How in the heck did the Republicans become the party of good governance?
Relatively good, I mean.
The joke about the GOP used to be that Republicans campaigned on the belief that government doesn’t work and then worked hard to prove that once in office. The Republicans were, for a long time, a party that really did only one thing in power: cut taxes.
Kevin D. Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch and is based in Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 15 years as a writer and editor at National Review, worked as the theater critic at the New Criterion, and had a long career in local newspapers. He is also a writer in residence at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. When Kevin is not reporting on the world outside Washington for his Wanderland newsletter, you can find him at the rifle range or reading a book about literally almost anything other than politics.
