Democratic Party
Obamacare subsidies can’t fix a broken system. Rand Paul’s bill could.
Last week, the U.S. Senate rejected two health care bills intended to resolve the impasse over COVID-19–era Affordable Care Act (ACA), a.k.a. Obamacare, subsidies and, to one extent or another, concerns over the cost of…
The bipartisan war on prices is coming for your credit card
In a scene that perfectly captures the strangeness of American politics today, President Donald Trump, a billionaire and self-styled champion of American business (at least the ones he likes) was all smiles during an Oval…
Populists Left and Right Say America Is Failing. The Facts Don’t.
Spend five minutes listening to the American left's most theatrical tribunes—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.), or Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.)—and you'll probably hear tales of…
Friedrich Hayek’s ‘socialists of all parties’ quote is apt today
Reason has a rule against starting essays with quotes from Friedrich Hayek. After all, one could start nearly every essay in this magazine with a bon mot from the Austrian-born economist and classical liberal hero. But…
Democrats ‘have a religion problem’ as the party of atheists
Wed Nov 26, 2025 - 7:00 am ESTTue Nov 25, 2025 - 10:26 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — On October 17, 2024, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris made headlines after a campaign stop in Wisconsin. Several attendees called out…
Mamdani understands something about Trump that European leaders don’t
The spectacle of last week was the meeting between President Donald Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, two politicians been going after each other for months. Trump, who had called Mamdani a "communist…
Most Americans Think Free Speech Is on the Decline, Survey Finds
Cancellations, sometimes violent protests, behind-the-scenes censorship, and overt government threats to muzzle the media. Free speech is doing better in the U.S. than elsewhere in the world, but that doesn't mean…
Democrats offer a false choice between socialism and technocracy
The unity that once held the Democratic Party together has given way to ideological meandering, oscillating between "woke" moralistic left-wing populism and technocratic managerialism. These two impulses now define…
Good industrial policy doesn’t exist. But Republicans and Democrats keep trying.
American industry has been getting a lot of hands-on direction from Democrats and Republicans for quite some time now. Every few years, someone looks at the underwhelming results of this economic maneuvering and insists that…
Congress votes to open up the Epstein files
Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt American politics from beyond the grave. The financial manager and convicted pedophile died in 2019 while awaiting his second trial for sex trafficking. Yet a steady drip of revelations…
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