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Democrats Need Populism, But Not Zohran's Sort Jun. 30, 2025
Zohran Mamdani is the latest sign establishment Democrats don't know how to handle a populist challe... Read More
What Kind of a Populist Is Elon Musk? Feb. 10, 2025
Can the world's richest man be a populist? Elon Musk has plenty of enemies on the left who say the T... Read More
The Free-Market Populism of Javier Milei May. 27, 2024
Javier Milei is a rock star. The president of Argentina was, in fact, in a Rolling Stones cover band... Read More
The Surge of Populism -- and Nationalism Sep. 22, 2023
"Populist politicians and parties," writes the Ethics and Public Policy Center's Henry Olsen in The ... Read More
Pence Correctly Warns of the 'Siren Song of Populism' Engulfing His Party. Sep. 12, 2023
Mike Pence finally went there. In a New Hampshire speech Wednesday, the former vice president took o... Read More
The Riddle of JD Vance Aug. 08, 2023
CINCINNATI — When J.D. Vance walked into the surgical technology class at Great Oaks Career Ca... Read More
We Need the Wealthy Exploring Sea and Space Jun. 28, 2023
A populist and popular view of money threatens progress in health care, science, agriculture, housin... Read More
Ron DeSantis, Job Killer May. 30, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' war on Disney justly blew up in his face last week as the theme-park gian... Read More
Trump Was Always the Result of the Conservative Populist Coalition, Not the Cause Nov. 22, 2022
NEW ALEXANDRIA, Pennsylvania — Ever since former President Donald Trump lost to President Joe ... Read More
It's the Culture, Stupid Mar. 01, 2022
PHILIPSBURG, Pennsylvania — For over a decade, Pat Romano drove past the former Mallard Motel ... Read More
Republicans Censure Two True Conservatives -- And Confirm Their Party Is a Cult Feb. 08, 2022
When future historians seek to pinpoint exactly when it was that the Republican Party stopped being ... Read More
Hawley's Latest Attention-Grabbing Stunt Could Endanger National Security Sep. 27, 2021
Sen. Showy McShowboat, R-Mo., is at it again. Josh Hawley, Missouri's Republican junior senator, has... Read More
Extending the Danish-Hungarian Empire Sep. 02, 2021
Ideologues at both political extremes, like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, on the left and Fox News host... Read More
Is Populism Going to Fritter Away Over Time as George W. Bush Predicts? Mar. 26, 2021
Last week, former President George W. Bush said he's not worried about the current moment in America... Read More
Sen. Romney's Misguided Lament Dec. 18, 2020
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney is grieving over, as CNN anchor Dana Bash put it, President Donald Trump... Read More
Timeless Truths for Trying Times Dec. 16, 2020
In a spoof of country music's sad songs of heartache and woe, the old "Hee Haw" TV show periodically... Read More
Moving Forward During the COVID Crisis Jun. 24, 2020
In February and March primary elections, a cabal of backroom political geniuses rushed out a coordin... Read More
Revolt of the Plain Folks Apr. 28, 2020
"So the city was filled with the confusion...Now some cried one thing, some another, for the assembl... Read More
America's Political Soul Apr. 01, 2020
Making real democratic change is messy, inherently anti-establishment and fundamentally about choosi... Read More
What If You Were to Own Your Own Power Company? Jan. 01, 2020
About 40 years ago, a right-wing codger named Eddie Chiles became a momentary political celebrity in... Read More
