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Forget Alcatraz, Mr. President. Think Nevada May. 06, 2025
WASHINGTON — Forget rehabbing Alcatraz, President Donald Trump, as you proposed on social medi... Read More
Harris' Attack on the Filibuster Is an Attack on the Constitutional Order Sep. 27, 2024
Though Democrats are endlessly prattling on about "norms" and "democracy," it is often unclear what ... Read More
The Green Party's Jill Stein, a Good Friend of the Environment and a Better Friend of Russia May. 22, 2024
Who is Jill Stein? Is she a naive environmentalist, Donald Trump's secret weapon or Vladimir Putin's... Read More
It's Time To Make the U.S. House of Representatives More Representative May. 08, 2024
Way back in 1929, the number of House members was set at 435 by the Permanent Apportionment Act. Lit... Read More
As Nebraska Goes, So Could Go Maine Apr. 16, 2024
Every state is different. Nebraska is quite different. It is one of only two states that doesn't use... Read More
Trump's Trial in New York Could Shatter His Mirror Politics Apr. 10, 2024
Mirror politics is accusing your opponents of doing the very thing you yourself have done. On the ca... Read More
Despair and Resignation Are Not a Strategy: How To Fight Back in a Second Trump Term Mar. 11, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Many polls suggest if the presidential election were held today, Donald Trump could return to the Wh... Read More
We Can Elect a Third-Party Candidate, but Not the Way You Think Jan. 23, 2024
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — A couple of weeks ago, a repairman named James came to my home to r... Read More
Even if You Vote, You Probably Won't Be Picking the Next President Aug. 30, 2023
We speak of the national presidential election coming next year. That's the wrong way to look at i... Read More
The US Is Not a Democracy Mar. 31, 2023
Is a system working as well as possible? Inertia lulls people into believing that legacy products ar... Read More
The Election Deniers Oct. 08, 2022
In an important survey, The Washington Post found that a majority of Republican nominees on the ball... Read More
Social Media Companies Turned Out To Be Prophets of the Insurrection Jan. 11, 2022
In the weeks before the November 2020 election and subsequent Capitol insurrection, podcasts and Fac... Read More
Talk of Civil War Moves Beyond Theoretical as Distrust of Elections Grows Jan. 04, 2022
In perhaps the saddest statement since Jan. 6 on the state of American democracy, Republican lawmake... Read More
Both Parties Fail to Respond to Signals in the Political Marketplace Jul. 09, 2021
I like to apply free market analysis to American politics. Within established laws, politicians comp... Read More
Partisan Strife Produces High Voter Turnout -- and No Big Boost for Either Party Feb. 26, 2021
The last decade has seen a boom in voter turnout — for both parties. Between the 2012 and 2020... Read More
The Traitor on Top Jan. 07, 2021
What do you say of a man who openly seeks to subvert the Constitution and incites his supporters to ... Read More
Support Democracy by Giving Joe Biden a Chance Dec. 24, 2020
The election is over, the votes have been tallied, and, like it or not, the Electoral College has ce... Read More
Can the Republic Survive Trump's Attack on the Election? Dec. 13, 2020
The collapse of the Soviet Union, one of the most momentous events of the 20th century, contributed ... Read More
Is Our Second Civil War -- also a 'Forever War'? Dec. 11, 2020
When the Electoral College meets Monday, it will almost surely certify former Vice President Joe Bid... Read More
December Will Be Very Dangerous Dec. 04, 2020
It's too early to celebrate, back-to-brunch Democrats. Liberal voters are counting President-elect J... Read More
