Why did Democrats beat expectations that they鈥檇 get swamped on Election Day? Was it Republican attacks on abortion rights? Was it a misreading of how much the public blamed Democrats for inflation? And what about the role played by fear of crime and the perceived chaos at the border?It could ...
Turkey prices are soaring this Thanksgiving, and that鈥檚 just the tip of the iceberg. With food prices helping to drive inflation to a 40-year high, Americans are feeling the heat at grocery stores and during family dinners. It鈥檚 in this context that Congress is about to consider yet another ...
It was always surprising to hear voices on the fringe left downplay the COVID-era spike in crime. Still more amazing, though, were the grown-ups in the Democratic Party who seemed to be giving them a sympathetic listen.Kathy Hochul should have been able to easily put away Lee Zeldin in the New ...
Musicians regularly oil their instruments鈥� valves to reduce friction and ease play 鈥� much as private interests regularly oil some state politicians for roughly the same reason.Even Pennsylvanians who don鈥檛 know the difference between brass and woodwinds are wise to invest, through the ...
Hardly anybody expected last Tuesday鈥檚 results.Democrats were ready to run for political cover. All of that talk about a 鈥淩ed Wave鈥� darkening their role in Congress appeared to be a foregone conclusion.Many Republicans were already chilling champagne for a joyous night of ...
One way to look at this election is as a repudiation of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.Democrats held 235 seats in the House in 2018 as Biden launched his campaign for president. To the surprise of prognosticators, they won just a bare majority, 222, on the day he was elected in 2020. As this is ...
