Democrats Should Campaign for Dutch-Style Health Reforms
Single-payer is too divisive. Many of its objectives can be met with a mixed public-private system.
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Why Americans Can’t Have European-Style Health Care
The problem isn’t insurance companies. It’s that 155 million Americans get insurance from their job.
Consolidate Congressional Districts to Make Elections Fairer
Multi-member congressional districts would lead to more proportional representation and political moderation.
America Goes the Way of Europe: Christians Becoming Minority
Young Americans are losing faith. White Christians have become the minority. The Catholic Church is becoming Latino.
Trump Is Right (For Once): The Debt Ceiling Must Go
The debt ceiling serves no purpose other than to allow politicians to take the economy hostage.
Democrats Should Look to the Middle, Not to the Left
Middle-class Americans have more in common with Democrats than with Donald Trump’s coalition of the left-behind.
Democrats, Republicans Split on Diversity and Immigration
More than three-quarters of Democrats, but less than one-third of Republicans, are comfortable with diversity.
American Views on Immigration Are Still Very Liberal
Most Americans support immigration and oppose deporting those who were brought to the country illegally as children.
Canceling South Korean Trade Deal Would Be a Mistake
Withdrawing from the treaty would hurt American commerce and set back America’s strategy in East Asia.
Trump’s “Unpredictability” Looks More Like Chaos
The president doesn’t believe in predictability, but his chaos is making the world a dangerous place.
Trump, Who Accused Spies of Fabricating Evidence, Pressures Spies to Fabricate Evidence
The president blamed the intelligence community for the war in Iraq but expects them to do the same for Iran.
Generals Gain Influence Over Trump, But This Is Not a Junta
Nobody expects John Kelly, James Mattis and H.R. McMaster to attempt a putsch.
“For My Friends, Anything. For My Enemies, the Law.”
Donald Trump’s pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio brings to mind that adage of South American dictators.
Two Arguments for a More Proportional Voting System
Proportional representation would give voters more choice and discourage regional factionalism.
Trump Would Win a Republican Civil War
Donald Trump is unpopular, but Republicans in Congress have even less support.