Ramesh Ponnuru

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 1980 file photo, President Jimmy Carter, left, shakes hands with Sen. Edward Kennedy on the podium at the Democratic National Convention in New York's Madison Square Garden. The two had vied for the Democratic presidential nomination. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumor. He was 77. Kennedy's family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. (AP Photo, File)

Why Republicans fear challenging Trump in 2020

January 4, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

A lot of Republicans still believe in the power of competition. A poll in November indicated that 40 percent of them, and 72 percent of all Americans, would like to...

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Ponnuru: Election shows that U.S. divisions are only growing wider

November 7, 2018 at 9:26 a.m.

The split between the Senate and the House showed that our partisan divisions are deepening rather than being resolved.

FILE – In this Sept. 5, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, for the second day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

抖阴ap: Five reasons the Republicans should stick with Kavanaugh

September 28, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh has become a political liability for Republicans, according to one line of thinking.

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Ponnuru: An insider’s lament about Trump serves no public good

September 6, 2018 at 1:41 p.m.

People write op-eds for all kinds of reasons. Some do it for recognition, some to draw attention to an issue they think has been overlooked. We can rule out both...

Activists participate in the 2016 March for Life as they pass in front of the U.S. Supreme Court January 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C. The annual event marked the anniversary of the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973.

Ponnuru: Three facts about abortion and the Supreme Court

July 10, 2018 at 11:30 a.m.

We are certainly going to hear a lot of polarized rhetoric about abortion over the next few months. But we should keep in mind three middle-of-the-road truths.

Ponnuru: Social Security is becoming more generous, not less

April 12, 2018 at 3:29 p.m.

Congress should rethink tying Social Security benefits to wage growth and look to price growth instead. The result would gradually, but significantly, reduce deficit growth.

President Donald Trump speaks before signing Section 232 proclamations on steel and aluminum imports in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday.

Ponnuru: Five arguments for tariffs fall apart fast

June 15, 2018 at 8:06 a.m.

Defenders of President Donald Trump's apparent decision to slap tariffs on imported steel and aluminum products have made several arguments for them. None of these arguments stands up to minimal...

CNN's Jake Tapper listens to Republican Sen. Marco Rubio during a CNN town hall meeting on Wednesday in Sunrise, Fla.

Ponnuru: CNN’s crusade on gun control

February 23, 2018 at 4:53 p.m.

Reporting on political debates in a neutral manner when you have strong views on them is psychologically challenging. CNN's apparent solution is not to try.

Ponnuru: How to get rid of U.S. government shutdowns

January 29, 2018 at 11:12 a.m.

Long ago Congress could have passed, and a president could have signed, a law stipulating how the government would operate in case of such a disagreement.

President George W. Bush cut taxes twice during his first term. Yet when he ran for re-election, only a fifth of voters believed he had cut their taxes.

Ponnuru: The tax bill won’t matter when it’s time to vote

December 11, 2017 at 1:58 p.m.

Both parties are exaggerating the impact the tax bill making its way through Congress is likely to have in the next elections.

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