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Democracy in America?

Levitsky and Ziblatt ask:  “Imagine an American born in 1980 who first voted in 1998 or 2000.  The Democrats would have won the popular vote in every six-year cycle in the U.S. Senate and all but one presidential election in her lifetime.  And yet she would have lived most of her adult life under Republican […]

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Notes for the Beginning of: What to Do?

This is how I explain what has happened to myself. Nobody should begin without warning.  So we ought jot down some initial observations that provide a starting point for what follows.  Some will become highly relevant.  Others will fade as we dig deeper into our subject and discover that they were not germane to the […]

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Back in the Game: It’s Silly Season

It’s silly season.  The non-stop election cycle here in America is moving into its next phase.  Money is pouring in.  Most people are trying to avoid paying attention.  True partisans are plotting how their preferred candidate can get to 270 — the magical number of votes in the Electoral College America’s antiquated and not at […]

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