.
Wake Up, Trump-Hugging Peaceniks: Trump's Tony Soprano Trade Policy Means More War
Being against NATO doesn't mean he's for peace.
SiriusXM Suspends Glenn Beck for Brad Thor's Comments on Trump; Brad Thor Responds to His Critics
Glenn Beck's radio show was suspended after a guest was accused of calling for Trump's assassination. The guest says his words were misconstrued.
Donald Trump's Vile Attack on Federal Judge Gonzalo Curiel
Trump calls the U.S.-born federal judge a "hater" and a "Mexican."
'There Ain't No Party Like the Libertarian Party—and This Could Be the Year it Gets Hot'
With Gary Johnson and Bill Weld as standard bearers, the LP is more serious and in touch with America than the Dems and the GOP.
Trump Is Emboldening the Illiberal Hindu Fringe in India
America may survive a Trump presidency. But will the rest of the world?
Trump, Clinton, and 'Politicizing the Judiciary'
Do "litmus tests" for judicial nominees harm the Supreme Court?
600+ Writers Sign #NeverTrump Letter Because Dictatorship
The problem isn't that the letter goes too far. It's that it doesn't go far enough.
Sen. Rand Paul Hoping the Prospect of President Trump Might Push Congress to Reclaim War Powers
Plans to propose requirement for new military authorization to fight ISIS.
What Do Women Want? Hillary Clinton, Not So Much.
There's no mystery about why women are lukewarm on a backward-looking, mediocre pol: Gender is thankfully not as big a deal as it used to be.
How Gun Politics Could Hurt Hillary
Matt Welch talks 2016 politics on tonight's Kennedy at 8 p.m. ET
New Trump Ad Attacks Hillary Clinton for Her Husband's Alleged Sex Crimes
"Here we go again" is right...
One of the Them Will Win, But Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton Are Unacceptable To Most Voters
Bernie Sanders says we shouldn't be forced to "vote for the lesser of two evils."
58 Percent of Voters Willing To Go With Someone Other Than Trump or Clinton
Can the LP and other third-parties rise to the opportunity?
The Seven Counties That Will Determine the Next President
Q&A with Hot Air's Ed Morrissey
Annie Duke: 'What Life Lessons Can Poker Teach Us? All of Them.'
Poker champ talks game theory, gambling, and Donald Trump.
Meet the Hawks for Hillary!
A running list of military interventionists who have declared preference for the long-hated Democrat
Meet the Libertarians!
While #NeverTrumpers flail, America's third party readies an unprecedentedly newsworthy 50-state run
Watch Matt Welch Bash Workplace Drug Testing and Trump's Ferguson Affect on Red Eye
Tune into Fox News at 3 a.m. ET for ugly Pennsylvanians, cultish Bernie fans, sexist Marvel casting, and more
Don't Be Fooled By Trump's SCOTUS Short List
There's no reason to believe that Trump will nominate a principled constitutionalist to the Supreme Court.
Europe's Proto-Trumpism, Venezuela's Useful Idiots, and Kmele Foster's L.P. Ambivalence
The Fifth Column discusses whataboutism, third-party challenges, J.K. Rowling's defense of Trump's free speech, and more
#NeverTrump #NeverHillary Claims Another Life
Women's obituary slags the terrible major-party choices facing Americans in November.
Conservatives More Susceptible to Bullshit Than Liberals
Supporters of Trump, Cruz, and Rubio more likely to see profoundness in bullshit than supporters of Clinton, Sanders, and O'Malley
Obama Blasts Political Correctness, 'Fragile' Students in Rutgers Speech
"Don't feel like you got to shut your ears because you're too fragile and somebody might offend your sensibilities," said Obama.
Will the GOP Face Facts And Embrace Donald Trump as One of Their Own?
Speaker Paul Ryan hasn't endorsed The Donald-yet.
Always Worse Than Trump on Immigration, Obama Plans Big Deportation Raids Over Next Weeks
Donald Trump and other conservatives' deportation fantasies are awful. President Obama's actual record is even worse.
