Recent years made it clear that we were being governed by a corrupt oligarchy out of tune with traditional American political norms.

The difficulty with the reparations argument has always been practical, not moral. It lies in the questions, by whom? to whom? and how much?

The University of California decides to phase out the SAT and ACT, and abandons the idea of merit.

More democracy is not always the best solution to the problems of democracy, but in the case of a pandemic, it may be our best hope of reasoned action.