Too Many Democrats Are Running for Vice President
Steve Bullock, Julián Castro, John Hickenlooper and Beto O’Rourke should be running for the Senate.
Political Theory
America’s Two-Party System Is Out of Date
Both parties have essentially accepted the New Deal consensus. What’s next?
France’s Traditional Parties Still Haven’t Recovered from Macron
Unwilling to come to terms with a new political reality, France’s old parties are down in the polls.
Macron Doesn’t Need to Appease the Far Right
There is no point in watering down EU reforms. Euroskeptics will oppose them anyway.
The Euroskeptic Contradiction
Euroskeptics accuse the EU of being undemocratic but resist reforms that could make it more democratic.
Britain’s New Centrist Party Needs Electoral Reform
There is room in the middle of British politics. The problem is the first-past-the-post system.
Don’t Fear Dutchification
Multiparty democracy is stronger in the end.
The Sources of Populist Rage — And What To Do About It
Reactionary populism is less a coherent policy platform than a cry for attention.
Give Superdelegates More, Not Less, Power
They are more representative than their detractors let on.
Now the Battle for the Democratic Party Begins
The battle between the party’s center and left could burst out into the open as we get closer to 2020.
Four Alternatives for America
It’s time to rethink America’s constitutional architecture.
Donald Trump’s Strategy of Tension
The president is using violence, and the threat of violence, to shore up support for his Republican Party.
The Remarkable Thing About Europe Is Not That It Has Problems
It’s that it has been able to muddle through in spite of them.
Kavanaugh Nomination Erodes Supreme Court’s Legitimacy
If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed, it could destroy what remains of the Supreme Court’s legitimacy.
Why Republicans Are In a Hurry to Put Kavanaugh on Supreme Court
This may be their last chance to defend the conservative majority on the Supreme Court.