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Is There Hope for Campaign Finance Reform?

Supporters of campaign finance reform keep trying to fix our current system from within. But it’s time to change to our campaign finance system itself.

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Give Me Peace Or Give Me Death

Ukraine could very well decide the future of Europe: there EU leaders must decide what they are fighting for.

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European Solidarity for What?

Europe’s ability to address the challenges of the 21st century hangs on one thing: it must decide what it is.

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The Preferential President

President Obama has preferences, not convictions, yet he continues to take strong stands in public. This is a dangerous combination.

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Why the Jews?

Making anti-semitism into an eternal problem, some scholars of Judaism actually wind up normalizing anti-Judaism.

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Privacy and Politics

Privacy is important, but not for the reasons privacy activists usually cite.

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The Irony of the Elite

The elites in Washington and Wall Street seem not to care about their decadence and even take joy in revelations about it.

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The End of American Exceptionalism

American exceptionalism is in retreat, and the centralized national security state is to blame.

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The Woody Allen Affair and the Nihilism of Thinking

The Woody Allen affair teaches us that one of the great challenges of our time is the need to judge absent the solace of absolute knowledge or the illusions of certitude.

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Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Free Speech?

There’s a natural desire to withdraw from the sheer quantity of online content floating around, but political thinking requires that we resist the desire to flee from opinions altogether.

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