Opinion Desmonda Lawrence | 29 Oct 2020 The Day after Election: Democracy and Good Faith The pursuit of power for power's sake has reduced politics to a bad faith battle for the people's attention.
Opinion Marshall Bierson | 28 Oct 2020 The Day after Election: Procedure and Substance Should government's first obligation be achieving substantive goals or fine-tuning procedural mechanisms? How can these two aims be compared?
Truth and Contradiction, Knowledge and Belief, and Trump What is 'knowledge' if our politics doesn't even pretend to be concerned with truth? 27 Oct 2020 | Desmonda Lawrence
In Defense of Mill Contrary to popular belief, Mill's commitment to speech is capable of distinguishing good faith from bad faith efforts. 26 Oct 2020 | Benjamin Rossi
Is Microtargeting Good for Democracy? A tool for political inclusion may simply be a way to stoke division. 23 Oct 2020 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Medical Privacy and the Public's Right to Know How can we determine when public interest should trump politician's personal rights? 22 Oct 2020 | Marshall Bierson
Under Discussion: Voting Best Interests and Democratic Legitimacy How can we ever divine a political mandate from the jumbled voices and contradictory preferences we find in the ballot box? 21 Oct 2020 | Meredith McFadden
Under Discussion: Is It Rational to Be an Ignorant Voter? What does it take to fulfill one's duty to participate in democratic elections? 20 Oct 2020 | Kenneth Boyd
Under Discussion: Democracy Demands More than Your Vote The obligations of a democratic citizen extend beyond registering a presidential preference every four years. 19 Oct 2020 | A.G. Holdier
Under Discussion: Are Liberalism and Democracy Fundamentally at Odds? US democracy has always been about striking the proper balance between individual freedoms and the popular will. 16 Oct 2020 | Benjamin Rossi
Under Discussion: A Dearth of Democracy The opportunity to register one's political preferences (especially at the federal level) is small, and only getting smaller. 15 Oct 2020 | Evan Butts
Under Discussion: Consent of the Governed? Obstacles to Free and Fair Elections Given that the people's voice grants government legitimacy, the authority of American democracy is under threat. 14 Oct 2020 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Voter Participation What is required in order for our government to represent the people's will? 8 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Confirming Amy Coney Barrett: Against Secularism or For Religious Freedom? Is faith underrepresented on the bench, and are critics of the president's nomination guilty of discrimination against the religious? 8 Oct 2020 | Kiara Goodwine
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Money in Politics How could money possibly undermine citizens' basic political equality in a democracy? 7 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Ponderous Chains; or, How the Supreme Court Escapes Precedent How can the Court overturn precedent and go against stare decisis? 7 Oct 2020 | Evan Butts
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Minority Rights The Electoral College, partisan gerrymandering, and varying Congressional district sizes have all undermined the people's political voice. 6 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Is It Right to Hope for a Politician’s Death? Neither revenge nor negligence can justify hoping for the worse or expressing joy at other's misfortune. 6 Oct 2020 | Benjamin Rossi
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Disenfranchisement No taxation without representation? Many still have no way of having their political voice recognized. 5 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Misericordia and Trump’s Illness Can virtue ethics ever justify wishing harm to come to others? 5 Oct 2020 | John Hacker-Wright
Political Fragmentation and Experimentation What can Ezra Klein and David French tell us about making politics manageable despite hyperpartisanship? 2 Oct 2020 | Marshall Bierson
We've Got Politics Wrong Political principles or party affiliation? Our political discourse tends toward tribalism first, convictions second. 1 Oct 2020 | Jimmy Alfonso Licon
