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Barone: The groups and barista proletariat of the Democratic Party

Postmortems of the Democratic Party's loss, running well beyond the defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), are starting to come in from some of the party's most perceptive thinkers. And it was a loss across the board, not just this year. As RealClearPolitics' Sean ...

Harrop: AOC has got to go

Of all the neighborhoods in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's district, one stood out on Election Day as a considerable surprise. The left-wing congresswoman represents a very diverse population ranging from struggling immigrants in Queens and a piece of The Bronx to young professionals ...

Napolitano: Less government brings a happy Thanksgiving

"Government requires make-believe. Make believe that the king is divine, make believe that he can do no wrong or make believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God. Make believe that the people have a voice or make believe that the representatives of the people are the people. Make ...

Charen: How to be grateful despite Trump

How is everybody coping with the decline of America? I'll tell you how I'm doing in a bit, but first I have a few observations about Thanksgiving. I wish I had a dime for every time I've heard someone declare that Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday. I used to say it myself, before I ...

Robbins: Making Gabbard director of national intelligence really isn’t smart

The furor about the real risk to American national security posed by President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Tulsi Gabbard as the next Director of National Intelligence has obscured what is the even greater risk, and that's the one posed by the president-elect himself. It's somehow all but ...

Erickson: Worldview matters

It is a truism that does not get talked about enough, but is innately part of being a conservative, or really a person of any ideological conviction — worldview matters. Those of us on the right have long understood this. If, for example, a person is an atheist who believes there is no ...