… We know from American history that a thriving, expanding political party seeks and welcomes converts to its ranks. A stagnant, shrinking party hunts down and banishes heretics who dare to deviate from some party dogma. Because an American political party is a coalition of people who agree on most […] Read more »
Why White Evangelicals Are ‘Splintering’ Politically
White evangelicals are a formidable force in American politics. Republican candidates hustle for their votes. White evangelical leaders have befriended presidents of both parties. The group even gets its own separate question in presidential exit polls. In The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America, journalist Frances FitzGerald writes about the […] Read more »
How the Republican right found allies in Russia
… A significant shift has been underway in recent years across the Republican right. From gun rights to terrorism to same-sex marriage, many leading advocates on the right who grew frustrated with their country’s leftward tilt under President Barack Obama have forged ties with well-connected Russians and come to see that […] Read more »
How the Left Learned to Hate Like the Right
… One hundred days into his administration, President Trump has few legislative achievements to his name. But he has forced liberals to experience the near-apocalyptic revulsion that conservatives have often felt toward Democratic presidents. In doing so, he has unwittingly created a new movement in American politics, as Democrats channel […] Read more »
Bret Stephens and Climate Change
The former Wall Street Journal writer Bret Stephens has a column today to kick off his new digs at the New York Times that meanders into climate change territory and has raised some hackles. In the piece, he talks about how public opinion on climate change is soft, which some […] Read more »
Can the Democratic Party Reconcile Two Divergent Economic Visions?
The distinctive pattern of public reaction to President Trump as he approaches the end of his first 100 days in office is sharpening the choices facing Democrats over the party’s road to recovery. Though Trump’s agenda has unified Democrats in near-term opposition, clear fault lines have quickly emerged about the […] Read more »