Peter Roff

The American political arena is littered with data. Some of it is valuable and leads to insightful commentary; much of it is garbage.

America's excellence, its exceptionalism, used to be embodied in the spirit of George Washington, whose birthday is observed today.

From the start, the effort to craft a genuinely bipartisan immigration compromise that would win enough votes in both chambers was a fool's errand.

Just because the 2024 GOP debates weren't what one would call "serious" doesn't mean they were not valuable.

The numbers out of Iowa suggest Trump can and should continue focusing on softening up his most likely general election opponent

Joe Biden and his allies have had two years and an intervening election to fix the nation's problems. Instead, they've caused more.

If there's one thing Wednesday's GOP presidential debate made clear, you can still end up with a dumpster fire even without former President Donald J. Trump.

Trump governed as he said he would. Biden has not. In 2024, both will be running on their records.

The Republicans need to abandon consultants who urge their candidates to talk about abortion only when "absolutely necessary."

As outraged as some people are by the attacks on traditional nostrums by those who count themselves among the woke, there aren't enough of them to win.

Why people are leaving California is important, especially now that Governor Gavin Newsom has launched a stealth campaign for president.

We're a country that makes space for all kinds of people and ideas. If we have anything close to a founding principle, it's freedom of thought.

For years, too many in Congress were afraid of any serious effort to reform entitlement programs.

At the moment, the rate for the Fair Tax is set at 23 percent. There's no guarantee it will remain there.

Ask any group of informed voters what's wrong with the Republican Party today and you'll get a variety of answers.

The Democrats were saved because the Republicans tried to win easy instead of fighting smart.

Voters cite inflation, the state of the economy, and the rise in violent crime as the reasons they intend to vote.

Too many political writers cover elections from the same perspective sportswriters cover football. There's color and nuance in both kinds of reporting to be sure, but the numbers drive the narrative.

The thinkers, doers, and funders who brought conservatism back to life in the post-war era are long gone and largely forgotten.

If the GOP wants to lock down its hoped-for majority, it needs to explain to all its coalition of voters what the party's plan is.

The Biden presidency is a disappointment to Americans. The list of problems is long and growing longer.

The media's obsession with Trump, the candidates he's endorsed and whether or not they're winning primaries is only a small part of the story.

One wonders what the Democrats in charge of the party's economic program are thinking—if they indeed think at all.

Elections are too important for their vital elements not to be maintained with the highest degree of scrutiny.

Who among us today can boast they achieved anything close to what George Washington accomplished in his lifetime?

More likely than not, those who are calling the school board's action "book banning" are trying to divert attention from the real issue.

America does not want to be transformed, at least not yet.

Congressional Democrats are willing to throw their seats away in the next election by sticking with Biden's program.

The culture of political correctness is killing comedy.

What cannot be accomplished in a day will be pushed by Democrats for weeks, months and years.