Conservatism
Andrew Sullivan’s false gods
The revered writer uses pulpit tones in the service of inquisition
The Ever Trumpers will never stop believing
Trump loyalists think he spends every hour Making America Great Again and draining the swamp
In 2018 America, everybody you don’t like is ‘extremist’
The fantasy that America is full of fanaticism is very dangerous
The first manifesto of the next neoconservatism
The Souls of Yellow Folk: Essays by Wesley Yang reviewed
The Special Relationship between the Bushes and the Queen
Prince Charles is attending Bush 41’s funeral
From the archives: Peregrine Worsthorne on Bush 41
‘On opening my bag, I found a bottle of Jack Daniels with a note from the future President of the US’
Richard Nixon: the president who made George H.W. Bush possible
Bush always listened keenly to Nixon’s counsel and carefully considered it, though he didn’t always choose to heed it in full
RIP, The Vishnu
He was the kindest, most decent man I’ve ever known
George H.W. Bush was the representative president
The death of the last president to have served in World War Two represents the passing of an age
George H.W. Bush, the last great liberal Republican
Like his son, Bush Sr’s stock rose considerably once he left office
Mourn Bush Sr, but don’t celebrate him for what he did to America and the world
If you don’t like Donald Trump, or Bush II, or for that matter Bill Clinton, you should wish that George H.W. Bush never got into politics
Is cultural conservatism doomed by demographics?
Liberals dominate education, entertainment, tech and the media
No, the Proud Boys aren’t an extremist group
They’re just mindless thugs barging into the culture war
The way Trump wins again
In 2020, if Trump prevails in either Michigan or Pennsylvania, and holds Ohio and Florida, he is almost assured victory
What cost a Creepy Porn Lawyer?
The man who supposedly called Tucker Carlson’s 19-year-old daughter a ‘whore’ is Michael Avenatti’s new client
Why Trump wasn’t shellacked
It’s the culture wars, stupid
Did Brian Kemp really steal the Georgia governorship?
Accusations that the secretary of state mishandled tens of thousands of voter registrations are sure to persist
The midterms delivered a feeble rivulet, not a blue wave
The effort to Make America Great Again will continue, just a little more slowly and circuitously than it would have done had the Republicans held the house
Stalingrad approaches: Democratic House, Republican Senate
Compared to 1994, 2006, and 2010, this would appear a tamer reaction to an embattled president
Why aren’t Republicans campaigning on the economy? Trump!
It’s seemed strange for months that the president has declined to focus on the good news for which he might take credit
The Trumps are focused on securing the Senate
Much of the Trump clan is pitching in to help overcome any lingering inhibitions in key red states
Why are Democrats blue?
It is surely time to revise our prejudices concerning both red and blue
Kanye West is the gift that keeps giving
Every time you think you understand him, he does something incomprehensible
Should Donald Trump spend his ‘Executive Time’ learning how to empathise?
There is no malignant phrase Trump is not ready to utter
What’s wrong with the Right?
From paranoid style to paranoid acts