Month: January 2019

I agree with Charles Pierce that a Joe Biden candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination will badly divide the left. I agree that one of the main bones of contention will be Biden’s extensive record in Congress,...

In our upcoming issue of the Washington Monthly, we dedicate a lot of effort to examining how the Democrats can do a better job of winning back some support in rural America. It’s something I’ve personally been...

For this morning’s reading assignment I recommend two pieces. The first is by Clive Irving of The Daily Beast. Mr. Irving discusses several historical examples of secret meetings between government officials or world...

Yours truly and Luis de Sousa have been using the Charge of the Light Brigade as a metaphor for the UK’s brainless charge for Brexit. But perhaps it is Boris Johnson himself who came up with the more apt metaphor when he...

Far be it from me to explain religious texts to a noted theologian like Jerry Falwell, Jr., but when Jesus was asked whether Jews ought to pay the tax imposed by Rome, it was expected that he would say ‘no.’ At the...