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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
What Should We Really Be Asking Candidates?
The Practical Reasons Candidates Talk About Improbable Policies
Elizabeth Warren made sure to specially thank South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn when they introduced their student debt forgiveness plan this week.
This Experiment Has Some Great News For Our Democracy
The idea that our divisions are entrenched and unbridgeable is overstated.
Too Much Democracy?
Simple majorities were never meant to rule Americans’ lives. How the founders limited factions and fanatics.
The Rise and Fall of Liberalism: Chapter 1 of 5
James Piereson describes the liberalism that came out of the New Deal as being very optimistic about the future, the role of the U.S. in the world, and the function of the federal government in perfecting our democracy...
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S FORMER CABINET MEMBERS
When Bill Richardson endorsed Barack Obama instead of Hillary Rodham Clinton, it prompted James Carville to compare Mr. Richardson – energy secretary under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 – to Judas...
Berkowitz is on the John Batchelor Show
Richard Epstein on Happiness, Inequality, and Envy
The Library of Economics and Liberty has posted an episode of their podcast "EconTalk," in which Chicago's James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law Richard Epstein speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the relationship between happiness and wealth, the effects of inequality on happiness, and the economics of envy and altruism...
Brinkema Opinion Sparing Risen from Testifying that Sterling was his Source
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal distances self from ethnic roots
As Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal eyes lucrative fundraising targets in the Bay Area, the potential Republican presidential contender may be getting a hard lesson in identity politics after sparking concern in Silicon Valley’s Indian American community that he is distancing himself from his own ethnic roots.
Pitching American Primacy For 2016
Basketball fan-politicians like President Barack Obama often use sports metaphors when talking politics. As 2014 came to a close and his last electoral cycle passed, he pointed out “my presidency is entering the fourth quarter."
Marco... Rubio?
I’m in Washington, D.C., where some of the political buzz centers around Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and the “to be or not to be”/”will he or won’t he?” question of his future plans.
Walker Derangement Syndrome?
A new Quinnipiac University Poll has Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pulling ahead of the Republican field in the state that kicks off the GOP’s selection process next February.
Why Jeb Bush Wants Small Businesses To Grow Like It's 1985
On Wednesday, potential presidential candidate Jeb Bush heads to Washington to try to prove his conservative bona fides to none other than the Conservative Political Action Conference.
A CPAC Bush-Whacking?
Former Florida Gov. and expected presidential candidate Jeb Bush is scheduled to make an appearance tomorrow at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Finding The Great Republican Hope
Riding The Pollercoaster
The Martin Chronicles
Just a few days ago, a not-so-veiled swipe at the politics of “triangulation” fueled speculation that former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley was gearing up for a challenge to Hillary Clinton.