Junk Science Alert: Washington Post Says Data Prove the GOP Has Grown More Authoritarian But Democrats Have Not
Trump is a wannabe despot, but let's not pretend the other side is flawless.
Trump is a wannabe despot, but let's not pretend the other side is flawless.
Like almost every newly elected president, Joe Biden claims he has a mandate. But does he? And should we care?
The combination of foot voting and decentralization of power can offer people more and better choices than are available at the ballot box.
There could be in some situations. But less often than many assume. And, ironically, the same reasoning suggests many people would have a duty NOT to vote in such cases.
Both candidates have serious flaws. But a Trump victory would be a much greater evil than the alternative.
The issue is currently before the Supreme Court in the case of Trump v. New York.
The event was sponsored by the Miller Center for Public Affairs.
Trump's garbled response probably wasn't a sign he's planning to subvert the election. But it was a failure of presidential competence.
In the 20th century, far more people were murdered by genocidal governments than by armed criminals.
Adam Thierer, author of the lead essay, has a response to his critics.
Political philosopher Jason Brennan explains why.
Politicians' opinions about the maneuver depend on which party is in power.
The event will be held on August 13, and is free and open to the public.
The Bedrooms Are For People campaign would repeal the city's existing limits on unrelated people living in the same house.
Fifth and final post in a series based on my new book "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom"
Fourth in a series of posts based on my new book "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom."
Third in a series of posts based on my new book "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom."
The interview was conducted by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Ross Powell of the Cato Institute.
Second in a series of posts based on my new book "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom"
The event includes questions and commentary by Northwestern University law Professor John McGinnis
The Introduction summarizes the book's argument and provides an outline of the chapters that follow.
The first in a series of posts based on my book "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom"
It is now available for preorder, and will be delivered by June 23.
The event will include commentary by Prof. John McGinnis (Northwestern).
It is now up on his Balkinization blog.
Professor Balkin asked me many great questions in interview just published at his Balkinization blog.
It's available for preorder now, and will be delivered on April 23
Recent controversies over election rules and the coronavirus threat have bolstered advocates of decision-making by randomly selected groups of voters. But this approach still has serious flaws.
Fining non-voters would show that government is all about forcing people to do things just to make politicians happy.
It will be published by Oxford University Press in April.
Trump is impeachable, but the process might exacerbate political tensions without resolving anything.
Roughly five times as many people live under populist governments now compared to 10 years ago.
Escalating violence in Hong Kong
Barack Obama's recent endorsement of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is an example of why not all foreign efforts to influence elections are wrong.
What if politics were a strategic, underhanded, zero-sum game that was actually kind of fun?
Today, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam withdrew the controversial extradition bill that set off protests.
The article is now available on SSRN.
Simon Cheng Man-kit, a staffer at the British Consulate in Hong Kong, hasn't returned from a trip he took to mainland China nearly two weeks ago.
Despite police harassment and border confiscations, protest supplies continue to make their way to dissidents.
Nine people were injured during the weekend's protests in Hong Kong, including one woman who might be permanently blind after a violent encounter with the police.
The sage of Baltimore on impeachment, the press, and the people
Do anything else. Literally anything else. Please.
The dispute over Harvard's decision to rescind the admission of Parkland shooting survivor/gun rights activist Kyle Kashuv should remind us of the reasons why we should not have given any special status to his views in the first place. The same goes for most others in similar situations.
The seemingly new version of socialism advocated by many on the left today has all too many flaws in common with old kind.
Russia's interference in the 2016 election was wrong. But the reasons why are harder to pin down than you might think. Not all foreign interference in elections is unjustified. Far from it, in fact.
Under pressure, democracies have a nasty habit of acting like panicked crowds.
A new symposium outlines several ideas for improving our democratic system. All are worth considering. But none are likely to be as good as expanding opportunities for people to "vote with their feet."