Essays
Judgment / August 23, 2026
Every year, committees of credentialed experts publish rankings that pretend to measure the health of free nations. The Economist Intelligence Unit, V-Dem...
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In recent cycles, conservatives have cheered some ballot initiatives and denounced others. We celebrated the tax limit. We howled at the spending mandate...
"Let the people decide." It sounds like self-government at its purest. The prime minister stands before the cameras, explains that the nation faces a...
Every two years, the same conversation resets. Ranked-choice voting will depolarize us. An independent redistricting commission will end gerrymandering. A...
Article II is plain. The President shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint judges and officers. The Framers gave...
Most commentary treats coalition government as something smarter than our system: more inclusive, more mature, more willing to compromise. I see it the...
Here is a rule you will not find anywhere in Article III, the Bill of Rights, or the text of the Constitution itself: five justices in 1973 can bind your...
Every two years, the same political ritual returns. The midterm vote comes in, and within hours the pundit class starts mourning low turnout. We are told it...
There is a quiet way for a president to kill a bill. It produces no signing ceremony, no public statement of objections, and no override vote. Most...
Most arguments about rights have it backwards. We argue as if rights are issued by government, held on condition, and revocable by majority vote or...