Tax Bill Mixes Very Encouraging Developments With Very Disappointing Ones
The GOP would be on higher ground if it stood on principle for a tax code that treats everyone the same.
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The GOP Senate Tax Bill Takes Two Rights and Makes a Wrong
Big Insurance will be the chief beneficiary of scrapping the Obamacare mandate
71 Percent of Millennials Say U.S. Politics Needs a Third Major Party
White men and black women were the most likely to endorse America moving beyond the Dem-GOP binary.
Maybe Not Libertarian, But There Are Some Things to Like in This Tax Reform
The House and Senate still refuse to consider cutting government spending.
Ban on Abortion Because of Down Syndrome Clears Ohio Legislature
A amendment from Democrats says no state money can go to defending the law in court.
No, The Electoral College Isn't Rigged to Favor Rural Trumpism
It's time to put the myth of electoral bias out of its misery.
Roy Moore and the End of Republican Credibility
Can the conservative movement survive the election of a possible child molester?
The Alabama GOP's Awful Responses to the Roy Moore Sexual Assault Allegations Are Dead-End Partisanship At Its Worst
Jeff Flake wonders: Is this what the Republican Party has become?
Senate Fiscal Hawks Could Strangle Tax Reform in its Crib
James Lankford's "I am a no" makes at least three GOP senators who worry that the debt/deficit math doesn't add up
What's More Sinister than Russian Election Hackers? [Podcast]
This week's show covers Venezuela, the New York City terrorist attack, Russian hackers, the Republican tax agenda, and a preview of a debate on Capitalism.
We're Blindly Picking Between Political Poisons
Our political system is dominated by two major political parties with serious identity crises.
Listen to Jesse Walker Talk About the JFK Files on SiriusXM Insight at 2 pm ET
Matt Welch interviews our resident conspiracist, plus Liz Mair on Jeff Flake and Nancy Rommelmann on "shitty media men," on Channel 121.
Libertarian Republican Sen. Jeff Flake Will Not Run for Re-Election (UPDATED)
"There may not be a place for a Republican like me in the current Republican climate or the current Republican Party."
Trump Calls the Congressional GOP's Bluff
From Iran to Obamacare to DACA, the president is acting on what Republicans have long promised, in a way that rightly devolves power to the legislative branch.
Anti-Trump Republicans Need to Re-Examine Their Own Reckless Foreign Policy
Yes, the president is erratic and incompetent. But prominent GOPers like John McCain have been saying crazy things about North Korea and elsewhere for a quarter century
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney: 'We Need to Have New Deficits'
The former deficit hawk gets budget-busting religion now that he holds real power.
Republicans Should Reject 'Bipartisan' Solution for Obamacare
There was nothing bipartisan about the way the law was passed.
Will the Supreme Court Stop Politicians from Choosing Their Voters?
Social science could help identify objective principles for creating competitive voting districts.
Nicholas Sarwark on the Future of the Libertarian Party
Trump is 'the best recruiting tool for the Libertarian Party we've ever had.'
Why Trump's Wall Is Not Going to Happen
Plenty of GOP members would rather put Barack Obama on Mount Rushmore than underwrite this addled project.
Trump's Arizona Rally Is an Advertisement for the GOP's Pathologies
Behold a squabbling but still powerful coalition of nationalist authoritarians, immovable interventionists, finger-in-the-wind opportunists, and vastly outnumbered libertarian-leaners.
Steve Forbes on Trump, Taxes, and 100 Years of Forbes Magazine
Also: GOP Congress should fix health care, taxes, and easy money.
Jeff Flake's Conscience Is Good for Libertarians—and the Country
The Arizona senator calls for limited government, takes clear aim at Trump's authoritarianism, GOP big-spending.
Rep. Justin Amash: The Two-Party System Needs to Die
The libertarian congressman says the internet is poised to destroy politics as we know it.
The Party of Trump Is Trying to Gut America's Asylum Process
A GOP bill would set up impossible obstacles for fleeing foreigners
The GOP Died at the Border Wall
The Republican Party hates immigrants more than it hates big government.
It's Official: Republicans Hate Immigrants More Than Government Spending
And they don't care about limited government either.
Trump Forces a GOP Retreat On Russia
Most of the party's members of Congress have done their best to downplay or excuse Trump's strange fondness for Vladimir Putin.
Read Austin Petersen's Goodbye Note to the Libertarian Party
Second-place finisher in 2016 presidential primary will run for Missouri Senate seat as a Republican.
Democrats Accuse Republicans of Mass Murder
The argument carries a powerful emotional charge but it isn't a particularly constructive or clear-minded way to think or talk about writing laws.
The Illusory Savings From Cutting Medicaid
Congressional Republicans promise to achieve greater frugality in Medicaid without inflicting more hardship. It's not gonna happen.
What If Donald Trump Doesn't Sink the Republican Party?
Distaste for the president may not translate to distaste for other Republicans, as the special election in Georgia showed.
There Is No Political Tribe That Deserves Your Complete Loyalty
Commit to principles and ideals, not politicians.
GOP Maps Out New Ways to Throw People in Federal Prison
Senators drafting massive combination bill with "Kate's Law" and "Back the Blue" mandatory minimum sentences that are expensive, unneeded.
A Brief History of Politicians Body-Slamming Journalists
Greg Gianforte joins a pantheon of violent politicians who don't want to answer questions from journalists
Another Advantage of Divided Government: Easier to Impeach the President
Republicans may rue the day they won Congress with Trump as president
The Case for Trump's Impeachment is Over-Determined
Where is divided government when you need it?
Freaky Friday Politics: Republicans And Democrats Keep Switching Positions
The two parties are more interested in fighting each other than maintaining a consistent ideology
Surprise: Republicans Have a Sensible Plan to Fix Immigration
They'll let states enact their own guest-worker programs.
Republicans Don't Lack a Plan to Replace Obamacare. They Lack a Unified Theory
The GOP never really took the time to describe the basic mechanics of how their preferred health care system might work.
In Trump Era, Many Political Activists Follow Their Leader, Not Their Principles
The reward centers of the brain light up when partisans reject information that contradicts their political preferences, the same way drug addicts' brains do.
The Hypocritical Logic Behind Republican Plans to Ban Online Porn (Unless You Pay $20)
State lawmakers say porn is a public health crisis that causes rape and sex trafficking-but watch all you want as long as the state gets a cut.
Republicans Learn to Love Single-Payer Health Care
Almost half of the GOP now backs Medicare-for-all.
Trump Aide Attacks Amash, but This Libertarian Rep. Is Ready for a Fight
Republicans have tried taking him out in the primaries before and failed.
Will Virginia Republicans Fall for a Trump Mini-Me?
Republican candidate Corey Stewart appears to be emulating the president in his campaign for the gubernatorial nomination.
