What Marriage Asks of Us
Valentine’s Day approaches as I write these words, and Lisa does not yet know this essay exists. Writing to the […]
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Three Answers to Altruism: Madison, Rand, and Jesus
Three traditions, one problem: how societies cope with imperfect human beings Modern political arguments often collapse into a single moral
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Why Nixon Waited and Gore Went to Court
How Primary Reform Changed the Meaning of Losing Two of the closest presidential elections in American history ended very differently.
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How Primaries Unmade the Parties—and Why Demagoguery Filled the Gap
Americans did not set out to weaken political parties. The opposite impulse drove reform. In the late 1960s and early
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Three Republican Actors and One Broken Contract
Rebuilding a Strong Knox County GOP Through Structure, Not Personalities Knox County Republicans often argue about candidates, messaging, or ideology.
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The Most Effective Management Manual Ever Written (1944)
In 1944, while American forces were busy storming beaches and breaking codes, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services—the organization that
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Closed Primaries Make Thomas Paines, Not James Madisons
Thomas Paine and James Madison stood on the same revolutionary ground. Only one built something that lasted. The American Revolution
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Putin or Bust? Could Bush’s Team Have Read Russia More Clearly Than Clinton
Experience, sequencing, and the road not taken after the Cold War Counterfactuals can mislead. They tempt writers to turn history
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Raising the Waterline: A Madisonian Case for Open Primaries
James Madison’s remedy for faction was not merely more map; it was more mixture. In James Madison’s famous argument in
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Why Tennessee Republicans Need Open Primaries: A Working Dog, Not a Show Dog
Open or closed political primaries? Tennessee Republicans stand at a crossroads. One path narrows the electorate in pursuit of ideological
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