How Republicans can rebuild after their civil war

If the party really wants to rebuild, it should subtract orthodoxies

Trump doesn't have to be the end.
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Is Donald Trump's candidacy just the beginning of a Republican civil war?

Many observers think so. John Noonan noticed the armies gathering on the horizon, waiting to take vengeance on each other for what is shaping up to be an electoral disaster in November:

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Michael Brendan Dougherty is senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is the founder and editor of The Slurve, a newsletter about baseball. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, ESPN Magazine, Slate and The American Conservative.