Jonah Goldberg

People rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington to call on the Senate to pass the For the People Act on June 9, 2021. It's a sweeping bill that would overhaul the election system and voting rights.

Column: Republicans’ stance on voting rules doesn’t amount to a war with democracy

July 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.

What a mess. Democrats (and their allies in the media) have convinced themselves that the Republican Party is at war with democracy. Republicans (and their allies in the media) have...

People line up outside a polling place in Springfield, Pa., to vote in the 2020 general election on Nov. 3, 2020. A Republican proposal made public on June 10, 2021, would revamp Pennsylvania election law to affect deadlines, early voting and mail-in ballots, and require ID for all in-person voters.

Op-ed: Parties, politicians don’t really represent ‘the American people’

June 28, 2021 at 5:02 p.m.

What if elected politicians actually did what the American people want them to do? Now, you might respond: "Isn't that what they already do?" or "Isn't that how it's supposed...

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., arrives for a hearing at the Capitol in Washington on June 8, 2021. Manchin, a crucial 50th vote for his party on President Joe Biden's proposals, said Sunday he would vote against federal voting rights legislation sponsored by his own party.

Column: Joe Manchin is taking heat for what should be political normalcy

June 8, 2021 at 6:39 p.m.

It's official: In the great existential battle between a return to normalcy and a new progressive era, normalcy is winning. Recall that Joe Biden ran as a moderate in 2020,...

Peter Daszak, right, Thea Fischer, left, and other members of the World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 arrive at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021.

Column: Anti-Trump sentiment fueled premature dismissal of Wuhan lab theory

May 31, 2021 at 12:24 a.m.

A remarkable consensus has emerged in the last few weeks: It's no longer crazy to think that the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of a "lab leak" in Wuhan, China....

People dine at a restaurant overlooking the Central Business District on May 12, 2021, in Beijing.

Column: Do we really need to beat China? And what does that have to do with day care?

May 12, 2021 at 9:41 p.m.

In his address to Congress last month, President Joe Biden used some variant of "compete" a dozen times. "We're in competition with China and other countries to win the 21st...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is flanked by Rep. Matt Gaetz, left, and then-President Donald Trump during a rally in Sunrise, Florida, on Nov. 26, 2019.

Op-ed: Florida Man could pave the GOP’s future

April 13, 2021 at 6:55 p.m.

You know all those "Florida Man" stories? "Florida man arrested for throwing alligator through drive-thru window," "Florida man learns the hard way he stole laxatives, not opioids," etc.? There are...

President Joe Biden appears in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on April 8, 2021.

Column: ‘Jim Crow’ criticism of Georgia voting law doesn’t fit

April 9, 2021 at 9:14 p.m.

The debate over Georgia's new voting law has been deeply depressing to watch for a number of reasons. The first is that it hasn't really been a debate so much...

President Joe Biden attends an event to mark Equal Pay Day in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on March 24, 2021.

Column: The secret to winning over the opposition

March 30, 2021 at 7:32 p.m.

American politics is caught in a perverse paradox. The bases of both parties would like nothing more than to destroy the other party. But it is precisely this animus that...

President Joe Biden takes off his mask to talk about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House on March 11, 2021.

Column: When will it be safe to satirize President Joe Biden?

March 12, 2021 at 10:10 p.m.

There's a difference between saying something can't be done and recognizing that you can't do it. For instance, I can't run a marathon — at least not without some profound...

The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 21, 2021.

Column: The Democratic Party is literally the party of government

February 27, 2021 at 12:12 a.m.

The Democratic Party is often called the party of government. Ideologically, this is so obviously true it's not worth belaboring. There's nothing inherently wrong with that. We have a federal...

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