Ponnuru: Liberals want Republicans not to be Republicans
President Donald Trump's critics view Republican congressmen as his enablers because they vote with him 95 percent of the time. But should they really vote against their own policies?
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Ponnuru: Liberals need to be more conservative about immigration
As the Atlantic's Peter Beinart wrote, Democrats have become too insouciant about illegal immigration and need to remember the virtue of assimilation.
Ponnuru: Bernie Sanders is a lousy theologian
Sen. Bernie Sanders should not be using Senate proceedings to sift through theological claims, especially since he appears to be quite bad at it.
Ponnuru: Reaction to Trump pulling out of Paris climate agreement is overblown
Donald Trump and his critics alike know that very little in the accord is binding on the parties to it. As a result, withdrawing from it can't have major consequences...
Ponnuru: Democrats leave no space for abortion opponents
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is not usually considered a moderating force within the Democratic Party, but at the moment he is playing that role on abortion policy.
Ponnuru: A lesson for Trump’s intellectual vanguard
Intellectuals want to construct an 鈥渋sm鈥� into which they can fit Donald Trump's politics. But Trumpism doesn鈥檛 exist. The president has tendencies and impulses rather than a political philosophy.
Ponnuru: Trump fails to take his wiretap story seriously
If President Donald Trump actually has some basis for saying that Barack Obama wiretapped his phones, Trump and his aides are making it hard to take the accusation seriously.
Ponnuru: Trump can take action against Planned Parenthood
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump said he would "defund" Planned Parenthood. He can advance that goal by executive order if he wants.
Ponnuru: Liberals have no case against Neil Gorsuch
Liberals have at their disposal three kinds of arguments against confirming Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
Ponnuru: Where Neil Gorsuch stands on three legal issues that divide conservatives
Neil Gorsuch is likely to be a vote for deference to state governments and to Congress but not to government agencies. He may also influence a generation of conservatives to...