On Russia, Can Congress Save Trump from Himself?

Jonathan S. Tobin

It doesn’t happen very often, but on at least one issue, Donald Trump is acting like a normal president. Unfortunately, in this rare instance, he’s actually doing something not only wrongheaded but self-destructive. Instead of letting Trump have his way and preserve the power of the executive branch on foreign policy by not...

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The President Shouldn’t Set Congress’s Legislative Agenda

Max Bloom

‘The accumulation of all powers legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be...

Should Nancy Pelosi Step Down?

Alexandra DeSanctis

Democrats have been doing plenty of self-reflection since they lost the special election in Georgia’s sixth district on Tuesday. As a result, several House Democrats have intensely and publicly...

Are Things Getting Better?

Jonah Goldberg

I do not fear much correction when I say that my columns of the last few years have not been characterized by an overabundance of cheerfulness and optimism. For instance, about a year ago, I...

A Goat and a Feast

Jay Nordlinger

A few years ago, I wrote a book called “Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators.” I selected 20 dictators and their offspring. I did not aim for that round,...

Senator Feinstein Thinks It’s Acceptable for Violent Mobs to Control Speech 

Katherine Timpf

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this week, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) said that it was okay for universities to cancel controversial speakers over threats of...

So, You Want a Swiss Health-Care System?

Kevin D. Williamson

If you’re wondering what in Hell is actually going on with U.S. health-care policy, the short version is this: Policymakers in both parties are trying to replicate Swiss policies in a country...