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Partisanship

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Comedy

Democratic Disney vs. Republican Disney

Because everything is political.

Austin Bragg, Andrew Heaton, and Meredith Bragg | 5.19.2022 12:15 PM

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Politics

Same Border Rules, Vastly Different Portrayals

Trump's pandemic travel bans received vastly different media treatment than Biden's.

Matt Welch | 2.2.2022 6:00 AM

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Gerrymandering

Did Redistricting Reform Fail in Ohio?

Ohio's supposed reforms left lawmakers in charge of the mapmaking process, and a gerrymandered map was the predictable result.

Eric Boehm | 1.18.2022 4:05 PM

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January 6

Was the Capitol Riot Really the Opening Battle of a Civil War?

There are good reasons to think polls grossly exaggerate the number of Americans who support political violence.

Jacob Sullum | 1.6.2022 5:00 PM

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Crime

Look Past Partisan Rhetoric To Understand California's Recent Crime Problems

California's leaders can take the recent rise in property crime seriously without repeating the same "tough on crime" mistakes of the past.

Steven Greenhut | 12.24.2021 8:30 AM

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Politics

George Will Loves To Argue About America

The octogenarian columnist has a lot to say about happiness and history in the United States.

Nick Gillespie | 12.23.2021 6:00 AM

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Politics

Kim Kardashian's Love of Lower Taxes and Individual Rights Has Made Her Politically Homeless

It's a fairly benign thing to say. And yet it's a landmine in our media landscape.

Billy Binion | 12.16.2021 5:15 PM

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Bias

Why Is It So Hard To Admit When You're Wrong?

When it comes to political polarization, it's confirmation bias all the way down.

Ronald Bailey | 12.11.2021 6:00 AM

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Public schools

Republicans Open Schools, Democrats Still Keeping Them Closed

The latest data underscore an appallingly partisan split on what should be a more science-based decision.

Matt Welch | 4.19.2021 2:39 PM

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Election 2020

Can Americans Inhabit Parallel Political Universes Without Compromising Freedom?

Some Trump supporters find it easier to believe that every major American institution is potentially corrupt than to think that a president with a history of telling whoppers is being dishonest again.

Steven Greenhut | 12.11.2020 8:00 AM

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Politics

Are Americans Provoking Each Other Into Political Violence?

Failing a renewed national commitment to live and let live, we may be in for a long and bloody road.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.9.2020 2:30 PM

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Civil Society

Both Left and Right Should Stop Blithely Wishing for a New Civil War

All that accomplishes is encouraging us to view our fellow Americans as enemies, to see ourselves as members of warring tribes rather than citizens of a nation.

Steven Greenhut | 6.12.2020 8:00 AM

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Partisanship

Criminal Dissent

Jacob Sullum | 6.5.2020 6:30 AM

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Due Process

Yes, the Constitution Means Your Political Opponents Get Due Process Too

Americans are so locked into their political sides that many of them seem willing to cast aside some of the nation's long-established constitutional protections.

Steven Greenhut | 2.21.2020 8:00 AM

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Politics

The Topeka School

Trump was always looming, the book seems to say, we just didn't know it.

Peter Suderman | 2.7.2020 6:30 AM

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Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard Sympathizes With Amash, Says the Two-Party System Sucks

"The outsized power that the political parties hold can often be used in the wrong way to squelch our democracy and dissenting voices even within our own parties," says Gabbard.

Eric Boehm | 7.10.2019 11:30 AM

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Gerrymandering

Supreme Court Gerrymandering Ruling Isn't the End of Democracy

State legislatures and Congress can (and probably should) take steps to limit partisan gerrymandering. This was never an issue for the courts to settle.

Eric Boehm | 6.27.2019 4:40 PM

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Hit & Run

Mike Lee: 'Every Conceivable Partisan Combination' Has 'Deviated From' Federalism

"This isn't a partisan issue," the Utah senator says. "This is a constitutional issue."

Joe Setyon | 2.28.2019 10:15 AM

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HomePage

Taxes Are Getting Weaponized for Partisan Purposes

How willing are you to pay taxes when you know they're intended to do you harm?

J.D. Tuccille | 2.4.2019 11:40 AM

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HomePage

The McConnell Era Has Been Terrible for American Politics

The Senate majority leader delivers hollow partisan victories and little else.

Peter Suderman | 1.3.2019 6:00 AM

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