14. Why “One Man, One Vote” Doesn’t Work
It has increasingly become a central tenet of social-democratic thinking that all democratic systems must employ a “one man, one vote” framework. This, however, is just one more tool states use to undermine the benefits of political decentralization.
13. If America Splits Up, What Happens to the Nukes?
Opposition to American secession movements often hinges on the idea that foreign policy concerns trump any notions that the United States ought to be broken up into smaller pieces. It almost goes without saying that those who subscribe to neoconservative ideology, or views favoring interventionist foreign policy, treat the idea of political division with alarm or contempt. Or both.
Yes, the US Government Has Defaulted Before
Does Government Create a “Level Playing Field” or Does It Make the Field More Uneven?
How Markets Are Better than Government Regulators at Fighting Corporate Corruption
Government Is as Government Does
People say government is corrupt. If it were corrupt, it would be acting in ways contrary and detrimental to its purpose, and it would be possible to right the course. In truth, government acts in ways that befit its nature.
The New Racism of the Elect
A new movement is emerging on the left. This movement sells guilt and self-flagellation and calls it antiracism. Its leaders present themselves as the absolute authority on race relations and claim that being a good white person means following their instructions.
Why Biden’s Spending Is Unsustainable
As the State of the Union address and subsequent pronouncements have made clear, American politics is in the firm grip of fiscal illusion.
Why Madison and Hamilton Were Wrong about Republics
The debate between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists in the late eighteenth century was fundamentally a debate over whether or not Americans wanted or needed a large national state. Thus, in their effort to push ratification of the new constitution, the Federalists employed a wide variety of arguments designed primarily to convince the public that the United States, as it stood in 1787, was not politically centralized enough.
