Essays
Judgment / July 8, 2026
Every election cycle, the same lecture arrives like clockwork. A friend, a pundit, or a cable news host leans in with that tone of weary wisdom. "I know you...
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There are certain lines a free republic must not cross. Compulsory voting, the policy that fines or penalizes citizens who do not cast a ballot, crosses...
You have heard the pitch. It sounds so clean, so modern, so democratic. Liquid democracy is the hybrid model where you vote directly on the issues you care...
Every time the topic of socialism comes up, the conversation collapses into the same tired script. The left says socialism is just democratic control of the...
You have heard the argument a hundred times. It usually comes from someone defending a federal power grab, a new regulation, a national mandate, or a...
Every election cycle, the same lament echoes across cable news and op-ed pages: "Gerrymandering is destroying American democracy." Activists demand the...
Every few years, a fresh wave of electoral reform sweeps through Washington and state capitols. Ranked choice voting. Automatic voter registration. The...
I want to make the case for something that rarely gets the respect it deserves. Federalism isn't just a polite word for states' rights or a way to keep the...
Every schoolchild knows the moral of the Watergate story. The president is not above the law. The Supreme Court forced Richard Nixon to surrender his secret...
You have heard the proposal by now. It comes wrapped in the language of fairness and mathematical elegance. Mixed-member proportional representation. A...