Saving private RyanPaul Ryan's retirement suggests his brand of conservatism has lost
12 Apr 2018
The Economist
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But Mr Ryan left unsaid the other way in which his Speakership leaves him painfully alone. Still only 48, he was the future of the Republican Party once: a champion of a flinty yet compassionate conservatism admired by both rank-and-file members of ...