HONOLULU — If one discounts Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, Hawaii is about as far — geographically and politically — from Washington, D.C., as one can get. There are just six Republicans out of 51 in the State House of Representatives and two out of 25 in the Senate. One of them is Rep. ...
Kevin McCarthy’s epic struggle to become speaker of the House produced a lot of memorable images, but the most unforgettable was probably of Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, being physically restrained from opening a fresh can of whup-ass on Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, after Gaetz ensured ...
The two parts of the Republican Party — the MAGA cultural warriors and the economic oligarchs — need each other. The oligarchy wants lower taxes (which requires less government spending) and fewer regulations. Most basically, it wants to continue to siphon off more of the economy’s ...
There are no laws to shield people from misinformation. So, as the nation chugs toward the final stretch of the presidential campaign season, Americans need to take a good look at where they gathered the information that forms their political opinions. If your news flows primarily from ...
Will Rogers famously said: “I belong to no organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” He would have to dig deeper to find a gibe suitable for today’s GOP. The substantive stakes in the battle over Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid, which has produced a deadlock not seen on the ...
The new slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives lacks something besides its slim majority and the battle over leadership positions. It lacks intellectual depth. The Reagan administration may have been the last one to challenge Americans to think for themselves and for that ...