The question isn’t whether Congress will eventually cobble together a deal; it always does. The real question is, why does this keep happening?

Alas, as with Thomas Paine, a rousing call to action is not the same as a blueprint for victory.

Government cannot make Americans healthy.

Conventional wisdom holds that Republican voters are getting more extreme. But George Hawley’s book shows a fundamental moderation in their politics.

Progressive ideology won’t protect the environment—conservatives must present realistic alternatives.

John Ellis offers a necessary corrective to historians who have largely lost perspective on the past.

For over a century, presidents have charted America’s global course. Was it always supposed to be that way?

Amy Watson’s new book argues that the transatlantic party ideology of Patriotism is essential for understanding the genesis of the American Revolution.

Constitutional limits just keep stymieing progress.

To understand Congress’s abdication, look at the history of presidential selection.