W. James Antle III
W. James Antle III is the politics editor of the Washington Examiner, the former editor of The American Conservative, and author of Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?.
Latest articles by W. James Antle III
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Why is Trump suddenly supporting criminal justice reform?
The Explainer There's a lesson here for libertarians
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The hopeless folly of schoolmarming Trump
opinion Here is an inconvenient truth: The GOP base likes Trump's rudeness and rabble-rousing
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Sorry, liberals: The Senate 'popular vote' doesn't matter
opinion It doesn't even measure anything meaningful
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The GOP's dangerous game
opinion Can Republicans address immigration without resorting to demagoguery?
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How Democrats should respond to these bomb scares
opinion Politics doesn't have to be this violent or divisive
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Trump and McConnell: The powerbrokers
opinion How the president and Senate majority leader learned to like each other — and get results
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America's Avenatti moment
opinion Heeeeeeeere's Michael!
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Brett Kavanaugh and the revenge of the Democrats
opinion Much of Democrats' Supreme Court fury is about the assault allegations leveled against Brett Kavanaugh. But that's not all there is to it.
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How to have a civil discussion about the NFL's national anthem protests
opinion Donald Trump, Colin Kaepernick, and the folly of our kneeling debate
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The vindication of Mitch McConnell
opinion If the Kavanaugh hearings have proven anything, it's that Supreme Court confirmation hearings don't matter. Maybe McConnell was right to spare us a doomed hearing for Merrick Garland.
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What happened to the great youth revolt against government?
opinion Wasn't the Uberization of America supposed to drive millennials toward libertarianism?
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The ballad of Jeff Sessions
opinion It's not easy being AG
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Is Kris Kobach the real Donald Trump Jr.?
opinion Kansas' secretary of state might just be the president's most natural political successor
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How Rand Paul made Trump his BFF
The Explainer The Senator from Kentucky wants to nurture the president's non-interventionist inclinations
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What Trump can learn from Bill Clinton's comeback
The Explainer There are lessons for our current beleaguered president in the Clinton precedent
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Trump's Russia troubles are a win for war hawks
The Explainer How the president's non-interventionism backfired
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The revealingly weak liberal outcry over Brett Kavanaugh
opinion They're still smarting over Merrick Garland. Time to move on, guys.
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The Donald delivers
opinion Conservatives made a deal with The Donald. It's paying off.
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Is John Roberts the next Anthony Kennedy?
The Explainer Who will be the Supreme Court's new swing vote?
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The liberal lurch left on immigration
opinion Many on the left are not-so-quietly dreaming of open borders. But they're ignoring some inconvenient truths.
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What went right in Singapore
opinion In the short- to medium-term, President Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un has succeeded in one thing: bringing us all back from the brink
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There are no winners in the NFL's new national anthem rules
opinion We're all losers
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Trump's Iran craze
opinion The president clearly understands the costs of his predecessors' many Middle East follies. Why is he about to repeat them in Iran?
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How Washington is trying to rush Trump into war
opinion Where did all the war skeptics go?
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