Essays
Judgment / August 15, 2026
Every election season brings the same tired warning: "Democracy is dying." Usually, the pundit class aims that warning at whichever leader they happen to...
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Almost every free speech debate now begins with the wrong question. We ask what speech should be allowed as if some authority is supposed to answer it. The...
Most arguments about American government end up being arguments about the presidency. We fight over executive orders, emergency declarations, unilateral...
The Constitution created a republic of separated powers. A political party was supposed to be a private association, not a branch of government. Today it...
Every few years, a president signs a bill and issues a statement explaining how he interprets it, and Washington loses its mind. One side screams executive...
Most campaign finance debates begin with a moral panic: money is corrupting our politics. I want to start somewhere else-with a basic economic fact...
Every election cycle produces a fresh wave of Americans who have decided the two major parties are beyond saving. The instinct is understandable. When...
The first mistake in this entire debate is the name. People call an Article V convention a constitutional convention, and immediately their minds race to...
Most debates about religious liberty ask the wrong question first and then wonder why the answers never satisfy anyone. We argue over whether believers...
Most Americans think electoral manipulation means boxes stuffed in a back room, dead men voting in Chicago, or machines flipping votes after midnight. That...