The current spectacle unfolding in Maine is a masterclass in low-grade, desperate mudslinging—the kind that makes you recall why we needed institutions like the Senate Select…
By Grant Colby ·
The American state has a profound difficulty distinguishing between genuine oversight and political theater.
By Tom Beckwith ·
The narrative coming out of Maine right now is a perfect, predictable farce—a collision between genuine institutional competence and the intoxicating, volatile energy of manufactured populism.
By Dana Whitfield ·
The political class has a persistent belief that "authenticity" is a viable campaign strategy.
By Dana Whitfield ·
The machinery of American politics rarely functions on coherent policy platforms; it operates on crisis management, which is why the Democratic primary in Maine…
By Nikhil Raghavan ·