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The Triumph of the Prison Yard

Neo-Marxist dogma, long ascendant in the academy, has finally broken through into mainstream life. The damage being wrought on our democracies is substantial—and perhaps fatal.

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Fool's Gold
A Report From The Trade Wars

In a trade war, one folly begets the next. The Trump Administration’s tariffs are a prime example.

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Security Cooperation
Train and Desist

Government analysts say most security cooperation programs don’t work. Does Congress care? 

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Immigration in America
Suffer the Little Children: The View from El Paso

A visit to the El Paso-Juarez “borderplex” points to the difficulties involved in recovering the sensible center on immigration policy.

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No Exit
Left Rule or Mob Rule?

Getting rid of Sarah Jeong will set a terrible precedent. So will keeping her.

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Democracy, Development & the Rule of Law
Social Media and Censorship

The idea that the big internet platforms are not media companies has never really been tenable, and the contradictions in their public protestations of neutrality have become ever more apparent over time.

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Electoral Reform
Ranked Choice Voting: “As Maine Goes…”

Maine’s experiment with ranked choice voting was by many standards a success. But will the nation follow its lead?

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Russian Economy Blues
Putin’s Pension Headache

For the Russian President and his team, social security reform is no walk in the park.

Nigeria's New Media
No News Is Bad News

The memory of 20th-century totalitarianism causes many in the West to conjure up images of state-run media using heavy-handed propaganda to indoctrinate the masses in a particular ideology. This is no longer the main threat.

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Democracy, Development & the Rule of Law
Teaching Public Policy

Local context is all too often lacking in the prevailing economics-centered approach to public policy education.

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