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Biden Defends Democracy While House Republicans Have a Political Food Fight Oct. 24, 2023
Americans last week were presented with a real-time demonstration of the stark contrast between resp... Read More
A Divided -- and Rudderless -- U.S. House Oct. 20, 2023
Only days ago, when U.S. House Republicans ousted Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the... Read More
A House Popular Vote Majority Produced Few Seats but Is a Good Sign For Republicans in 2024 Nov. 18, 2022
One of the puzzles in this year's surprising and unpredicted (including by me) off-year election res... Read More
Feminist Comedians Should Read Before Tweeting May. 11, 2022
Celebrities are naturally popular on Twitter, but it's annoying that liberals — who insist the... Read More
The Tyranny of the Majority Apr. 08, 2021
"Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or three thousand tyra... Read More
Republicans Retain a Marginal Advantage in Redistricting Nov. 27, 2020
One of the many big surprises in this month's surprising election was the Democrats' failure to over... Read More
Critical Limits on Human Power Apr. 25, 2019
The brilliance of our country's founders is revealed in many things but especially the checks on pow... Read More
Democrats Aren't Losing Faith in Our Constitutional System. They Just Don't Like It Nov. 09, 2018
In liberals' imaginations, there are only four ways to lose elections — and none has to do wit... Read More
First 'Pre-mortem' of the 2018 Elections Nov. 11, 2017
American voters, almost invariably dissatisfied with the political status quo, generally endorse cha... Read More
House Republicans' Frustrations May Doom Their Majority Sep. 15, 2017
The Founding Fathers didn't expect that serving in Congress would be a lifetime career. And for a ce... Read More
The Comforting Fictions of Obama's Farewell Speech Jan. 13, 2017
Watching President Barack Obama's soaring 2008 Democratic National Convention speech in Denver, I ne... Read More
Did Democrats Learn Anything From Their Attack on the Filibuster? Dec. 09, 2016
I won't lie. After reading the CNN piece titled "Senate Dems, powerless to stop Trump nominees, regr... Read More
Majority Rule Equals Tyranny Dec. 07, 2016
It is alleged that Hillary Clinton won a popular vote majority. Therefore, if the nation were not bu... Read More
The Not-Yet-Emerging Democratic Majority Nov. 22, 2016
What is to become of the Democratic Party? The world's oldest political party, which traces its root... Read More
When Do Values Trump Democracy? Jul. 20, 2016
Last Friday, a splinter of the powerful Turkish military attempted a coup against President Recep Ta... Read More
Dear GOP Leaders, Stop Being Cowards on the Abortion Fight Sep. 11, 2015
It's probably true that Republicans won't be able to force Planned Parenthood to shut down its human... Read More
Has the Unrepresented Majority Finally Reached Its Boiling Point? Aug. 18, 2015
We can acknowledge that Donald Trump's popularity is partially related to his unapologetic defense o... Read More
The Trap of Becoming Only a Congressional Party Jul. 18, 2015
In five of the past six presidential elections, the Republican Party has lost the nation's popular v... Read More
Turkish Election a Model for Secular Arab Spring Revolutionaries Jun. 10, 2015
In nationwide parliamentary elections held June 7, Turkish voters rejected President Recep Tayyip Er... Read More
How the GOP Should Deal With Obama's Incorrigibility Nov. 07, 2014
President Obama's remarks at his postelection news conference were instructive on his attitude about... Read More
