Conservatism
Kanye West is winning Trump over with flattery. Does that make him a ‘madman’?
Maybe he’ll seem less crazy down the line when federal subsidies arrive for ‘Yeezy ideation centres’
For Max Boot, the road from Baghdad leads to the road to Damascus
Boot socks the Republicans and dips a toe among the Democrats, but can he find a footing?
What Putin and Trump understand about UFC
There is no political correctness in cage fighting. But that’s not to say it’s not political
What’s the matter with Kansas? Trump heads inland to find out
For all its reputation as a deep-red state, Kansas conservatives are not very well organised
How Trumpian should a GOP candidate be to win a midterm?
Trump imitators tend not to fare as well as the real thing
The truth is we prefer to lie
We will never know the truth of the Kavanaugh case unless one of the two principal actors ’fesses up — and even then I wouldn’t be too sure
Republicans should have seen the Brett Kavanaugh ambush coming – Richard Nixon did
‘The hearings themselves have become a scandal,’ said the 37th president of the Clarence Thomas allegations in 1991. How right he was
WATCH: Christian Bale’s uncanny Dick Cheney
A retrospective about the last Republican presidency comes just at the right time
Jeff Flake 2020: Is the retiring senator warming up for a presidential challenge?
He is acting like a man with nothing to lose
Why there’s no feminist solidarity for Kellyanne Conway
If you don’t conform to the programme, you’re Not One of Us
Can Ye win with black economic nationalism?
Kanye West’s message could do for black America what Trump’s did for the people of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin
Ye he Kan! Why Kanye West’s SNL stunt showed real courage
His rant against Democrats was more fun and interesting than the celebrity-endorsed jokes against Kavanaugh that took up the rest of the show
How Donald Trump can win again
It’s simple: he needs to rediscover his appeal to workers
Seeing red: where did all the deficit-cutting Republicans go?
None of the usual arguments made to justify deficit spending apply
Did conservatives win the culture war?
I always used to think liberals had won the culture war and conservatives had won the economic war. Now I’m not so sure
How Viktor Orbán duped the Brexiteers
Why are members of the old regime so attracted to the police institutions of the new illiberal states?
Can nationalists of the world unite?
Interests, not ideologies, seem to be the driving force behind nationalist movements worldwide
Christine Blasey Ford has mastered the art of the deal
Ford looks reasonable. It appears that she’s only asking for a few more days to prepare
Why Steve Bannon’s fireside chat with The Economist is so grimly watchable
It appears that to allow Bannon to make any point (let alone win it) would be to risk the total and utter death of Zanny Minton Beddoes
The curious case of Ron Unz
The former publisher of The American Conservative is a case study in contrarianism gone haywire
Boris Johnson summons the spirit of Churchill in Washington DC
‘The last thing we want is for us, the Brits, having made a momentous decision, to be drawn back into the tractor beam of Brussels.’
The case for a conservative labour movement
A labour movement that cooperates with conservatism would broaden the benefits of a strong stock market and reduce the drive to radicalism
What Trump hath wrought
Thanks to Trump, the Republicans are facing a grim electoral landscape
Will Cruz lose?
Tipping point for Ted
