National Interest Archive
This year in scandal: A dirty dozen Trump trivia quiz
The one-trick phony lied an average of 15 times a day, all-Republican rule crashed and burned with a government shutdown, and Brett Kavanaugh really likes beer.
5 years ago
Bernie versus Beto: Democratic cannibalization begins
The Democrats can screw up their 2020 chances by beating each other to a pulp. And Bernie Sanders' fans are already waging against Beto O'Rourke.
5 years ago
Is it possible? Are Republicans finally smelling the Trumpster fire?
Did my ears deceive me? Did I actually hear Pa. Republican senator Pat Toomey rebuke Donald Trump? In so many words, yes. And it's about time.
5 years ago
Should there be a TV ban on Kellyanne?
Would the cable shows violate the spirit of the First Amendment if they refuse to book the empress of alternative facts - or would they be performing a public service?
5 years ago
Obamacare sabotage is in the news again? Seriously?!
If your head swiveled 360 degrees, Exorcist-style, after learning Friday that a federal judge in Texas had ruled Obamacare unconstitutional, I totally get it.
5 years ago
Trump gets smocked on his own reality show
The White House reality show - starring Individual-1 and The Marvelous Mrs. Pelosi - was a master class in presidential weakness.
5 years ago
The Republican election fraud that Trump refuses to tweet about
Yes, folks, this is an actual provable case of "election fraud" - as opposed to "voter fraud," the imaginary epidemic the GOP routinely conjures out of thin air.
5 years ago
Robert Mueller’s ominous black bars
We can only hope that Donald Trump reads pages 2 and 4 of the addendum to Robert Mueller's new sentencing memo. They're guaranteed to give him night sweats.
5 years ago
Before he was ‘kinder, gentler,’ Poppy Bush pioneered TV ad lies
What Bush did during that 1988 campaign - and what we in the press allowed him to get away with - can't be whitewashed.
5 years ago
Trump says he’s too intelligent to believe in climate change
5 years ago
The last midterm: Mississippi’s William Faulkner election
William Faulkner, the bard of segregated Mississippi, once wrote: "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
5 years ago
The ridiculous Democratic rebellion against Nancy Pelosi
There's an old saying, attributed to nobody in particular, that Democrats never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
5 years ago
CNN’s historic lawsuit against Trump strikes a blow for the free press
5 years ago
Will Robert Mueller survive Trump’s Justice Department coup? Probably!
5 years ago
Blue wave meets red wall: Split decision for a divided nation
Beginning in January, when Democrats take control of the House, the Trump-Republican agenda will be officially dead.
5 years ago
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