Okay, So Now What Do We Do?
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We're five days into the apocalypse. Time to stop fucking around.
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The Missed Opportunities of the 2016 Election
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Donald Trump's candidacy has pushed aside any discussion of the 2008-2016 GOP Congress.
Read MoreNo, America Doesn't "Need" a Third Party
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A multi-party government is not a magic bullet for American politics.
Read MoreThe "Death Tax" Isn't a Tax, It's Welfare
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It's time to start seeing the estate tax for what it really is: an inheritance income tax credit.
Read MoreDNC Hack: Remember, Everyone's Emails Are Horrible (Yes, Including Yours)
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Give me 20,000 of your emails, and I'll make you look like a monster.
Read MoreBeneath the Red Meat, a Terrible Idea on Trade
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Does Trump's plan to break up regional trade deals make any sense?
Read More"Events in Turkey," and Avoiding the Magic Word
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Why is the United States so slow to label an obvious coup attempt a "coup"?
Read MoreWhy We Shouldn't Stop Peter Thiel
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The PayPal founders' campaign against Gawker is unseemly, but that doesn't mean we should make rules to stop it.
Read MoreCarhartts and Uniforms: Why Modern Workers are Failing the Labor Movement
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Why do so few office workers feel the urge to unionize?
Read MoreThe Clown Armor of Donald J. Trump
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How 2016’s most absurd candidate can find his way into the White House.
Read MoreWould a Federal Takeover of Elections be Constitutional?
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With complaints flying about some states' handling their elections, would it be legally possible for the federal government to administer the elections on its own?
Read MoreWhat Can Campaign Subreddits Tell Us About the Presidential Candidates?
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Each candidate's Reddit page gives a surprisingly revealing look at what makes each campaign tick.
Read MoreLink: The Open Secret About the Cholera Epidemic in Haiti
/At Slate, Johnathan M. Katz writes about the open secret that a U.N. base caused the Cholera outbreak that has infected hundreds of thousands of Haitians to date.
The Reason the PLCAA is Unique in American Law
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I don't think there's anything like the Protecting Lawful Commerce in Arms Act anywhere else in the U.S. Code.
Read MoreDelaware is not Panama
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Equating incorporation in Delaware to setting up a haven in Panama is absurd.
Read MoreWhy I Hate the RICO Act
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The RICO Act may have been written to catch mobsters, but it's devolved into meaninglessness in the civil courts.
Read MoreLink: Media Attention Trackers for the 2016 Presidential Primary
/A 30-day running tracker of media attention for each candidate in LexisNexis's news database. A similar tracker for television attention, from the GDELT Project.
Why, Exactly, is it Wrong For the IRS to Consider a Group's Name?
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Everyone keeps saying it was "inappropriate" for the IRS to use group names to select 501(c)(3) & (4) applications for secondary screening. I've never understood why.
Read MoreIt Really Looks Like John Oliver Just Ripped Off His Segment on Congressional Fundraising
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Nearly every beat in his last feature segment appeared in a March 2012 episode of This American Life.
Read MoreKansas Legislature: "We Don Need No Stinkin' Judges!"
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On March 22, the Kansas State Senate passed Senate Bill 439, which effectively expands the scope of impeachment in such a way that the legislature could remove state supreme court justices merely because they disagree with these justices' decisions. Can this law pass constitutional muster?
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