In the past few months, Knox County, Tennessee, has been embroiled in a controversy that’s become all too familiar in […]
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Some books age like wine. Others age like yogurt. When I first published The Art of the Compromise, I was
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Politicians love to preach about “the rule of law.” But funny thing—nobody seems to mean it when it applies to
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Eulogy — First Voice They say he died in his sleep. Peacefully, they said, as if he were a child
Executive Summary This whitepaper advocates for integrating Approval Voting (AV) into closed primary systems as a necessary reform to improve
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In Tennessee, “sunshine” isn’t just a weather report—it’s a legal regime. The Open Meetings Act demands that elected officials do
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In Peter Baker and Susan Glasser’s masterful biography The Man Who Ran Washington, we meet James A. Baker III—not through
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Well folks, the final donut has been devoured, the last coffee poured, and the inaugural Donuts for Democracy discussion series
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Late one night, after everyone else had gone to bed, I sat alone listening to a video someone sent me—Dr.
What Korea and Turkey can teach America about language, identity, and soft power The United States has pulled off something
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