The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm elections, that's why. If Obama defeats McCain and then Mitt Romney, it's because those two Republican candidates were… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings. — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
“That image of a chessboard — an epic contest between two giant players, carefully nudging their pieces around the globe as part of a… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
Our nemesis is time, against which we have a single ally, memory, and even it betrays us. — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
Paul Ryan and his allies, who include Mike Pence, are congressional conservative Republicans, they have a very clear conservative agenda. The question will be… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
Donald Trump very clearly said America first. That is a traditional right wing, but also very isolationist. That takes us back to the era… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm elections, that's… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
Donald Trump enters office with historically low approval ratings, that's where the battle could get fought. If the country turns against him, his Republican… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
We all nurture impulses which promise freedom from the demands of others, even if that freedom means death. — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
Donald Trump descends in a very powerful way from longstanding tenets of American conservatism, they're just not the movement conservatism we associate with Reagan. — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
The Electroshock Novelist: The Alluring Bad Boy of Literary England Has Always Been Fascinated by Britain's Dustbin Empire. Now Martin Amis Takes On American… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
Pat Buchanan has emerged as the prophet and forerunner of a real economic nationalism on the right, and Donald Trump is now its tribune.… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
