Pete Spiliakos is a columnist for First Things.
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Pete Spiliakos
If our political parties want to be worthy of America, they should seek to represent more of America. Continue Reading »
Our Republican elites offer Baskin-Robbins Bushism—any skin tone, ethnicity, or gender, as long as it is all Bushism. But voters don’t want Bushism in any vessel. Continue Reading »
The best politicians on the right have wasted the years since Mitt Romney’s 2012 defeat.
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Conventional Republicans continue trying to sell their unpopular agenda by appealing to Reagan nostalgia—but they're facing problems. Continue Reading »
Neither Democrats nor Republicans understand the voters who switched from supporting Obama to supporting Trump. Continue Reading »
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake thinks he is fighting to protect conservative principle from Donald Trump, but the truth is that he is Trump’s justification and helpless prey. Continue Reading »
It’s never the right thing to avoid explaining that white supremacy is evil. Continue Reading »
How can we reform our institutions to make them better for America's low-skilled workers? Continue Reading »
This isn’t the first time a majority party has had trouble passing comprehensive healthcare reform. Continue Reading »
Republicans can learn from Reagan's successes and failures on the healthcare issue. Continue Reading »
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