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Divided We Stand: Why California’s Three-State Solution Shouldn’t Be Overlooked
In October 2018, a referendum to split California into three states almost made it onto the state ballot, gathering more than 600,000...
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Nov 11, 20185 min read


No Taxation Without Representation
“No Taxation without Representation” The state license plates of over 600,000 Washington, DC residents display this slogan. Every car...
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Apr 19, 20179 min read


Erdogan’s Paradox
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seems to have a knack for the unprecedented, a desire to chart his own path and challenge...
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Apr 14, 20177 min read


The Fall of the Republic: Why referenda always go bad
The declaration that “tyranny naturally arises out of democracy” is the famous, anti-democratic thesis of Plato’s Republic. While the...
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Jan 1, 20176 min read


Italy Decides Its Identity
Rome wasn’t built in a day. The reconstruction of modern Italy, likewise, has been slow and taxing. Former Prime Minister and billionaire...
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Dec 4, 20166 min read


Romney 3.0: Reverse Referendum? (or the Kristol Strategy)
Romney’s new ad is a Frankenstein of formerly-discarded messaging strategies. Will it work? Supposedly, Mitt Romney crossed the “choice...
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Sep 26, 20123 min read
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