Democratic officials in California have circled back from their coddling of drug addicts and homeless people to the understanding that they can use criminal law as leverage to eliminate the kind of antisocial behavior that destroys the quality of life in their cities. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan was the latest to discover this groundbreaking […]

“Rick Perry’s Strange Sex Story” was the New York Times headline. The columnist, Gail Collins, said Perry further proved he was “an absolutely terrible secretary of energy” by arguing “that fossil fuels would protect women from sexual assault.” Perry, a conservative Republican from Texas, was an official in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet during his first […]

Certain foods stand out as political signifiers: You’re more likely to see Republicans at a steakhouse chowing down on a rare filet and less likely to see them at the local salad bar ordering a vegetarian greens and grains bowl. Democrats are more predisposed to their ice cream fix from Ben & Jerry’s or perhaps […]

We have a good idea of what Donald Trump and his MAGA movement are against. But what are they for? If MAGA succeeds in setting a cultural tone for the coming years, what will that tone be? This isn’t an easy question because MAGA contains multitudes. The two strongest cultural poles in the MAGA world […]