Tag: Political Polarization

Left, right, and centrist political views depicted as a signpost with arrows pointing different directions.

The deeper meaning of America’s liberal tradition

Dan Hannan · February 20, 2026 9:59 am

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) helped a fellow socialist, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, win both the Democratic primary and the general election. (Heather Khalifa/AP)

The coming progressive Tea Party

W. James Antle III · February 20, 2026 4:41 am

Tyler Robinson, who is accused of murdering Charlie Kirk, during a court hearing in Provo, Utah, Dec. 11, 2025.

Politics without restraint: A generational shift toward violence and radicalism is taking place

Samuel J. Abrams · February 6, 2026 4:41 am

The proclamation of the German Republic in Berlin on November 9, 1918, marking the beginning of the Weimar Republic at the end of World War I.

False echoes of Weimar

Andrew Bernard · December 19, 2025 2:47 am

A voter marks his ballot at a polling place i

Lies, damned lies, and polarization

Brad Pearce · December 12, 2025 3:49 am

Voters deliver their ballots to a polling station.

Democrats see higher favorability than before 2018 midterm swing

Pedro Rodriguez · November 19, 2025 1:23 pm

Men shake hands.

Republicans more likely than Democrats to have close friends in other party: Poll

Pedro Rodriguez · November 14, 2025 12:39 pm

Jimmy Kimme and his wife Molly McNearney arrive for the 74th Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, on September 12, 2022. (Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Don’t personalize your politics like Jimmy Kimmel’s family does

Zachary Faria · November 14, 2025 5:40 am

Democrats and Republicans are in a ideological duel on the American flag.

Opinion (Restoring America)

How Americans can reduce conflict in these hyperpoliticized times

Richard Lorenc · November 10, 2025 3:28 pm

Hundreds of people gather at Town Square in UC San Diego while Charlie Kirk sits in the middle of the plaza. Turning Point USA founder and American conservative political activist, Charlie Kirk sets up in UC San Diego's Town Square fielding rapid-fire questions from students and community members in a signature "change-my-mind"-style forum, while campus police and private security ring the perimeter to keep the busy plaza orderly. (Photo by Michael Ho Wai Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Post-Kirk authoritarianism reaches England

Dan Hannan · October 24, 2025 4:05 am

A Make America Great Again hat is placed at a growing vigil outside Timpanogos Regional Hospital after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Opinion (Restoring America)

It is time for peaceful protest rallies and vigils

Tom Klingenstein · October 20, 2025 8:47 am

Getty Images shadow ticket

Has Thomas Pynchon still got it?

Derek Robertson · October 17, 2025 3:56 am