Critics Say Bernie Sanders Is Too Old, Too White, and Too Socialist to Run for President in 2020. They're Wrong.
Ignore the polls that put Joe Biden on top. While it's a fool's game to predict winners, Bernie Sanders is the frontrunner right now.
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The First Step Act Is Not Sweeping Criminal Justice Reform — and the Risk Is That It Becomes the Only Step
Don't waste time celebrating the success of the Koch-backed, Trump-endorsed First Step Act. Its reforms would be very real — just not very big.
A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now Mandatory in Many States — so She Lost Her Job
A major attack on the First Amendment: No credible advocate of free expression can remain silent about this “free speech exception for Israel.”
The 10 Most Appalling Articles in the Weekly Standard’s Short and Dreadful Life
From its coverage of Iraq and gay marriage to Syria and climate change, here are plenty of reasons for everyone to dance on the Weekly Standard's grave.
Elizabeth Warren Has a Track Record of Taking on the Rich and Powerful. Don’t Write Her Off for 2020.
Sen. Warren stumbled with a DNA test on her Native American ancestry. But she's harder on Wall Street than Kamala Harris and Cory Booker combined.
John Kelly Was a Bully, Bigot, and Liar for Trump. Goodbye and Good Riddance.
The departing White House chief of staff was Trump’s nasty and brutish mini-me. He was never the “adult in the room.”
Is There Anything Trump, Cohen, and Manafort Didn't Lie About?
The drip, drip of documents from Mueller's inquiry into the Trump campaign's collusion with Russia exposes a dizzying number of lies.
How George H.W. Bush Rode a Fake National Security Scandal to the Top of the CIA
The killing of a CIA agent in Greece was used to thwart reforms as Bush became the first openly partisan director of the spy agency in 1976.
Republicans Are Clinging to Power in Wisconsin. Expect to See More GOP Power Grabs.
The anti-democratic moves to strip power from incoming Democrats are now officially part of the Republican playbook.
Let’s Talk About George H.W. Bush’s Role in the Iran-Contra Scandal
Hagiographies of the late president neglect his role in a secret war in Nicaragua and illegal weapons sales to Iran for the release of hostages.