Notable Quotes

"The story of the last decade in American life is, indeed, a story of consolidation and self-dealing at the top. There really is a kind of 'court party' in American politics, whose shared interests and assumptions — interventionist, corporatist, globalist — have stamped the last two presidencies and shaped just about every major piece of Obama-era legislation. There really is a disconnect between this elite’s priorities and those of the country as a whole. There really is a sense in which the ruling class — in Washington, especially — has grown fat at the expense of the nation it governs."

Ross Douthat