Tag: Politics

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

President Garfield (1831-1881) walking a tight rope 'senatorial courtesy' and holding a pole 'executive prerogative.' (Photo12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

Senatorial courtesy: Bad practices in political power can be challenged and changed

Jay Caruso · December 12, 2025 4:13 am

A stethoscope being held up by blue and red rope.

The fight to keep politics out of medicine

Bethany Mandel · December 5, 2025 5:23 am

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) waits for Crown Prince Haakon of Norway to arrive at the Capitol in St. Paul.

Tim Walz says people are using ‘the R-word’ while driving by his house

Asher Notheis · December 4, 2025 6:16 pm

That’s the thing about empathy: There’s very little quality control. (Ethan Swope/AP)

The growing threat of toxic empathy

John Scott Lewinski · November 28, 2025 6:05 am

Sketch, George Washington with Jefferson and Hamilton by Constantino Brumidi, 1872 ca. (Courtesy of the U.S. Senate Collection)

The long shadow of the federalist debates

Michael M. Rosen · November 28, 2025 12:05 am

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

Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump, and First Lady Melania Trump at the Kennedy Center (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

The commonsense revolution at the Kennedy Center

Bethany Mandel · November 14, 2025 5:24 am

A partygoer takes a selfie with Jay Jones, Virginia’s Democratic attorney general nominee, on election night in Richmond, Nov. 4, 2025. (Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty Images)

What November’s election results say about both parties

Jay Cost · November 14, 2025 5:10 am

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA).

House ‘pretty rattled’ at funding bill provision: Lauren Green

Asher Notheis · November 13, 2025 6:29 pm

Joe Rogan.

Joe Rogan says BBC’s deceptive edit of Trump shows ‘rotting’ ideology in media

Asher Notheis · November 13, 2025 2:05 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) speaks on Proposition 50 during a campaign event in Los Angeles, California on Nov. 1. (Ethan Swope/AP)

The likely House GOP California redistricting survivors

David Mark · November 7, 2025 5:43 am