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Articles by Jim Swift (page 9)

August 2, 2021 5:21 pm

Glenn Youngkin Keeps Stoking the Election Conspiracy Fire

The Virginia gubernatorial candidate is trying to keep the GOP base happy—but nothing will satisfy the election-trutherism buzzsaw.
Jim Swift
July 30, 2021 5:30 am

“No, We Didn’t Get the Vaccine… We’re Republicans.”

Missouri as a test case in conservative covidiocy and bad governance.
Jim Swift
July 27, 2021 4:46 pm

Capitol Cop: Nothing I Saw in Iraq Prepared Me for January 6

Day One of the select committee’s hearings showed why Republicans fought so hard against it.
Jim Swift
July 27, 2021 5:34 am

We’ve Seen Enough of J.D. Vance

You can't let charity cloud analysis.
Jim Swift
July 20, 2021 5:30 am

Virginia GOP Makes a Mockery of the Redistricting Process

Virginia V. Trost-Thornton is why we can’t have nice things.
Jim Swift
July 8, 2021 5:30 am

Ohio School Forcefully Rejects Claims That It Teaches Critical Race Theory

The complicated reality behind a story going viral in conservative media.
Jim Swift
July 7, 2021 5:30 am

Telling Fake Matt Gaetz Apart from Real Matt Gaetz

Trumpism, social media fakery, and a cagey congressman.
Jim Swift
June 22, 2021 8:34 am

The Legend of the Restaurant Workers Too Lazy to Work

The notion that the food-services industry can’t find workers because they like being on the dole is a gross simplification…
Jim Swift
June 16, 2021 5:30 am

The War on Critical Race Theory: A Quagmire

Partisans have been itching for a new culture war. CRT might be just what they’re looking for.
Jim Swift
June 15, 2021 12:24 pm

The Civil War They Seek

A MAGA neo-Confederate intellectual wants black Americans to just move on.
Jim Swift