It’s a mark of how ugly American conservatism has become that people with a sense of history are nostalgic for Barry Goldwater. I’ve been thinking about Goldwater lately since even before Republicans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Republicans gathered in Milwaukee this week to officially nominate Donald Trump for president, a continuation of the GOP’s ...

Angered by the G.O.P. moderates’ drive to oust Dean Burch, his hand-picked Republican national chairman, Barry Goldwater flared to a friend last month: “I may not be able to keep Burch in, but I’m ...

Privatization of the Tennessee Valley Authority became a central theme for Tennessee voters as Republican and Democratic presidential candidates stopped in Tennessee during the 1964 presidential ...

The telephone in the office of Arizona’s Senator Barry Goldwater jingled one morning last week with the kind of invitation that many a Republican on Capitol Hill will await breathlessly during the ...

I imagine Barry Goldwater might be rolling over in his grave, to know that Donald Trump will be in the house. Specifically, in his house. On Saturday, Donald Trump will stand on the patio from which ...

Did you know that Oct. 7 is Peggy Goldwater Day in Muncie? The honor was bestowed in 1964 by then-mayor John V. Hampton. A Muncie native, Goldwater was in her hometown that day campaigning on behalf ...

Republicans gathered in Milwaukee this week to officially nominate Donald Trump for president, a continuation of the GOP’s decadeslong march to the far right. That hard turn started 60 years ago this ...