The Case for Universal Voting
Universal civic duty voting would represent a milestone in the two-century-long struggle to expand the franchise.
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Is Anti-Intellectualism Ever Good for Democracy?
Today’s backlash against intellectual life cannot simply be written off as a popular celebration of mindlessness.
Symposium: E. J. Dionne, Jr.
Fifteen years ago, Todd Gitlin offered a precise and devastating metaphor for what he saw then as the academic Left’s default from democratic politics. In The Twilight of Common Dreams, Gitlin noted that while the Left was “marching on the …
E.J. Dionne Jr. Responds 
In his fine book on Hannah Arendt and Albert Camus, Jeffrey Isaac makes an entirely convincing case that one can respect the tragic aspect of political action without losing hope in its possibilities. Perhaps it’s because Jeff Isaac has so …
