
It’s been a year since the Republican autopsy report made the grand and completely obvious declaration that Republicans must reach additional constituencies to be more relevant on a national level. There is little evidence that the party is reaching beyond
by Thomas J. Basile6 Jan 2014, 4:03 PM PST0

Forget Washington and cable news. If you want a real discussion about the state of the nation, head to the bar. Andrew Wilkow did. Taking a page out of our Founders’ playbook, Wilkow brought his Srius/XM radio show to Emmett O’Lunney’s pub in Manhattan this afternoon to
by Thomas J. Basile14 Nov 2013, 2:23 PM PST0

To one degree of another, Republicans have spent decades on the opposite side of our nation’s unions. That’s a generalization of course, but the fact is the GOP’s crack message machine repeatedly lumps unions together as one monolithic group. In
by Thomas J. Basile13 Nov 2013, 9:25 AM PST0

Political pendulums swing. After a certain number of years where there is political dominance by one party or another, it is not unusual in our system for voters to grow restless and want change. Our nation’s largest and most influential
by Thomas J. Basile24 Sep 2013, 7:46 PM PST0