Commentary By Daniel McCarthy

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                            October 3, 2023Will Gavin Newsom Copy Trump? By Daniel McCarthy
Gavin Newsom wants to be Donald Trump.
Eight years ago, Trump took stock of the Republican Party and found it ripe for conquest.

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                            September 26, 2023Biden's a Loser -- but Democrats Can't Ditch Him By Daniel McCarthy
   If Joe Biden is their nominee, Democrats will lose the White House next year.

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                            September 19, 2023Do Sex Scandals Matter? By Daniel McCarthy
   "The Jerry Springer Show" has been off the air for years, but you'd never know it to judge by the state of American politics, which now serves up titillation and outrage as reliably as Jerry Springer ever did.

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                            September 12, 2023Cornel West Spells Doom for Biden By Daniel McCarthy
Fear has a name in the Democratic Party, and that name is Cornel West.

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                            September 5, 2023What Trump Does for Democracy By Daniel McCarthy
Pauline Kael knew she wasn't a representative American.

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                            August 29, 2023Ramaswamy: A Trump Versus Trump? By Daniel McCarthy
In 2016, Donald Trump faced the strongest Republican presidential field in decades.

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                            August 22, 2023Take 'Rich Men North of Richmond' Seriously By Daniel McCarthy
You don't need a college degree to understand what's happening in our country.

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                            August 15, 2023How America Kills Its Own By Daniel McCarthy
America is an aging society, but this is no country for old men.

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                            August 8, 2023The Biden Pardon That Can Spare America By Daniel McCarthy
President Joe Biden has a chance to do the right thing for all Americans -- a brave and unpopular thing that will spare the country excruciating pain next year.

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                            August 1, 2023Warren Harding's Real Scandal Was His Conservatism By Daniel McCarthy
Mark Twain said history doesn't repeat but it rhymes. The life of Warren G. Harding rhymes with the presidential politics of our time.

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                            July 25, 2023Demography Destiny, for Us and China By Daniel McCarthy
Americans have a habit of thinking about China in this light.
July 18, 2023The Frontrunner Who Looks Like a Loser Is Biden By Daniel McCarthy
Are Democrats forfeiting the 2024 election?

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                            July 11, 2023Britain's Bad Example for American Conservatives By Daniel McCarthy
Republicans can only imagine what it would feel like to win four national elections in a row -- wielding executive and legislative power for more than a dozen years.

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                            July 4, 2023Could We Still Win a Revolutionary War? By Daniel McCarthy
  The Independence Day season is a time to ask a hard question.

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                            June 27, 2023Civilizations Clash -- in Ukraine and at Home By Daniel McCarthy
Samuel Huntington got Ukraine wrong.

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                            June 20, 2023China Comes for the Caribbean By Daniel McCarthy
When Americans think about conflict with China, Taiwan comes to mind first.