Peter Roff

In many places, GOP strategists and party mandarins find themselves in the unenviable position of having to root out the candidates who are merely mimicking the former president's style and positions to win votes to earn an endorsement.

The GOP leadership needs to reflect on how long it can go before it must posit substantive alternatives to the Democrats' radicalism.

As the Court has moved rightward, it has come under increased scrutiny from liberals and progressives who once accepted its decisions.

As social media sites have grown in importance and market cap to become "Big Tech," the public deserves a fuller understanding of whether and how they have sacrificed their noble free speech principles.

The thing most likely to keep Trump from winning the nomination is his need for vindication.

The danger is real, and the American people understand it, especially after everything we've been through during the pandemic.

To the elites, Wyoming representative Liz Cheney's ouster from the No. 3 position in the House GOP leadership is a big deal.

The "woke" fancy themselves crusaders engaged in a battle against injustice, racism, inequality and other societal ills they believe have held certain people back since before this country was founded.

The Democrats are returning to their roots during Joe Biden's presidency. The Clintonian concession that the "era of big government" was over has been nullified.

Pence has a chance to shine now, to step into the spotlight and show America what he'd do and how he'd inspire voters to embrace conservatism redefined.

Growth matters. The Republicans who followed Reagan into the White House either didn't get it or couldn't explain it.

The Democrats don't plan to run on their record in the 2022 midterm elections. They plan to go to the voters and argue that Republicans are too crazy to be allowed in Congress.

There are a lot of people who have a considerable amount of soul-searching to do.

Right now, the GOP is stuck.

It was only a matter of time before cancel culture scored a hit in its fight to eliminate the Founders from our collective memory.

The aristocratic and socially well-connected elites who run the Democratic Party nowadays are far removed from the working classes who in the 20th century built the party into a political powerhouse.

The survival of the American system depends on room continually being made for rigorous, civil, constructive debate, even over topics people find unpleasant.

For the GOP to be competitive once again in elections across the commonwealth, it doesn't have to change its message.

What happened on Wednesday as protestors stormed the building and turned a peaceful protest into a riot is an abomination.

The national debt has doubled thanks in no small part to efforts to alleviate the impact of the economic lockdown used to prevent the disease from spreading.

Forcing self-described Democratic moderates to declare where they stand is the beginning of the fight to keep America from lurching sharply to the left.

Biden has an agenda in mind, and he should be telling the American people what it is. Except he doesn't want to be on the ballot on January 5 any more than he wanted to be on the ballot on November 3.

To find the pathway forward toward a brighter, more cohesive tomorrow we should look to the past and to Abraham Lincoln.

If there's one takeaway from the 2020 election, it's that, despite the aggressive support it received from donors, elected officials, candidates for office and the mainstream media, progressivism is on the decline.

My choices may prevail, or they may not. It doesn't matter. My vote is my voice, just as your vote is yours.

The elevation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett gives us one more shot at getting the democratic process right.

The important thing for each candidate is how he closes the race, as it is likely to make the difference between victory and defeat.

Rather than abolish Columbus Day, let us add to its meaning. Let's make it the holiday that celebrates the accomplishments immigrants have made and continue to make for America and the world.

As a matter of policy, economic hypocrisy is just as big an issue as those that arise in matters of personal conduct. It's obvious to the people, at least when they know about it. It should be just as obvious to the press.

The Democrats, whose frustration is causing them to lash out, are promising to leave no stone unturned in their attempt to upend Trump's coming nomination.