Will Breyer retire while Democrats hold the White House and Senate? Here’s what political science tells us.
Most federal judges retire for personal, rather than politically strategic, reasons. Supreme Court justices may be different.
Watching the Democratic debate tonight — with Twitter on the little screen? Keep this in mind.
When journalists treat Twitter as representing public opinion, they’re misshaping the news.
The news media usually show immigrants as dangerous criminals. That’s changed — for now, at least.
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This column will probably change your mind
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No, al-Shabab is not deadlier than Boko Haram. Here are better numbers.
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Trump’s ‘Take Iraq’s oil’ isn’t a new idea. Here’s why it won’t work.
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Here’s why some people think Brazil is in the middle of a ‘soft coup’
Brazil’s elected government is in the news, but is it