Plain talk for the reasonable middle.
Joe Manchin may have just figured out how to fix America’s extremist problem. Not by out-shouting the extremes. By outnumbering them. A record 45 percent of Americans now call themselves independents, and Manchin’s new Independent Leadership Council wants to turn a handful of them into the bloc that makes both parties behave.
Read Article →He said what millions of us have been thinking: no police, no prisons, no borders, and cheering on Hamas are not progressive ideas. They are regressive. From a lifelong Democrat whose vote is now up for grabs: thank you, Van Jones. Now who else is ready to say it out loud?
Read Article →Every free country runs on guardrails: the Constitution, the courts, the rule of law. They exist to stop any one movement, left or right, from getting everything it wants at once. And the people who hold those guardrails in place are the reasonable middle. Here is why the center is the line that holds.
Read Article →Sweden and Denmark did not abolish capitalism. They taxed it, regulated it, and built a safety net around it. The DSA wants capitalism gone. One is reform, the other is revolution, and the people blurring that line are counting on you not knowing the difference.
Read Article →Tired of political media that treats every issue like a cage match? Here is our curated list of the best centrist, moderate, and independent YouTubers and podcasters right now — voices from the center-left, center, and center-right who debate honestly without the outrage.
Read Article →The Second Amendment is about guns, but it has never been only about guns. At its core, it asks a bigger question: should the government hold all the power, or should the people keep some for themselves? Why that question still separates the reasonable middle from both extremes.
Read Article →Most Americans are not against taxes, and most wealthy people are not against paying more. What they cannot stand is handing over more money and watching the government make everything worse. The real question is not how much we tax. It is whether the money makes anything better.
Read Article →For years, Americans have been warned about lobbyists, special interests, and foreign governments. But perhaps we're looking in the wrong direction. The country that deserves far more scrutiny may be Qatar.
Read Article →Many Americans assume the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America are one and the same. They are not. They are two separate organizations, with two separate platforms, and two very different visions for the country.
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