Pontification

Thomas Paine and James Madison stood on the same revolutionary ground. Only one built something that lasted. The American Revolution […]

Experience, sequencing, and the road not taken after the Cold War Counterfactuals can mislead. They tempt writers to turn history

James Madison’s remedy for faction was not merely more map; it was more mixture. In James Madison’s famous argument in

Open or closed political primaries? Tennessee Republicans stand at a crossroads. One path narrows the electorate in pursuit of ideological

Political parties do not collapse all at once. They shrink slowly, quietly, and often with a kind of strange pride.

A Reflection on Taxes, Tithes, and the Discipline of Living Within Limits Each community carries its own shared wisdom. Some

Why a Two-Party System Remains the Hardest, and Best, Path to Democratic Compromise Government is the only institution in society

How the Bork hearings turned the Supreme Court into a partisan stage When Senator Ted Kennedy rose on the Senate