Trump seems like a real asshole, though it’s possible he’s just saying stupid and vile things because doing so is a smart way to win office. However, it’s worth taking…
Over at the Princeton University Press blog, I have a post today dispelling the popular myth that democracy rests on the consent of the governed. I don’t think the fact…
There is no one harder to argue with than someone who (mostly) agrees with us. Or so I claim, here. If “our” side insists on fighting with itself, it’s no…
I have a reply to Sandy Levinson’s lead essay.
Almost everyone has by now accepted the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. The new Palestinian state would be created in the territory west of the Jordan River (the parties…
Ilya Somin enters the fray here with some worries about legalizing voting markets, as well as some further criticism of the anti-commodification theorists. An excerpt: For example, many people oppose legalizing…