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Should Congress Revise Federal Laws Against Lying?
“When Justice Ginsburg reviewed his case, her concurring opinion warned that the federal false statements statute arms government agents with authority to generate felonies.”
The First Step Act Doesn’t Do Enough about Gangs
“Communities do not have ‘gang problems.’ America has a gang crisis.”
Editor’s Choice: The Best Articles of 2018
A look back at our editor’s choices for our favorite Merion West articles of 2018.
Editor’s Choice: The Best Interviews of 2018
A look back at our editor’s choices for our favorite Merion West interviews of 2018.
Why Edmund Burke Would Oppose Originalism
“Burke’s place in the American conservative pantheon is peculiar if not paradoxical.”
Progress and Poverty at Amazon HQ2
“As has sometimes been noted, one can buy a castle in some parts of Europe for less than a modest condo in San Francisco.”
A Reply to Matt McManus: The Last Man
“There appear then to be two kinds of people: those who presume history has ended and those who do not presume history has ended.”
Trump’s Real Victory Is Redefining the Republican Party
“Johnson understood that winning an election was much less important than winning a party. Elected offices came and went every couple of years; parties were institutions anchored in place by their coalitions and organizers.”
What Can Machiavelli Teach Us About the Midterms?
“For it is through political conflict that greater representation is born, more interests come to the table, and the expansion and development of liberty and order comes about.”
Interview with Nassir Ghaemi: Can Mental Illness Make More Effective Politicians?
“One of the basic concepts I had was that if there are some benefits to having some depression manic symptoms; the corollary is that there are some limitations to being normal and mentally healthy.”
U.S. Attorney: A Plan to Curb the Opioid Epidemic
“Through persistent and coordinated action by federal, state, and local authorities, together with the assistance of medical professionals and other leaders in our community, we can put a stop to the spread of opioids and their wake of destruction.”
Anderson Cooper Is Wrong; Journalists Should Vote Too
“I hope that on Tuesday, Anderson Cooper—and all journalists wrestling with the same question—show up to the polls.”
This Former Drug User Is Committed to Helping Others Get Clean
“People are going to use, so let’s teach them how to use and limit the use correctly. This limits the damage and harm they can do to themselves until they reach a path of recovery.”
Can Carl Schmitt Explain How We Got from the Cold War to Trump?
After the fall of the Soviet Union, the United States and the West lost their common foreign enemy. Would the sense of rivalry that characterized these tensions abroad then turn inwards, once no common enemy remained?