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- No Good Deed December 10, 2024In which an unsuspecting Quillette editor strolls Dublin’s historic streets, only to become ensnared in an unwholesome nocturnal intrigue.Jonathan Kay
- The Year of Elections December 9, 2024An unprecedented number of elections took place in Africa, Asia, and Latin America this year. Their results suggest that prospects for democracy are mixed.Imran Shamsunahar
- Are Board Gender Quotas a Good Idea? December 9, 2024The more we try to limit freedom in the interests of desirable social change, the less effective we will be in the long run, and the greater the number of additional problems we create.Silvia G. Poratelli
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- Assad Rule, Over (Apparently) December 8, 2024Since 1970, only two men have ruled Syria: father and son.
- In the Face of Assault December 6, 2024Notes on Ukraine, Russia, and the West.
- ‘Standing for Mozart,’ Etc. December 5, 2024Reader mail on standing ovations, the term ‘concertmistress,’ and more.
- Assad Rule, Over (Apparently) December 8, 2024
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Tag Archives: Republicans
On to the Midterms
The Democrats have built an impressive suicide machine which, by all accounts, they intend to deploy for the midterm elections. This theory contradicts the conventional wisdom—a conventional wisdom that was horribly wrong in 2016 and 2020. Horribly wrong in that … Continue reading
Magical Thinking
Republicans complain that Democrats are hypocrites. Democrats reply that Republicans are hypocrites. They are, of course, both correct in a generic sense. All politicians routinely say things they know or suspect to be false, especially if they think it affords … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Debt, Deficit, Democrats, Magical Thinking, politics, President Biden, Republicans, Taxes
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The Enduring Fantasy of the Moderate Democrat
Congress is poised to pass President Biden’s spectacularly misnamed $1.9 trillion Covid Relief and Recovery Act. The bill will pass on a strict party line vote. And there is nothing moderate about it. Not only does the bill contain relatively … Continue reading
The Virginia Senate Race
Before being elected to the US Senate in 2008, Mark Warner (D. VA) served as governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. In 2014 ran for a second term against Republican Ed Gillespie, winning by just under 1% of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Gade, Democrats, election 2000, Mark Warner, politics, Republicans, Virginia
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Government by Executive Decree
According to press reports, by Executive Order President Trump is preparing to suspend the payroll tax through the end of the year retroactive to July 1. He also intends to extend supplemental jobless benefits, although at what level and for … Continue reading
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Tagged Democrats, economics, executive order, lawless government, President Obama, President Trump, Public Finance, Republicans, social security
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The Season is Upon Us
When January of 2021 comes rolling around it is virtually inevitable that a supremely ambitious, self-serving, vicious and ignorant partisan hack will take the Presidential oath of office. The only question is whether the hack will be named Donald Trump … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Politics
Tagged corruption, Democrats, Donald Trump, elections, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, politics, Republicans
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What Do Democrats Believe?
A long time ago in a faraway place—the United States circa 2016–Democrats rightly criticized Republicans for tolerating Donald Trump’s appalling behavior. Despite—or maybe because of said behavior—Trump managed to squeak past Hillary Clinton in the electoral college to win the … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion politics, Ben Sasse, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Filibuster, policy, Republicans, Senate
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