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Are We Losing Our Democracy? Or Are We Losing Our Minds? Or Both?
Is America Really in Crisis, or Are Our Brains Just Wired to Think So? Yes.
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Why RFK Jr. will be a chaos factor this election year
He’s an anti-system candidate in an anti-system moment. Plus: What does his campaign tell us about the future of American politics? And will he take…
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February 2024

The 2024 House Elections Present a Very Odd Vision of Democracy
Does your vote matter? Thanks to our antiquated system of single-winner districts, the answer is probably: NO. Here’s why. PLUS: how to fix it to make…
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What if It’s Not the Economy (Stupid)?
Why 2024 is shaping up to be a very strange presidential election.
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January 2024

Why You Might Be a Democracy Hypocrite (And Why I Might Be Too)
Blame it on the high-stakes partisan polarization that is putting our democracy on spongy ground.
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December 2023

Proportional representation and presidentialism work just fine together
The truly dysfunctional combination is presidentialism and two-party hyper-partisan polarization
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Wanted: A few reasonable people to run for Congress
Must be willing to put up with toxic dysfunction, constant threats of violence, tireless fundraising, long travel. American needs you.
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October 2023

There are many ways to organize a House of Representatives. Not all involve a powerful speaker.
A short history lesson to expand our imagination.
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The U.S. House has sailed into dangerously uncharted territory. There’s no going back.
Seven data points mapping the weirdness of this moment, and a plea for reform.
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September 2023

Revealed! Exposed! Unbelievable! The shocking hypothesis why misinformation is out of control
A plea for treating misinformation as a demand problem
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How I updated my views on ranked choice voting
A personal journey and some thoughts on changing one’s mind
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American politics feels weird because it’s jammed between two states – the old and the unknown
Or, why our democracy is like “supercooled water” right now
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