In June 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Communications Act, a bill that prohibited radio, telephone, and other media companies from owning more than one broadcast license in a single community. A more diverse set of owners, stations, and channels, Roosevelt reasoned, would yield a wider set of program and service viewpoints, and would protect […]
March/April/May 2016
Posted inBooks, Government, Magazine, March/April/May 2016
Next to a Miracle
The first session of the U.S. Congress was as bitter and riven by divisions—over ideology, taxes, federal versus state power, the role of “big money,” flexible versus strict interpretation of the Constitution—as the 114th Congress. The difference is, we can be proud of the first.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, March/April/May 2016, Politics
Yet Another Way to Steal a Presidential Election
A political thriller explores how our antiquated Electoral College system could be put to nefarious use.
Posted inBooks, Government, Magazine, March/April/May 2016
Changing the Conversation About Regulation
Regulations aren’t threats to liberty and property, but vital weapons in defense of them.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, March/April/May 2016, Politics
Shoot the Hippies
Kent State’s lessons in the age of Donald Trump.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, March/April/May 2016, Politics
The “Con” in Political Consulting
Why candidates spend billions on ads and experts of marginal value.
Posted inBooks, Education, Higher Education, Magazine, March/April/May 2016
Racial Diversity Without Racial Preferences
The growing case for class-based affirmative action in college admissions.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, March/April/May 2016, Politics
How Big a Success Is the Democratic Revolution in Burma?
And how much credit should the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton get for making it happen?
