How did a bipartisan group of senators agree on new gun measures?
Three factors made this incremental breakthrough possible
Three reasons Congress is still unlikely to pass new gun laws
Here’s why even the deadliest school shooting in a decade probably won’t prompt much change
Congress can’t easily pass police reforms. Here’s why.
Public attention will shift — and the Republican Senate will ignore House action.
No, Congress won’t pass gun background checks ‘like we’ve never had before.’ Here’s why.
Who’s got the hot potato now?
Was Nobel Laureate James Buchanan really opposed to democracy? Not at all.
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Kenneth Arrow has died. He changed our view of politics.
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How Iran’s elections marginalized radicals and consolidated a new political center
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Watching Haiti Disappear from the News
My second contribution to Salon's The Numerologist is here. It
Responses to Fabio Rojas
A little while back, "Fabio Rojas threw down the gauntlet":http://orgtheory.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/political-science-exports/.
Closeness counts in horseshoes, dancing, and Cave Creek, AZ
The model of electoral behavior that Anthony Downs popularized in