Roundup Top 10!

What happened the last time a President chose America's enemies over its friends by Manisha Sinha The president was Andrew Johnson.

The Parallels Between Nixon’s Downfall and Trump’s Future by Colleen M. O'Connor Two problems, tapes and taxes, are common to both scandals.

No, the GOP wasn't the party of civil rights in the 1960s by Kevin Kruse "If you have to go back to the 1860s or even the 1960s to claim the "party of civil rights" mantle, you're clearly grasping at straws."

Donald Trump has been wrong on trade for 30 years by Andrew C. McKevitt We didn't need a trade war with Japan in the 1980s. We don't need one with China today.

The Maps That Show That City vs. Country Is Not Our Political Fault Line by Colin Woodard The key difference is among regional cultures tracing back to the nation’s colonization.

For President Trump, national security is all about … him by Jonathan Zimmerman Trump is trying to protect himself, not America.

Conservatism's Hidden History by Daniel Pipes Turns out conservatism as an intellectual idea goes back to the 15th century.

Mike Pence’s Damning Indictment of Donald Trump by Conor Friedersdorf Eight years ago, the vice president set out his standards for judging a president. His boss fails to measure up.

The Origins of Our Second Civil War by Victor Davis Hanson Globalism, the tech boom, illegal immigration, campus radicalism, the new racialism . . . Are they leading us toward an 1861?

Why I Didn’t Sign Up to Defend the International Order by Stephen M. Walt The world needs new institutions for a new era—and nostalgia for a past that never existed won't help.