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With a perspective of 10 days after the election, I don’t think Harris’s loss was a result of anything special. The truth of the matter is...

 Over at the sister blog, Shinycroak: I’ve been aware for decades that many people take voluble confidence as a sign of knowledge – it is h...

Treason, in the US Constitution, is narrowly defined. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, o...

Gross, Babette. Willi Münzenberg: A Political Biography. Translated by Marian Jackson. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1974....

As Jim Wright says, “ Don't make it worse. Don't spread rumors and speculation. Regard all unconfirmed reports with skepticism. Aw...

“It is folly to think that the triumph of evil could ever be a winning side, in the sense of anyone's gaining anything by it.” – James ...

Waxman, Dov. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict . Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. This book by a US political science profes...