I teach American government to 200+ college students. If I don't point out to students through the college newspaper that constitutional principles and the rule of law are being undermined, what use am I? This is not about partisanship. dailycollegian.com/2025/10/lett...

My comments w @agtheodoridis.bsky.social on unique survey of former members of Congress, which indicates how far views of former GOP officeholders differ from Republican electorate on democratic norms @BrookingsGov www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

• Small donors share large‑donor polarization, esp on issues like guns & abortion • They fuel more extreme, media‑savvy candidates • Instead of blanket matching, we need localism & pluralism—district-level donor matches, strengthen parties, civic orgs & expand who votes.

www.aei.org/events/elect... I encourage you to join an upcoming event hosted by AEI (online too), with election experts talking about proposals to reform the electoral process, especially to combat extremism.

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... via @lemondefr

🤔Are Americans’ attitudes toward local issues structured ideologically? ➡️ @bfschaffner.bsky.social @jesserhodesumass.bsky.social & @raylaraja.bsky.social find that only a smaller subset of attitudes about local issues appears distinctively local www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

wapo.st/4fgJRAf . My take with @bfschaffner.bsky.social on Musk's idea with lottery.

My argument for why letting the Massachusetts State Auditor audit the legislature should be resisted with as much passion as taxation without representation www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/16/o... via @BostonGlobe

On of my arguments for strengthening the party system and parties for better politics @ Niskanen hypertext @daviddagan.bsky.social hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/fence-off-...

@NiskanenCenter @daviddagan.bsky.social hosts forum among experts on US political parties, their problems and potential. Not your usual mix of mechanistic reform ideas.