What Hobbes Can Teach Us About Trump’s Lawless Reign

Or, how the rich are really different from the rest of us

As the losing Trump campaign team extends this election season beyond its typical limits, by continuing to claim that the president has, in fact, won the 2020 election, one cannot help but notice how his conduct in office has threatened long-established and respected democratic norms.  Perhaps the most prominent recent account ...
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What Hobbes Can Teach Us About Trump’s Lawless Reign

Five Lessons for Democracy From the Covid-19 Pandemic

An international evaluation of democracy in crisis

Who could have guessed, even one year ago, that America’s postal service would be central to the US Presidential Election? That political party conventions would become online events? Or that protests could be suppressed in the name of biosecurity and protesters could be fined for not wearing face masks? The COVID-19 ...
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Five Lessons for Democracy From the Covid-19 Pandemic