Ramblings of a Warped Mind

Here is why. Americans blame social media for modern political polarization. Others blame Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Fox News, MSNBC, […]

I have been called many things throughout my political life. Though I have never run for office myself, I have

The Presidents Who Governed a Large Republic Rather Than a Political Tribe I never set out looking for Republican presidents.

The recent political battles over congressional districts reveal something deeper about the structure of American society than about the politicians

The Day the Editors Disappeared A few summers ago, imagine a water main breaking somewhere in Knox County. Within minutes,

Too Much Democracy, Not Enough Republic Closed primaries will not save Knox County politics. Closed primaries will not end polarization.

Permanent Memory, Forgotten Wisdom, and the Psychological Cost of the Endless Archive A generation—so-called Gen Z and soon Gen Alpha—raised

A reader recently asked me a fair question: “What books most influenced More Republic, Less Cowbell?” The answer surprised me

Every book grows from a shelf of older books. No serious writer emerges from a vacuum. Every argument carries fingerprints

On June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate in divided Berlin and delivered one of the defining