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A perennial and crucial question—one intimately tied to the national security interests of the United States—is how to design political institutions that can mitigate ethnic conflict. This issue was front-and-center when the United States worked to establish new Iraqi political...
I really dislike this Republican talking point, repeated by former Republican Senator Olympia Snowe at an appearance at the University of Denver: The majority has increasingly "filled up the amendment tree," making it harder for minority members to have any...
It’s really extraordinarily pleasing to watch a terribly misinformed view of presidential power finally get its comeuppance. Various political scientists—Brendan Nyhan, Jon Bernstein, Andy R., me, and others—have been pushing back at this view for years. And now, as Andy...
Teaching a class about American politics, Congress, interest groups, or some related topics? You really should find room for this comment, from a Ryan Grim and John Celock article about the online sales tax fight: As one moderate Democratic senator...
I have a new column out over at TAP on the FAA fight: Here’s what Democrats should have done, and should be ready to do next time that a Republicans object to a specific program cut...Democrats should collect all of...