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  My latest Hornbook Review  over at 3:16 AM is of the above-pictured book. While flawed in certain ways, I think it makes an important cont...

  The latest two of my "hornbook" democracy reviews now up at 3:16 AM are of the "debate book" by Michael Huemer and Dan...

Back when the atrocities of January 6 were fresh in our minds, I wrote a piece called " Who Cares About Democracy? " in which I op...

In my humble opinion, there is WAY too much talk about "the tyranny of the majority." What the majority has long been, in the U.S....

Majoritarianism seems pretty intuitive: when there is a disagreement, the faction with the most members should win. Why? Because every perso...

  The new review of mine that has popped up at  3:16 AM  is of Mary Anne Franks' ferocious attack on white male supremacy, and its alleg...

  My review of Adam Jentleson's new book on the evils of the U.S. Senate, its leaders, and, in particular, its Filibuster is now up at 3...

  My review of Brian Christopher Jones' 2020 book on constitutional idolatry https://www.3-16am.co.uk/.../2-brian-christopher-jones... ...

  Richard Marshall has generously offered me a place to review books on democratic theory at his 3:16 AM site. My first review, of Lee Drutm...

In my book I take the position that a bipartite voting system is necessary to get a good sense of what the people in any group want. And I o...

  In my book, I argue that, as it is intrinsically good for an individual to get what she or he wants, so it is also good for a group. And, ...

  I was just honored to be interviewed by "philosopher whisperer" Richard Marshall, late of 3 AM Magazine  and now publisher of th...

  Just mused about the DC riots in this essay for Erraticus:  Who Cares About Democracy?

  Here's the interview with someone at a Trump rally that I'm waiting to see: "You think Trump actually won this election?...

  Approval Voting (“AV”) has had its champions. In their eponymous book on the subject, Steven Brams and Peter Fishburn set forth a list o...