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President Donald Trump and tariffs.

Why did anyone think Trump’s tariffs would be popular?

Dan Hannan · October 30, 2026 8:14 am

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An eleventh-hour GOP surge, or a looming blue blowout?

President Donald Trump imitates a golf swing after speaking at a campaign event in Park City, Kansas, US, on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (Nick Oxford/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

When good enough is good enough

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Abdul el Sayed’s chronic, brazen lying

Demonstrators rally during a "Stop Sexual Violence" protest at the Washington Monument, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Our bodies, our choice, our 60-year mistake

Schools normalize bad study habits and failure

Hugo Gurdon May 31, 2022 8:00 pm

Was Brexit an Oxford conspiracy?

Dan Hannan May 23, 2022 4:32 am

Regulatory capture is milking the baby formula market

Dominic Green May 19, 2022 11:00 pm

Midge Decter: Our Jewish mother

Robert George May 19, 2022 3:45 pm

President Trump winks during the annual presentation of a bowl of shamrocks with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Thursday, March 14, 2019, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

It’s not exactly Trump’s Republican Party

Michael Barone May 18, 2022 6:14 pm

Mixed primary election results show the importance of dumping Trump

Hugo Gurdon May 18, 2022 1:37 pm

What if Democrats had made the economy even worse?

Byron York May 16, 2022 1:13 pm

Why are we so afraid of sex differences in education?

Dan Hannan May 16, 2022 4:28 am

The Brazilification of California

Dominic Green May 13, 2022 3:00 am

Progressives’ version of ‘democracy’: Two plus two equals five

Michael Barone May 12, 2022 2:38 pm

A bowl of stickers waiting for voters after they cast their early ballot at the Jefferson County Board of Elections office in Steubenville, Ohio, on April 4. Early voting begins April 5 in Ohio.

Republicans learned some of their political tactics from watching Democrats

Jay Caruso May 11, 2022 12:27 pm

An anti-scaling fence surrounds the U.S. Supreme Court, Thursday, May 5, 2022 during a demonstration in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report. Wesley Hunt, a Republican congressional candidate in Texas, and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) recently spared on social media about the implications of a potential reversal to Roe. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib). (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

The unbearable rightness of being a Democrat

Hugo Gurdon May 10, 2022 5:59 pm