The Alt-Right Is Wrong: Trump Is an Enemy of Western Civilization, Not Its Champion
If your candidate opposes free trade and free speech, he's not a defender of classical liberalism.
Donald Trump
"When He Is Not Delusional, He Is Simply Hypocritical"
Don't feel the Bern; pour some water on it.
French Farmers Dump 90,000 Bottles Worth of Spanish Wine Because…Spanish!
Tale from the EU breakup? Or the future of a protectionist America?
Watch Matt Welch Talk Wisconsin Primary and Beyond at 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. ET on Fox & Friends
God help us, but the fate of the 2016 race now rests in part on New York
Trump and Clinton Trip on Abortion Taboos
The two presidential candidates accidentally complicate the debate.
The Incredible Cluelessness of Donald Trump
Trump has demonstrated over and over again that he doesn't know the slightest thing about policy. The GOP is supporting him anyway.
Trump: I'll Force Mexico To Pay for Wall by Threatening To Cut Off Remittances
That money U.S. residents send to the old country? They didn't earn that, it turns out.
Panama Papers Previews What Donald Trump's Jacksonian Economics Would Look Like
When the biggest economy on the block gets to write the global rules, foreigners and regular Americans get screwed, elites skate, and hypocrisy rules the day.
Whose Foreign Policy Is Really Dumb; the Elephant Man Theory of Beauty Pageants, and 'Some Idiot Wrote This'—Introducing The Fifth Column Podcast
Matt Welch, Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan talk smack about culture and current events
How Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton Have Made the Libertarian Party Relevant
Will the LP take advantage of voter hate for Trump and Clinton to finally present a viable alternative?
If You Think Life Was Better 50 Years Ago, You're Voting Republican. Or Democratic.
And you're probably betting that your life will suck even more in 2066.
On Marijuana Legalization, Chris Matthews Sounds Dumber Than Donald Trump
"Does anybody trust anybody that's high to do anything?" the MSNBC host wonders.
Donald Trump is No Non-Interventionist
Doesn't quite want to get rid of NATO, but may want to get rid of the Geneva conventions.
Trump's Politically Incorrect Abortion Comments Complicate Republican Narrative
The GOP frontrunner's off-the-cuff comments about abortion don't fit with the preferred pro-life spin.
GOP's 2012 Rule to Thwart Ron Paul Now Inconvenient for Thwarting Donald Trump
A frantic establishment reaches for any club in a political brawl, intellectual consistency be damned
Why An Ugly Trump Is Better Than a Lovely Trump
He embodies and exposes the ugliness of the modern conservative agenda
On Taxes, Economics, and Trade, Trump Is an Incoherent Mess
The reality TV star's policy positions are all over the place.
Donald Trump Has Wrecked the Republican Party. Here's What a Better GOP Could Look Like.
Three senators offer models for the future.
Obama Screws, Skewers the Media, But They Do Love Him So
The president who has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all other combined tells the press to do its job better.
Donald Trump Revealed To Be Most-Successful Troll-Bot Ever Created
At last night's town hall on CNN, the billionaire developer sounded less like a living, breathing human being & more like a genius chatbot.
Donald Trump: Security, Health Care, and Education Top Three Roles for Federal Government
Your Republican frontrunner
Donald Trump, Mystified by Pen, Responds to Reporter Michelle Fields
After his campaign manager was charged for grabbing Fields, Trump taunted the reporter on Twitter, asking "Can I press charges?" against her.
Trump's Campaign Manager Charged with Battery Against Reporter
There goes another news cycle.
Hillary Clinton Demands Bernie Sanders Change Tone If He Wants More Debates—Blames Cruz, Trump on Disregard for Rule of Law
Cognitive dissonance in the 2016 election.
Would Conservatives Have Formed a #ForeverTrump Movement If He Were a Less Crazy Strongman?
There is little fundamental policy disagreement between him and various conservative factions
Learning from 1896: Why an Anti-Trump Third Party Will Flop
History shows the flaws in temporary 'fixes' against populist takeovers.
Violent Leftwing Students, Violent Trump Staffers: Both Bad
Radicals at the University of California at Berkeley should be ashamed.
Dems & Reps Are Melting Down. These Two Tweets Help Explain Why
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump is a seriously deranged male chauvinist pig, while Obama praises Cuban education.
China Trade Isn't Killing America's Working Class
Government handouts maybe more responsible.
Libertarian Gary Johnson Could Pull Support From Both Clinton and Trump
The Libertarian Party candidate got double digit support in a new poll, pulling hypothetical voters from both the Trump and Clinton camps.
Why Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Team Baffles the GOP Establishment
Conservative foreign policy counsels are stacked with status quo hawks, so Trump's less interventionist crew draws from the fringes.
The Trump-Cruz (and Clinton) Police State Is Already Alive in France
But does it work? And should we import it to the United States? No and no.
California Republicans to Enjoy Brief, Fleeting Moment of Relevance
The combative GOP primaries put the state into play.
Clinton, the Worst Warmonger Running for President, Warns That Trump or Cruz Might Start a War
Clinton and Cruz both condemn Trump's "isolationism," code for asking why America must police the planet.
Paul Ryan's Refusal to Criticize Donald Trump By Name Gives Trump a Pass
The House Speaker's speech on the state of American politics made no direct mention of the GOP frontrunner.
College Students Prefer Sanders Over Hillary 2:1, Dems Over Reps 2:1
The GOP is throwing away the youth vote. Here's how to win it back.
Emory University President Vows to Hunt Down Student Whose 'Trump 2016' Message Wrecked Safe Space
Everyone wants to live in a Trump-free world, but alas...
Idiotic Anti-Immigrant GIF Argument By GOP Rep. Goodlatte Will Make You Want To Move To Canada…
...or even Mexico. Bob Goodlatte's design-challenged interns are wasting your tax dollars.
Is Gary Johnson the Best Hope for #NeverTrump?
The former New Mexico governor and 2012 Libertarian Party presidential candidate could be a Ralph Nader-ian spoiler.
China Bashing Is a Bipartisan Sport and It's Back With a Vengeance
American working class is spurning jobs, but somehow that's the fault of trade liberalization
Donald Trump on Brussels: 'I Would Close Up Our Borders'
Halting all immigration is an extreme measure.
Bernie Sanders Skipped AIPAC, But Gave a Middle East Policy Speech Anyway
Unlike Hillary Clinton and the Republicans at the pro-Israel lobby conference, Sanders acknowledged there are two sides to peace negotiations.
Meet Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Team
A mixed bag of military contractors, a Jihad-panicked Middle East expert, and energy consultants doesn't tell us how a President Trump will do foreign policy.
Trump's Death-Eaters, Cuba's Freedom Fighters, and DiCaprio's Idiocies
Watch Matt Welch on tonight's Kennedy, Fox Business Network at 8 p.m. and midnight ET
The Fall and Decline of the English Language
How :-), :-(, and emoticons helped lead to Trump
