by Will Bunch You’ve probably heard the old political maxim, most popular in the crime-ridden 1970s, that a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged. In the 2020s, it turns […]
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Opening primaries is a necessary first step toward bigger reforms
by Kevin Frazier If there were a silver bullet for democratic reform, you think we would have found it by now. With countries around the world experimenting with various forms […]
What happens when polarization takes over school boards, local government?
by Brian Klaas Why in the world would anyone enter public service in 2021? After all, the scenes have become familiar: Someone shaking with rage approaches the lectern. They start […]
Give preventative justice a chance
by Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine People want justice. They demanded that Derek Chauvin be punished for killing George Floyd. They wanted Harvey Weinstein to go to jail for […]
Democrats have to choose
by Steven Roberts Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who has thwarted many liberal aspirations, told CNN: “We can’t go too far left. This is not a center-left or […]
What a house cat can teach us about online security
by Herbert Lin The news today often contains reports about cybersecurity breaches that steal our data or threaten our national security. The nation spends billions of dollars on cybersecurity measures, […]
Panicky holiday shopping is both dumb and self-defeating
by Alexis Leondis Hey, calm down! Ignore all those frantic experts who are urging consumers to tackle holiday shopping earlier than usual due to supply-chain issues and shipping delays. The […]
When politicians claim professors are the enemy, what are they attacking?
by Benjamin Carter Hett On Nov. 2, J.D. Vance, author of the bestselling “Hillbilly Elegy” and now candidate for the U.S. Senate from Ohio, gave a keynote speech at the […]
The wide importance of a narrow issue
by Harry Litman For many observers, the case the Supreme Court heard last week about Texas’ new abortion law is a sideshow, a “relatively narrow,” “merely procedural” footnote to the […]
TSA is the wrong agency for enforcing the federal mask mandate at airports
by Sheldon H. Jacobson Anyone who has flown over the past year knows that face coverings are required in airports and on commercial flights. This has become the standard for […]
