In order to “make news” something must be… new, or weird, or unusual. It’s already assumed we know the old and usual – so news is the opposite of that. We read about outliers and changes happening in ...

Ronald Reagan many times declared Republican civility as the Eleventh Commandment: “Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.” Many of us long for the return of the days of our hero, Reagan.

It seems like a lifetime ago when remembering Ronald Reagan’s embrace in the 1960s of what came to be known as the “Eleventh Commandment.” Meant to limit intraparty fire, the maxim went like this: ...

It was probably not intentional, but four of the Texas House's most conservative Republican members marked the 20th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's death by very publicly breaking the spirit of the ...

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We’re confident the Montana Republican Party is deeply familiar with the Ten Commandments, but it seems that they’ve forgotten another commandment foundational to Republicans: President Ronald ...

We’re confident the Montana Republican Party is deeply familiar with the Ten Commandments, but it seems that they’ve forgotten another commandment foundational to Republicans: President Ronald ...

One of Alabama’s two Republican candidates for secretary of state says he will not attack his opponent with negative ads and calls on her to make the same commitment. State Auditor Andrew Sorrell and ...