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Identity Politics
At UVA, a Microcosm of Liberalism’s Woes

An episode at Thomas Jefferson’s university helps illustrate why the Democrats lost on Tuesday.

democracy and its discontents
Four Theses on the Electoral College

The case against America’s idiosyncratic election system isn’t as straightforward as you think.

higher education
Trump Administration Could Shake Up Campus Sex Wars

But don’t expect the reality on most campuses to move in a more libertarian direction.

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the electoral earthquake
The Spectacular Institutional Failure of the Democratic Party

Insofar as you consider the election of Donald Trump a great failure on the part of the nation’s political elite, the Republican Party is not the only institution that was negligent.

unsettled assumptions
American Unexceptionalism Comes to the GOP

Peter Thiel wants America to be a “normal country”.

Higher Education Watch
On Campus, It’s Marx vs. Mill

Should universities prioritize the pursuit of social justice or the pursuit of truth?

divided government
Why the House Leans Right

The constitutional system punishes the Democratic Party for building a hyper-concentrated political coalition.

2016
Trump’s Brinksmanship Shows Importance of Electoral College

America’s peculiar system for choosing presidents may help avoid post-election chaos.

Political Decay
Democratic Norms Are Collapsing

And we all share the blame.

How norms erode
What to Make of Trump’s Debate-Night Threat

The media can’t be an effective referee of democratic norms if it defines them selectively.

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