Could a GOP president take over independent government agencies? Andrew Rudalevige - November 7, 2023 Here's what the law actually says.
Why the president can’t just fire bureaucrats Andrew Rudalevige - September 20, 2023 The "unitary executive theory" has its limits
The Supreme Court has more clerks and less work than 50 years ago Christopher Kromphardt - May 15, 2022 Did one of those clerks leak the draft abortion opinion?
Biden said he won’t make an ‘ideological’ Supreme Court pick. Republicans do exactly that. Amanda Hollis-Brusky - February 14, 2022 Liberals want to counter the influence of the Federalist Society. The Democratic Party may be their biggest obstacle.
The Supreme Court is taking suspect science seriously. Conservative groups have worked for years for that. Joshua C. Wilson and Alison Gash - December 14, 2021 Various organizations fight science by peddling doubt and discord on topics such as climate change, covid-19 and abortion
House Republicans kept a woman in their third-highest post. What stops GOP women from climbing higher? Catherine Wineinger - May 19, 2021 Let us count the obstacles that keep women from rising in the party hierarchy
Biden may be getting rid of the Authorizations for the Use of Military Force. That deserves a ‘Whoa.’ Andrew Rudalevige - March 6, 2021 The possibility of addressing the legal framework for the war on terror is big news.
The U.N. has a cash crunch. Almost a third of members have yet to pay their 2019 dues. David Bosco - October 15, 2019 This isn’t the first time the U.S. has been slow to chip in
Women are mysteriously missing from D.C. think tanks’ foreign policy panels. Here’s the data. Mimosa Giamanco and Federiga Bindi - August 21, 2019 Here’s the fifth article in our series on the gender gap in political science.
What Trump doesn’t get about ideology in Iran. It’s about nationalism, not theocracy. Shervin Malekzadeh - June 25, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74879" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Iranian fans at a stadium before
Trump’s nominations for U.S. ambassador are hardly draining the swamp Dennis Jett - May 22, 2017 [caption id="attachment_58630" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Former senator Scott Brown speaks in Nashua,
Trump is tweeting threats at the Freedom Caucus. Good luck with that. Andrew Clarke - April 5, 2017 [caption id="attachment_56455" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (iStock)[/caption] Following the Republican failure to
Has the American military fallen behind? Bear Braumoeller - May 4, 2016 [caption id="attachment_39993" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Lt. Gen. John Toolan, commander of
How fringe attacks on American Muslims became mainstream Christopher Bail - December 3, 2015 [caption id="attachment_33031" align="aligncenter" width="908"] The domes of Sheikh Zayed Grand
Bernie Sanders says Denmark is socialist. Forbes Magazine says it’s the most business-friendly country. Who’s right? Henry Farrell - November 11, 2015 [caption id="attachment_32039" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders
Born that way? ‘Scientific’ racism is creeping back into our thinking. Here’s what to watch out for. Carson Byrd and Matthew Hughey - September 28, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29893" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] A scene from "Call the Midwife"
Born that way? ‘Scientific’ racism is creeping back into our thinking. Here’s what to watch out for. Carson Byrd and Matthew Hughey - September 28, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29893" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] A scene from "Call the Midwife"
In defense of U.S. funding for area studies Nathan Brown - October 30, 2014 [caption id="attachment_17483" align="alignnone" width="620"] The U.S. Capitol building in Washington,
U.S. is a world leader in class conflict over government spending Larry Bartels - April 21, 2014 [caption id="attachment_9661" align="aligncenter" width="410" special=""] (Data from International Social
Are we becoming more tolerant of nepotism? Andrew Gelman - January 31, 2014 Mark Palko quotes an article by Julia Ioffe about Michael
IQ and the Nativist Movement Erik Voeten - May 13, 2013 We welcome back Diego von Vacano for a guest post
Jim DeMint and The Revolving Door John Sides - December 6, 2012 It's already been noted that Jim DeMint's departure to head
Who’s the Party? Episode XXXIII David Karol - August 25, 2012 Here is an interesting Politico article about Paul Ryan's rise
How Interest Group Mobilization Explains Media Bias Matt Grossmann - April 4, 2012 In nearly every campaign and policy debate, at least one
Would Paul Ryan’s economic plan really send unemployment down to 2.8%? Andrew Gelman - April 6, 2011 As I never tire of saying, I know nothing about
Fixing the Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Index Andrew Gelman - April 8, 2010 Dave Armstrong writes: I [Armstrong] recently written a blog post
Conservatives Copying Liberals Copying Conservatives Henry Farrell - May 29, 2009 "Matthew Yglesias":http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/05/a-heritage-of-the-left-of-the-right.php quotes an article on Douglas Holtz-Eakin's proposal to