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Trump victory checked by constraints of modern constitutional republics
Norman Rockwell’s 1943 painting “ Freedom of Speech ” is a visual encomium to the wonders of the democratic process. At the town meeting, everyone gets a chance to speak his or her mind. The blue-collar worker who has risen to say what ...
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Melania, Michelle and the threadbare platitudes of plagiarism
While the Republican Party is holding its convention, which, among other things, formally produces the party’s nominee for the American presidential election in November, one might expect extensive outcry from their opponents in the ...
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Authority and legitimacy in Westeros, Essos and Washington, D.C.
In the presidential election cycle in the U.S., it turns out that the ultimate choice of the Democratic Party is Hillary Clinton and the ultimate choice of the Republican Party is Donald Trump. (The ultimate choice of the Libertarian ...
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Trump, American Idol and the economics of voting
Civic-minded observers of the presidential race in the United States often express consternation that one of the leading contenders is a celebrity best known for “reality television”—real estate mogul Donald Trump achieved new levels of ...