Dan Schaefer for Missouri

It is tragically fitting that Cheney, late in life, expressed alarm at Trump’s autocratic tendencies. Metaphorically speaking, Dick Cheney built Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory, giving unchecked power to a megalomaniac who could not be controlled.

Texas is in a standoff. Greg Abbott wants to redraw the maps. Democrats fled the state. No quorum, no gerrymander. It's Texas Hold ’em—with democracy on the run.

The Epstein scandal may be a moral flashpoint, but it’s a temporary one. Confusing the moment for the movement would be a profound strategic mistake.

The Fall of the Republic of Rome and a Lesson for the Republic of the United States Discussing Julius Caesar’s thirst for absolute power...