Tag: populism

William F. Buckley Jr., laughs while gesturing with his fingers while sitting in an office chair in 1965. (Nick Machalaba/Fairchild Archive/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Buckley kept the gate. Today, the rank-and-file must

Justin Stapley · October 16, 2026 12:20 pm

President Donald Trump, left, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right.

Trump on the Right, Mamdani on the Left: Why they both win using the exact same playbook

Meda Parameswara Reddy · October 9, 2026 10:00 am

Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, right, hasn't just been following Trump's (seen left pointing while looking frustrated) populist playbook, she's been expanding it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

How populist politics succeeds and fails

Michael Barone · October 7, 2026 12:58 pm

Abdul el Sayed.

The ‘America First’ Left is here — and Republicans are missing the trap

Kim Ezra Shienbaum · October 7, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump, center, faces away from camera and toward the field as he listens to Jon Batiste performing the national anthem at the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Trump can’t stand what football does to America

Filipp Velgach · September 22, 2026 11:00 am

Tino Chrupalla, foreground center, Alternative for Germany national chairman and parliamentary group leader of the AfD, and Alice Weidel, AfD national chairwoman, stand on stage at the AfD national party conference following Weidel's nomination as candidate for chancellor in the upcoming federal elections, in Riesa, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.

Call them ‘Nazis’ all you want: The new German Right is winning the argument

Bob Armstrong · September 20, 2026 9:00 am

Trump dividends spending inflation debt

Have voters lost their self-respect?

Dan Hannan · September 12, 2026 7:18 am

Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund speaks at an election party of the "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.

Landslide victory for Germany’s far-right AfD in state election piles pressure on Chancellor Merz

Associated Press · September 7, 2026 9:03 am

People attend a Tax The Rich rally hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America at Lehman College in the borough of the Bronx, New York, on March 29, 2026.

’Tax the rich’ is a scam. You’re the one getting the bill

William Nye · August 14, 2026 11:00 am

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) speaks at a press conference.

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

How ‘pro-union conservatism’ is a win for the radical Left

Jace White · August 12, 2026 6:00 am

Warren G. Harding was a reasonably effective and highly popular president and not a buffoon. (AP file)

Warren Harding and the bravest presidential speech in US history

David Harsanyi · July 31, 2026 2:00 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, left, and Vice President JD Vance, right, AP News.

America’s suicide pact: Why the republic may not survive another 250 years

Jose Lev Alvarez · June 30, 2026 12:27 pm