What Makes Us Politic?

This new strain of complaint about political correctness is really just a warmed over version of the old complaints about politicians hamstringing national security matters.

Is it a debate moderator's job to call out a presidential candidate for lying?

Donald Trump stands to do real damage to the GOP in the coming year, and the party has little power to prevent it.

The presidential campaigns are busier than you think behind the scenes.

We'll see. The state of the economy will outweigh all other factors.

America's melting pot legacy has developed in spite of public opinion on admitting new populations.

There are penalties for lying, but not everyone pays them, and not everyone gets caught.

This isn't the first time a party's eulogy has been written prematurely.

Jeb Bush hasn't been a very effective campaigner so far, but he has plenty of other assets as a politician.

Does an endorsement actually move votes? Or is it just a sign of other political support?

Debates have many useful functions, but determining winners and losers is not one of them.

The trick is to hold legislatures accountable, even when the system is oriented around individual legislators.

Yes, America has a strong gun culture, but laws can be changed nonetheless.

The book Party Decides suggests party insiders will keep a candidate like Trump from getting the nomination. Does the party still have that power?

Failing to challenge Donald Trump on vaccines was more than just a political faux pas.

As last week's Hillary Clinton coverage demonstrated, the search for candidate "authenticity" is a fool's errand.

The presidential candidate has cited Game of Thrones' Jon Snow as an inspiration. But we all know how that storyline ends.

Larry Lessig may have the most distorted views of what the presidency is.

Millennials vote just like previous generations of young voters.

How Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump do retail.

There was a game-changing event in the presidential election, but it wasn't the Republican debate.

Remember who your opponent really is.

It's a niche campaign meant to reach nativists and fans of Star Trek and the Simpsons. Will it work?

Republicans aren't signing up for Obamacare, even if it would help them.