Political Culture Eats Institutions For Lunch
Institutional reform is necessary, but we can’t accomplish much in the face of tribalism.
Institutional reform is necessary, but we can’t accomplish much in the face of tribalism.
Having failed to prevent or contain it, aggressive stupidity is now washing over us.
A majority of Americans of every sex, race, education, income, or region do the right thing. With one exception.
A controversial monument in Little Italy has been destroyed.
It’s difficulty to have have a conversation with an albatross hanging over it.
Our measures for preventing abuse of our social welfare system are preventing those who need it most go without.
One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.
A new poll finds that a strong majority of Americans support life in prison instead of the death penalty.
Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.
There’s far more good in technology than bad, but these days we seem to be far more focused on the bad right now.
The liberal notion that people are persuadable through airing of ideas is obsolete.
The norms of social discourse are rapidly changing in the #MeToo era.
An incident this week in Arkansas is just the latest example of a depressing and dangerous trend.
Another day, another mass shooting and, as is becoming all too common in this country, this one appears to have been racially motivated.
How insidious talking points spread in the modern media environment.
Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?
Almost eighteen years after the greatest terrorist attack on our country, we haven’t taken care of those who risked it all.
At least some segments of the “pro-life” movement seem more concerned with policing morality than they do with protecting life.
Most of us define ourselves largely through our jobs. That’s increasingly a problem.
A Virginia woman left unusual instructions for the Executor of her will, and it’s become something of a controversy.
The city by the Bay is rapidly transforming. Should we lament that?
America’s leading motivational speaker and self-help guru is coming under fire.
Despite poll numbers suggesting otherwise, one political analyst suggests that the United States may not be “ready” for a gay President.
Pledges from wealthy men to help rebuild Notre Dame cathedral after a devastating fire is generating backlash.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court rejected a challenge by three women to their prosecution for going topless on a public beach in the Granite State.
The cases of Ralph Northam and Mark Herring raise a question of when, if ever, something we did in the past should follow us for the rest of our lives.
Wearing Donald Trump’s famous campaign symbol creates a presumption of ill intent. Is that fair?
Can society forgive the men caught up in the #MeToo movement? Is it even our place to decide?
Just days after appearing to condone donning blackface in the style of a 19th Century minstrel show, Megyn Kelly is out at NBC News.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints wants to be referred to by its given name. Shouldn’t we respect that wish?
The Kavanaugh fight is just another indicator of our national divide.
In November, Michigan voters will be able to make their state the tenth state to legalize marijuana. This is just the latest step in what seems to be an irreversible trend.
There is a frustration and a growing sense that the American political system is illegitimate.