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Political Atmosphere

Has Half the Country Gone Mad?

It’s increasingly common to hear people argue, with utter sincerity, that half of Americans have gone bonkers. Is that really true? Or is this a paradigm shift in the making?

Legal

Expanding the Supreme Court is Authoritarian

Changing the composition of the courts is straight from the authoritarian handbook, and the justification comes from a misunderstanding of history.

Legal

Not a Handout, But a Tax Credit

When viewed as a tax credit to help those with young children, the new monthly payments for children makes sense even to a fiscal conservative.

Election Aftermath

Disagreement is Not Disunion

The inauguration of our new president is almost a week old. There’s one especially striking moment from his speech that can’t and shouldn’t yet slip from our memories.

Election Aftermath

A Farewell To Political Arms

The basic bargain of democracy is that citizens mutually forswear political violence.

Election Aftermath

What About Whataboutism is Hurting American Democracy?

In response to a critique, we are seeing a tendency across the political spectrum to answer with insistence on the greater immorality of those raising the concern – “WHAT ABOUT that [awful thing]”? Here’s why that’s so destructive.