National Interest Archive
The ’18 midterms: Checks and balances, or a blank check?
So we've reached the crossroads: Checks and balances, or a blank check? What kind of nation are we? Are we informed citizens, or sheep?
5 years ago
Birthright citizenship: Trump’s latest sideshow distraction
5 years ago
Trump sows the wind, reaps the whirlwind
The provocateur-in-chief has spent the last three years stoking his cultists to commit political violence.
5 years ago
Be very afraid, the caravan is coming to getcha!
Donald Trump's current con job - spreading lies about the migrants who are walking through Mexico is just his latest attempt to weaponize fear for political gain.
5 years ago
Trump, racism, polarization: As Florida goes, so goes the nation
Pay close attention to the Florida gubernatorial race, because it is a proxy for our nationally polarized political climate.
5 years ago
Elizabeth Warren is distracting Democrats and wasting our time
5 years ago
A very American score: Kanye West 6, climate change 3
On this issue, the media basically mirrors the public mood, and the public's mood is a tad too apathetic, given the dire scientific consensus.
5 years ago
How to prepare for the Kavanaugh midterms
Trump Republicans would love nothing more than to see their opponents surrender the field in the spirit of civility.
5 years ago
Big loser in the Kavanaugh fight: Supreme Court legitimacy
Let's take a quick trip down memory lane, even though this particular event may not live in your memory.
5 years ago
Republicans seem determined to alienate as many women as possible
Why are Republicans so determined to stick with Brett Kavanagh, soiling themselves in the process and alienating as many women voters as possible?
6 years ago
Kavanaugh’s accuser is a nightmare for the party of misogyny
Is it any wonder that women are fleeing the GOP en masse? That women are jonesing for a Democratic Congress by a whopping 40 percentage points (65 to 25)?
6 years ago
All talk, no action: Ben Sasse, Republican metaphor
The congressional Republicans continue to abet and excuse Donald Trump's relentless assaults on democratic norms and the rule of law.
6 years ago
Obama, Bush, and Hemingway: McCain’s gifts to a troubled nation
McCain called on his old foes, Bush and Obama, to stress his enduring values, and perhaps prompt a sufficient share of voters to seize the future and steer us back to safety.
6 years ago
John McCain was a Walt Whitman passage come to life: "I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes."
6 years ago
The ‘law and order’ candidate is now an unindicted co-conspirator
Put your hands together for the rule of law. That glugging sound you hear is Trump's swamp being drained.
6 years ago
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