Why Glenn Youngkin Won Virginia

by Darel E. Paul

In a race everyone expected to be close, Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe lost to multimillionaire political neophyte Glenn Youngkin by over two points. Continue Reading »

5 Nov 2021

Promise and Peril for Pro-Life Democrats

by John Murdock

The key to Edwards’s reelection—his pro-life beliefs—is seen as a poison pill by most Democratic elites. Continue Reading »

19 Nov 2019

Why John Bel Edwards Wins

by Charles C. Camosy

John Bel Edwards’s traditional values reflect both his deep commitment to Catholicism and the views of Louisiana voters—especially Democratic voters of color. Continue Reading »

18 Nov 2019

Defining “Evangelical”

by Samuel D. James

A review of Thomas S. Kidd’s Who Is an Evangelical?: The History of a Movement in Crisis.  Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2019

Letters

by Various

Lay Leadership Citing mass disenfranchisement in a “papal-episcopal oligarchy,” ­Bronwen McShea (“Bishops Unbound,” January) argues for institutional representation of “entire classes of lay and clerical members of the Church” currently “at the mercy of episcopal authority.” She . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2019

Reince Priebus and the GOP’s Moral Disaster

by Pete Spiliakos

If we want to assess how the GOP and CPAC took such a fall, we should apportion some of the blame to RNC chairman Reince Priebus. Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2018

Bullets for Babies

by John Murdock

Contrary to popular belief, most Republicans want to make assault-style weapons illegal, while many Democrats are in favor of a 20-week abortion ban.  Continue Reading »

23 Feb 2018

The Romney Disease

by Pete Spiliakos

When they think they can get away with it, our elite Republicans disparage the idea of tax cuts for the middle class.  Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2017

Sex, Scandal, and Politics

by R. R. Reno

Too many Republicans voted for Roy Moore—conservative voters are embracing the progressive spirit of transgression and rebellion.  Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2017

Baskin-Robbins Bushism

by Pete Spiliakos

Our Republican elites offer Baskin-Robbins Bushism—any skin tone, ethnicity, or gender, as long as it is all Bushism. But voters don’t want Bushism in any vessel. Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2017