How Stephen Miller went from obscure Capitol Hill staffer to Donald Trump’s warm-up act—and resident ideologue. By Julia Ioffe.

Antonin Scalia and American Religion. By George Blaustein.

“Reduced to its barest elements, modernity is the substitution of science for theology, history for philosophy, and the self for the soul. Eliot had little patience with the pretensions of science, but even he was not fully able to escape the other two....” By Joseph Bottum.

Boehner is validating one of the most persistent and controversial critiques of the modern Republican Party. And he has the authority to do so.

Toshio Tamogami, a deeply conservative former military commander turned politician, is accused of making illegal payments to members of his staff. By Jonathan Soble.

Our country’s longest war is unwinnable, and we have more important things to do. By Andrew J. Bacevich.

Remember Perot? By Frank Guan.

Conservatives and religious groups are borrowing myths about transgender people from feminists. By Melissa Gira Grant.

The great conservative journalist Peregrine Worsthorne reflects on a long life at the heart of the establishment. By Jason Cowley.

Bush endorsed Ted Cruz a day after Cruz backed racial profiling of Muslims. By Dylan Matthews.

Neocons and conspiracy theorists have joined the Texas senator. By Jacob Heilbrunn.

Why the Right Failed to Rise. By Matt Labash. (Mar. 28)

Here’s the Proof, Chapter and Verse. By David Stockman. (Mar. 3)

As Republican Party leaders split between the #NeverTrumps and those who say they will support Donald Trump — or even offer him their endorsement — the emerging conventional wisdom is that the GOP is on the verge of a significant divide. It’s an extraordinary moment; American parties don’t permanently splinter very often…By Julia Azari.

Karl Rove shared focus group findings that give hope to the GOP establishment. By Ryan Grim, Nick Baumann, and Matt Fuller.

Bush was just an appetizer — Trump would be the main course, By Matt Taibbi.

A Republican kingmaker, Ted Cruz's campaign manager and questions of faith hounded an "anti-corruption" crusader until his tragic end. By Andy Kroll.

Oppo research and ad blitzes are well underway. 'They’re going to light this person up,' a Republican aide says.By Burgess Everett and Anna Palmer.

How the 2016 primary will define the GOP for years to come. By Shane Goldmacher.

And other tales from Rafael Cruz’s world of extreme Christian fundamentalism. By David Corn.