Tom Eland
06/24/2011
Blog
A Republic, If We Can Keep It
While ordinary Americans celebrate the start of summer warm weather and bemoan the lack of progress on a deficit reduction deal in Congress, members of…
06/17/2011
Blog
Bundling Appointments
In the era of big money, it is a familiar, if sobering, theme in modern presidential administrations, and this week President Obama’s administration took its…
06/10/2011
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More Speech: Living with Citizens United
As if the damage to fair and accountable campaigns in Citizens United was not enough, a decision this week in the Federal District Court of…
05/27/2011
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Fixing Our Broken Politics: Mine’s bigger than yours, or how raising money trumps raising good arguments
In recent weeks Mitt Romney has been seeking to bolster his claim to be the mainstream establishment candidate capable of beating Barack Obama in the…
05/19/2011
Blog
Donald Trump: Presidential Politics and Business As Usual
This week Donald Trump officially announced that he would not run for President in 2012 saying, “business is my greatest passion” and that he was…