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The Death of 'Criminal Justice Reform' Dec. 17, 2021
Are there are any other issues confronting our fractious republic that matter if Americans themselve... Read More
Crime Reform Is Here. Do You Feel Safer? Dec. 05, 2021
If a conservative is a liberal who got mugged, California is about to have a bumper crop of right-wi... Read More
Republicans Walk Away From Police Reform. Democrats Must Pursue it Anyway. Oct. 01, 2021
Last week's collapse of bipartisan negotiations on a bill that would have meant sweeping change in p... Read More
Democrats Would Be Shortsighted To Nuke the Senate Filibuster Mar. 19, 2021
"You'll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think," then-Senate Minority Lead... Read More
It's Time To Talk About Eliminating the Senate Filibuster Entirely Mar. 08, 2021
America is witnessing, yet again, the funhouse-mirror effects that the filibuster exerts over the U.... Read More
Reform the Democratic Party Feb. 25, 2021
Washington — The political party that is forever lecturing Republicans on the need to reform t... Read More
Get Ready for Fights Over Criminal Justice Reform Jan. 23, 2021
In the brand-new year ahead, get ready for some brand-new moves to change the nation's criminal just... Read More
Free Mitch Rutledge Dec. 29, 2020
Nearly everyone has seen the classic movie "The Shawshank Redemption." Well, it turns out there is a... Read More
Bail Reform Has Not Unleashed Violent Crime Nov. 22, 2020
The book of Ecclesiastes advises that the Almighty sends rain to fall on both the just and the unjus... Read More
Trump's Vague Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform: The President's Daughter Says 'We're Just Getting Started,' but His Campaign Has Not Offered Any Details Sep. 02, 2020
Alice Johnson's appearance at the Republican National Convention last week was a rebuke to Democrati... Read More
Trump's Own Criminal Justice Reform Feb. 23, 2020
For decades, a small cadre of reformers pushed whichever president occupied the Oval Office to use h... Read More
Harris Shuns Like-Minded Crowd Because of Trump Nov. 03, 2019
WASHINGTON — Maybe because she's from San Francisco, Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris believes sh... Read More
Criminologists Mislead Us Sep. 04, 2019
John Paul Wright, professor at University of Cincinnati, and Matthew DeLisi professor at Iowa State ... Read More
A Truly Populist Social Security Reform Aug. 22, 2019
The U.S. government's debt — that is, our and our children's debt as taxpayers — is grow... Read More
Trump's Latest Dishonest Failure on Immigration Reform May. 19, 2019
Listening to Donald Trump lay out his vision of immigration policy is like scavenging in a garbage d... Read More
Bring Prisoners Over to the 'R' Side May. 10, 2019
Just last week, the Republican-controlled Florida legislature voted to impose restrictions on 1.4 mi... Read More
Gloom, But No Doom, for Social Security May. 01, 2019
In the spring each year, flowers and trees bloom. And so do gloom and doom stories about the future ... Read More
Not the Impeachment We Need Mar. 01, 2019
Former fixer Michael Cohen's day of public testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Ref... Read More
Push, Push, Push: How Movements Succeed Feb. 27, 2019
There's a sports cliche, often applied to political races, that devalues strong-but-losing contender... Read More
What Voters Would Include in Comprehensive Immigration Reform Dec. 06, 2018
For many years, political leaders from both major parties have dreamed of "comprehensive immigration... Read More
