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Texas creates a market for abortion vigilantism
It’s a transparent ploy to avoid federal courts, writes Mia Brett.
In this game, we all lose
On the 30th anniversary of Point Break.
No, there’s nothing ‘demagogic and dangerous’ about a president taking the side of democracy
More on the Very Serious Debate Club.
The Democrats say ranked choice voting is fairer. What they don’t say is it helps beat Republicans
That’s why the GOP hates it, writes Matt Robison
The Democrats are naming the republic’s enemies while providing a future road to ‘stability and hope’
That’s real politics. Fictional politics is what the Republicans do.
There are no clear-cut answers to the problem of a president’s son making a living from his dad’s name
All Joe Biden can do is distance himself ethically, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
For white evangelical Protestants, the degradation of democracy is not regrettable. It’s desirable
The point is rule by God’s chosen.
There’s room for conservative thought in higher education. There’s no room for higher education in conservative thought
Learning is a threat to the modern GOP, writes Magdi Semrau.
Facts about the covid vaccinations are totally political, because all facts are totally political
We need a new consensus.
No, white evangelicals are not in rapid decline
But keep an eye on white Catholics in 2022, writes Rev. Daniel Schultz.