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One thing that I think people off-campus (and even some people on campus) might not fully understand is the capacity of universities to self-regulate reasonable standards around speech. Given that,

I will believe faculty lounge politics is a thing when our faculty gets a lounge. I will believe that faculty lounge politics has the power that James Carville attributes to

Voter ID is good at preventing in-person voter impersonation, which almost never happens, and for making it harder for people without an acceptable form of ID to vote. That’s it.For

I guess this really depends on your reference point - TBF, the word "coup" implies countries with inherently fragile democracies. Don't think the US looks so great compared to stable

You might have seen this viral video of police surrounding this car, smashing windows, and tossing the passengers to the ground. Here is what happened next. Police union took a

For decades good government advocates have been arguing to reduce the number of political appointees. The current administration is a very good illustration as to why.Instead, Trump wants to remove

This is pretty damning. Bannon & Giuliani met with NY Post editors to drop their Hunter Biden story. Veteran reporters refused to allow their name to be attached to it

Turning Point presents itself as empowering conservative students.The reality is that it is an organization intent on suppressing students. Here, founder Charlie Kirk cheers campus closures as a way of

Part of an ongoing trend where the GOP and criminal justice system is criminalizing protest. Here, damaging property (including statue) or engaging in peaceful if disruptive protest (blocking roads) results

Five LAPD holding down and arresting a reporter who identified herself. She was covering a protest at the hospital where two officers were being treated for shooting wounds. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200913/80222d039da6e2435bed1e10df3

Trump did a photo-op in front of a Kenosha business with its owner. "A day earlier would have saved his store,” said Trump. But it wasn't the real owner, who

Trying to figure out how Liz Bruenig scored last nights RNC convention (left) as better than the two nights of the DNC she scored (right). These rankings are pretty trivial