Partisan passions are driving many Americans to become extremely tolerant of bad behavior by their preferred leaders.
Many critics of the religious Right are relishing the perceived hypocrisy in this group’s seemingly sudden about-face with respect to what it expects from its leaders. In 2011, Public Religion Research Institute asked voters whether “an elected official who commits an immoral act in their personal life can still behave ethically and fulfill their duties in their public and professional life.” In six years, the number of white Evangelicals who believe that a politician can still behave ethically despite immoral behavior increased from 30 percent to 72 percent ...
Partisan passions are driving many Americans to become extremely tolerant of bad behavior by their preferred leaders.
Many critics of the religious Right are relishing the perceived hypocrisy in this group’s seemingly sudden about-face with respect to what it expects from its leaders. In 2011, Public Religion Research...
Sanctuary cities are appalling. But using extra-constitutional means to defund them is still wrong.
One of the odd staples of American political life in the mid 1990s was Bob Dole’s love...
When Neil Gorsuch was nominated to the Supreme Court, pundits focused on two aspects of his judicial record: his dedication to textualism in statutory interpretation and his skepticism of the...
I don’t just remember where I was ten years ago today. I can feel it. I can close my eyes and be there again, instantly. It was my first day in Iraq. The first real day of my deployment. It was...
One of the stupider tendencies within our political discourse is to label mundane GOP policies as novel parts of the “Trump agenda.” I can’t make much of the idea that a man who thinks judges...
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from the book Skirmishes, just published by National Review Books.
Of Thanksgiving blessings, I have a surfeit.
To begin with, I chose my parents...
Thanksgiving is upon us, so it might be helpful to take a few minutes to reflect on the virtues of giving thanks. In his 2013 Bradley Prize remarks, Yuval Levin offered this succinct definition...
John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr, & Alexander Vassiliev
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