The Same Subject Continued

More on the clear white supremacist ideology oozing from the Trump administration.

The Core Problem is Single-Seat Districts

Most of the world knows that PR is a better way to elect legislatures.

A Speech in Praise of Liberty

Liberty may be natural to the individual, but political liberty remains an uncommon achievement.

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, 1928-2024

“Dr. Ruth” is gone at 96.

Masking Didn’t Become Normal

Or did it?

The Education Senator Redux

Tuberville claims he was taken “out of context.”

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Turkey’s Elections

Don’t get your hopes up.

A Quick Clip (A Small Deviation from our Normal Programming)

Some welcome attention on the national stage for a worthwhile program.

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California Revisiting Travel Ban

A symbolic gesture is now highly impractical, if not harmful.

University of California TAs and Postdocs on Strike!

A showdown over wages could upend the apprenticeship arrangement that has long characterized graduate education.

Zelensky’s Dilemma

What happens if Ukraine can’t achieve complete victory?

Time for a New Generation to Lead?

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

Depending on the Kindness of Strangers

Has the Internet made us more selfish?

ODU Prof Out After Minor-Attracted People’ Backlash

Academic freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

Robert Moses Bridge Story Debunked

A favorite anecdote from Robert Caro’s first masterpiece is likely untrue.

Carville: Dems Need to Speak Yiddish, Not Hebrew

Bill Clinton’s strategist thinks his party needs a wake-up call.

Is the American Government Legitimate?

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

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China’s Demographic Genocide Against Uighers

The regime’s crackdown on their Muslim minority is worse than imagined.

Dave Dilegge, 1956-2020

The founder of Small Wars Journal passed Saturday.

Does Stop-and-Frisk Disqualify Bloomberg for President?

The policy was undeniably harmful and unconstitutional. Is it forgivable?

George Washington Students Want to Drop ‘Colonials’ Nickname

Despite the obvious connection with the university’s namesake, the word does have other connotations.

Medicare for All’s Unintended Consequences

What would it mean for the companies’ workers, the stock market and the cost of care?

Scaling Down Inequality

Gender bias in student evaluations of college professors diminishes considerably by changing the scale.

Another Allegation

I spoke too soon…

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Kevin Williamson and the Limits of Polite Discourse

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?