1. America’s Not So Original Islam Backlash

    American conservatives are only just discovering what their European counterparts have known for years: that anti-Islamism breeds electoral success.

  1. Presidents Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic and Barack Obama of the United States share a toast, Prague, April 8, 2010

    Obama’s “Bizarre” Nuclear Policy

    It has become a familiar mantra of the political right in recent months: President Barack Obama is projecting weakness by

  1. Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in O'Fallon, Missouri, August 31, 2008 (Jeff Geerling)

    Palin’s Smear Tactics

    Sarah Palin is no asset to the Republican Party. Behind the image of no-nonsense folksiness she so likes to project,

  1. Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in Elon, North Carolina, October 16, 2008

    The Palin Brief

    She overwhelmed the country as vice presidential candidate in 2008. The Left found plenty of reason to resent her and

  1. Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin speeches in Jefferson City, Missouri, November 3, 2008 (Chris Dunn)

    Republican Party Lost Direction

    Many appear to agree that in spite of their increasing popularity in the polls, today’s Republicans are divided when it