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.

Election Aftermath

More Thoughts on the Capitol Breach

The forces of contention may have just escalated to a new and even more feverish pitch as a result of the election disputes and the breach of the Capitol building in Washington.