Although a seemingly simple concept, the issue of polarization has long frustrated political scientists. A superficial examination of the American political scene suggests an intensely polarized electorate, divided along partisan and ideological lines.

When legal bloodhounds and baying critics fail to take out Trump, what’s next? The Resistance wants Trump’s head — on the chopping block.

French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting with President Trump today. That means Trump is meeting with the other great political disrupter on the world’s stage. He is also meeting with the leader of Europe. In less than one year, Macron has given France the international stature it has not enjoyed for more than a century.

The spring issue of Hoover Digest is now available online. The journal focuses on topics both classical—the economy, personal freedom, the role of government—and timely, such as cybersecurity, terrorism, and geopolitical shifts.