Donald Trump has been many things, but he has never been the conservative that his supporters have claimed him to be. The American people have never liked to hear harsh truths, but sometimes they need to be said. President Donald Trump is not a conservative. Trump is a reactionary. The left created Trump. The world…
Robin E. Best, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Steve B. Lem, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Election Day delivered a presidential victory for the Democratic Party and narrowed the partisan split in the U.S. House and Senate. But it was nevertheless a victory for Republicans in the battle every decade to draw state…
In the weeks following the election, many on the left—Democrats and Never-Trumpers alike—have been reveling in claiming victory for their candidate, Vice President Joe Biden. This is somewhat understandable. Political victories are often like sporting events. One team wins over their rival, and they have bragging rights until the next time they meet (in this…
Andrew Trunsky on November 12, 2020 Republicans won crucial elections where Donald Trump failed, sometimes outperforming the president by wide margins. Polls leading up to Nov. 3 consistently showed Trump losing to former Vice President Joe Biden, the ultimate victor. GOP candidates similarly faced tight races, according to polls, but unlike the president, defied expectations and…
The Tea Party was born in February of 2009, shortly following the inauguration of Barack Obama. It was an opposition movement to the higher taxes and the proposed individual mandate to fund his promised ObamaCare proposal. It was a political wave that boosted Liberty Republicans into office in the 2010 midterms, such as Rand Paul,…
“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” -H.L. Mencken Libertarians are sometimes described as being “conservative on economic issues” and “liberal on social issues.” Sometimes we even describe ourselves that way. I’ve never been really comfortable with this, for several reasons: There is often a fine line between an “economic” issue and…
Chuck Ross on October 10, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Friday that voters do not deserve to hear his position on expanding the Supreme Court before the head to the polls next month. “No, they don’t,” Biden responded to a reporter when asked if voters have a right to learn his position on…
“You’re going to find really wonderful, well-meaning, well spoken people, and then people who are just bat-shit crazy.” -Gov. Gary Johnson, 2012 and 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nominee, when asked about the Libertarian National Convention Libertarians, whether they are in the Libertarian Party or skulking about the fringes of the Republican Party, are a notoriously…
by Camellia Plosser In the history of America, there has always been a tug of war of ideas and philosophies. This free discourse is a hallmark of American values. To listen to the glowing accounts of the founding of our country, you would think that Americans were unequivocally united in our quest for independence. The…
For the past decade, the narratives about Republicans being too anti-criminal justice reform have been perpetuated by the media and the DNC all too often. Along with the usual mantras of accusing Republicans of not acting upon social justice issues, many on the left have accused the GOP of refusing to take action on the…