Donald Trump very clearly said America first. That is a traditional right wing, but also very isolationist. That takes us back to the era of the 1920…

- Sam Tanenhaus

In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings.

- Sam Tanenhaus

Donald Trump enters office with historically low approval ratings, that's where the battle could get fought. If the country turns against him, his Re…

- Sam Tanenhaus

We all nurture impulses which promise freedom from the demands of others, even if that freedom means death.

- Sam Tanenhaus

The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm election…

- Sam Tanenhaus

Donald Trump descends in a very powerful way from longstanding tenets of American conservatism, they're just not the movement conservatism we associa…

- Sam Tanenhaus

Paul Ryan and his allies, who include Mike Pence, are congressional conservative Republicans, they have a very clear conservative agenda. The questio…

- Sam Tanenhaus

Our nemesis is time, against which we have a single ally, memory, and even it betrays us.

- Sam Tanenhaus

Pat Buchanan has emerged as the prophet and forerunner of a real economic nationalism on the right, and Donald Trump is now its tribune. This is not …

- Sam Tanenhaus