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United States Capitol Washington

How to Restore American Democracy After Trump

Abolish the Electoral College. Abolish the two parties. Add states. Put Congress first.

Nick OttensOctober 1, 2020October 24, 2021
Donald Trump

How Trump Will Try to Steal the Election

Depress Democratic turnout. Throw out postal ballots. Then change the Electoral College.

Nick OttensSeptember 25, 2020November 27, 2021
Colomanskirche Schwangau Germany

Conservatives Should Look to Bavaria

The region’s Christian Democrats tried, and failed, to outflank the far right.

Nick OttensSeptember 17, 2020April 20, 2022
Polish tank

Why Europe Needs Its Own Army

A joint defense force would give Europeans independence from the United States.

Igor DordevicSeptember 12, 2020November 28, 2021
Los Angeles California police

Don’t Defund the Police

Pay and train officers better and they will be less violent.

Nick OttensAugust 31, 2020April 13, 2022
Joe Biden

What Biden Wants

For an alleged centrist, the Democrat has surprisingly left-wing plans.

Nick OttensAugust 21, 2020December 1, 2021
Donald Trump

Why Republicans Need to Lose Decisively

The party must be made to realize it cannot continue as a far-right movement.

Nick OttensAugust 3, 2020November 30, 2021
Mark Rutte Pedro Sánchez Charles Michel

EU Once Again Proves the Doomsayers Wrong

One day the EU is about to collapse. The next it has done an historic deal.

Nick OttensJuly 22, 2020April 20, 2022
Giuseppe Conte Mark Rutte

Italy Should Heed Dutch Advice

The country would be better off if it accepted, rather than resisted, Dutch demands for reform.

Nick OttensJuly 15, 2020November 11, 2021
White House Washington

Center-Left and Center-Right Need to Team Up Against Extremists

We have more in common with each other than we do with the woke left or the reactionary right.

Nick OttensJuly 5, 2020April 20, 2022
Donald Trump Vladimir Putin

Trump Once Again Throws Europe Under the Bus

Withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty could lead to another arms race in Europe.

Nick OttensMay 27, 2020November 21, 2021
Emmanuel Macron Angela Merkel

Left-Wing Criticism of Macron Isn’t Grounded in Reality

The alleged neoliberal really has governed as a centrist.

Nick OttensMay 19, 2020April 20, 2022
Paolo Gentiloni Mariano Rajoy Emmanuel Macron Angela Merkel Mark Rutte

Setting the EU Up to Fail

Integrationists raise unreasonable expectations and then blame the EU when it fails to meet them.

Nick OttensApril 22, 2020November 11, 2021
Copenhagen Denmark

The American Dream Could Use Some European Inspiration

European countries went through — and solved — some of the problems America has.

Nick OttensFebruary 25, 2020November 29, 2021
Donald Trump Giuseppe Conte

Trump’s Middle East Plan Is Not About Peace

What Trump’s critics in Israel get wrong.

Ariel ReichardJanuary 30, 2020November 27, 2021

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