Robert Dear shot up a Planned Parenthood clinic and killed three people. Did the right-wing media help turn a disturbed loner into a mass murderer? By Amanda Robb.

"Fortunately, there is a bulk of the American public who are no longer taken in by the MSM “fake news” or the myopic Democratic party for that matter when it comes to matters of foreign policy." By Renee Parsons.

The Democratic Party has become everything it once was against. By Charles Hugh Smith.

Republican lawmakers introduced measures to end the governor’s control over election boards and to require State Senate approval of his cabinet members. By Trip Gabriel.

“Big picture, the most concerning element for many experts is that its approach to make the program more solvent rest entirely on cuts, and does not raise revenues for the Social Security Trust Fund, as some bipartisan proposals have. Across the political spectrum, solutions for long term solvency range from cuts-only approaches like Johnson’s bill to plans that achieve 75-year solvency by raising the current income cap on social security taxes.” By Tierney Sneed.

This year, Hillary Clinton actually out-sloganed Trump to become, if not the loudest, then certainly the most romantic envoy of true-blue American exceptionalism. By Suzy Hansen.

He’s an emotional weakling, and his recent interviews give us models for dealing with it. By William Saletan.

Upon Trump’s win, I consumed only right-wing media for a week, where I learned about “snowflakes,” “self-respecting Nazis,” and the future of our divided country. By Ken Stern.

Before he propelled Donald Trump into the White House, Bannon championed another right-wing diehard who was ready to burn it all down. By Betsy Woodruff.

The humanity of the rural working classes and Trump supporters. By Dawn Potter.

Alt-right leader Richard Spencer called Steve Bannon and Jeff Sessions “wonderful.” By Lema Levy.

In a normal transition, there’s always disorder. This time may be much worse. By Eliot A. Cohen.

The Conservative Blogger’s Legacy Of Losers. By Mark Ames and Max Blumenthal. (April 2, 2013)

Theresa May is facing a growing Cabinet backlash over her decision to dismiss Nigel Farage despite him being the only British politician to meet with Donald Trump since his victory. By Peter Dominiczak, Christopher Hope, Steven Swinford.

Forty years ago, George H. Nash created the field of conservative intellectual history. What can he tell us about the right today? By Jennifer Burns.

Donald Trump looks poised on the threshold of victory. After over a year of struggle, the Republican nominee has finally found his footing just as Clinton seems to have lost hers… By Mytheos Holt.

The folly of the masses has replaced the wisdom of crowds as the dominant theme of our politics. By John Gray.

A look at the “deep story” behind anti-government hostility in Louisiana. By Brad Plumer.

Not all openly gay or pro-LGBT politicians are progressive. By Toshio Meronek.

White nationalism is still marginal—but anti-globalism isn't. By Scott McConnell.