“The American political system is nearly unique in the world”
The American political system is nearly unique in the world. While most democracies use...
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“…the people who are the most likely to become discouraged and not vote are those who most need the help of government to make things right”
The truth is that the people who are the most likely to become discouraged...
Lesson that President Carter’s successors have learned “was not to tell the American people hard truths”
If you listen to Carter’s Oval Office addresses on inflation, energy, and the nation’s...
“the quaint “retail” settings of Iowa diners and New Hampshire living rooms are treated mostly as media sound stages”
…in general, the quaint “retail” settings of Iowa diners and New Hampshire living rooms...
“When politicians talk about religious freedom, broad language often conceals narrower interests”
When politicians talk about religious freedom, broad language often conceals narrower interests. The result is laws that will inevitably be used in ways their proponents can’t predict, and may not like.
Kelefa Sanneh, “Blessings In Disguise”, The New Yorker (5 May 2014), 20.
“Successful brand identities in the House and on talk radio have never before relied on such similar skill sets — there has never been so much politics in media, and media in politics”
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Successful brand identities in the House and on talk radio have never before relied...Students should not be referred as mere pawns for political causes on campus
When we fail to treat college students as persons, and instead relate to them...
“All sides have reasons to cling to the Two-State illusion”
All sides have reasons to cling to this illusion. The Palestinian Authority needs its...
“‘My life explains my fight’ has been the argument of every American political biography for a long time”
My life explains my fight has been the argument of every American political biography...
“Political narratives are necessarily reductive, invariably gauzy and thus often misleading”
Political narratives are necessarily reductive, invariably gauzy and thus often misleading. They tell two...