Critics often bash the U.S. Electoral College as undemocratic, but is it really an outlier? This post argues that many advanced democracies—including those led by progressive icons like Trudeau and Ardern—also don’t elect their leaders through direct popular votes. Maybe it’s time to rethink our stance.
Honoring traditions and being part of the solution post-RBG
As hearings begin this week for Amy Coney Barrett to take the seat of inspirational Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the predictable calls continue to not confirm a replacement until after the election. Some are suggesting that senate majority leader Mitch McConnell’s 2016 approach to not hold hearings on President Obama’s nomination of Merrick […]