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November 2025

November 10, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 11/10/25

Democrats are back in the game. Only a minority of Americans have a positive view...

September 2024

September 10, 2024

“Freedom” vs. “Liberty”

Synonyms are two words that have the same meaning. They are often used interchangeably. And...

March 2024

March 22, 2024

DISCUSSION: In Vitro Fertilization

After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen human embryos, engendered in fertility labs, are...

January 2024

January 18, 2024

The Will of a Party vs. The Will of the Nation

As the election year gets under way, all agree that American politics is highly polarized. ...

September 2023

September 15, 2023

DISCUSSION: Do Pro-Lifers Need to Change Their Language?

Some Senate Republicans are saying that pro-lifers need to change their terminology. What do you...

July 2023

July 28, 2023

DISCUSSION: Everything Is Upside Down

Michael Brendan Dougherty says we are living in an upside-down world, giving examples from religion...

November 2022

November 10, 2022

Midterm Election Post-Mortem

Despite what conservative pundits, pollsters, and even Democrats were predicting, there was no red wave. ...

November 08, 2021

Progressives Are Not as Popular as They Think

Last Tuesday's election was a "red wave" that swept over much of the nation, with...

April 2021

April 06, 2021

Unlimited Spending

Trillions for COVID stimulus, more trillions for infrastructure, more trillions for health care and education....

December 2020

December 02, 2020

America’s Radical Moderation

America is a radically moderate nation. That means it will be frustrating for both liberals...

November 2020

November 18, 2020

Politics of Mobilization vs. Politics of Persuasion

Instead of trying to persuade voters of the wisdom of particular policies, both Democrats and...

November 02, 2020

The Most Important Election in History?

Both Biden and Trump supporters are saying that this is the most important election in...

May 2020

May 13, 2020

Give Us All $2000 per Month, Pay 80% of Our Salary, or Pay our Housing?

Ideas for the next round of coronavirus bailouts include paying virtually every American $2,000 per...

December 2019

December 18, 2019

Donald Trump Is Impeached

The House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald Trump. Now the Senate will...

November 2019

November 14, 2019

The Democrats’ Impeachment Problems

Democrats are realizing that if impeachment goes to a Senate trial, they will face the...

January 2019

January 07, 2019

Tucker Carlson: Conservatives Should Stop Idolizing Capitalism

Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, a conservative and a Trump supporter, gave an answer to...

January 04, 2019

Divided

We now have a divided government (shut down though it be), as Democrats took power...

November 2018

November 06, 2018

Election Day

Today is the midterm election. All members of the House of Representatives, whose term is...

May 2018

May 02, 2018

Respecting the Office

French President Emmanuel Macron and American President Donald Trump disagree on just about everything--economics, immigration,...

October 2017

October 23, 2017

Republicans Preside Over Near Record Government Spending

Numbers crunched for the end of the fiscal year on September 30 show that the...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

Judge Roy Moore wins & so does Obamacare

Senate Republicans again failed in their latest effort to kill and replace Obamacare. And President...

May 2017

May 05, 2017

House votes to repeal & replace Obamacare

The House of Representatives voted to repeal and replace Obamacare, a long-time Republican commitment that...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

Will the government shut down?

Back when we had a divided government, with President Bush and a Democratic congress and...

December 2016

December 14, 2016

Problems with the EXXON CEO as Secretary of State

Donald Trump chose Rex Tillerson, the C.E.O. of ExxonMobil, to be Secretary of State. As...

November 2016

November 09, 2016

Congress, marijuana, beer, and other election results

The presidency was not the only important election last night. Republicans kept control of both...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

The other races

Democrats need to take 30 seats to win control of the House of Representatives. But...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Both parties have abandoned free trade

Whoever gets elected president will oppose free trade. In fact, both parties are rivaling each...

August 2016

August 01, 2016

As Republicans veer left, Democrats veer right

At the Republican convention, Donald Trump and company invoked what have traditionally been Democratic themes:...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

The plight of religious traditionalists

Rachel Lu has written an important essay for National Review on the plight of religious...

March 2016

March 17, 2016

The new Supreme Court nominee

President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to take the late Antonin Scalia's slot on the Supreme...