<div><p>Our political system no longer works, and neither does Congress -- well, except for itself.</p><p>The current Republican Congress, in particular, is on the verge of proving how utterly useless it is.</p><p>If there was one thing a Republican Congress was supposed to do, it was to repeal and 

The Republican Congress: Dysfunction on Display

<div><p>Vietnam. Iraq. Maybe North Korea next. Why does the United States keep doing this? Why are we so often at war?</p><p>American foreign and defense policy no longer makes sense. They are suited to the Cold War, but the Cold War has been over for 27 years. We are long overdue for a re-evaluatio

Irrational, Outdated, and Dangerous: American Foreign Policy Needs Independent Rethinking

<div><p>For someone who ardently believed in witches and sea monsters, the puritan firebrand Cotton Mather was a surprising advocate for advanced medical science.</p><p>When some sailors brought smallpox to Boston in 1721, Mather forcefully promoted a new and dubious-sounding preventative, called “i

Left and Right Must Unite to Inoculate Against Hyper-Partisanship

<div><p>Our political system is failing because our government has become little more than a perpetual banquet for selfish interests that feed themselves first, and worry about the health of the nation later, if at all (See <a href="https://ivn.us/2017/10/10/crisis-american-politics-whats-gone-wrong

Liberals and Conservatives Uniting Against Partisan Status Quo

<div><p>American politics is self-evidently in a state of crisis. The nation is producing terrible political leadership. Government is paralyzed. Political polarization is ripping American society into two warring camps.</p><p>The above assertions will be almost universally recognized as the truth.<

The Crisis of American Politics: What's Gone Wrong and What Needs to Be Done

<div><p>The fury over the proper posture to assume during the national anthem at NFL games represents everything that is wrong with American politics.</p><p>Massive and community-destroying controversy is created by selfish and self-absorbed elites while accomplishing absolutely nothing positive for

Of Anthems and Flags: Why Our Divisive Politics Continue to Get Us Nowhere

<div><p>I am being manipulated, and so are you. Conservatives are being manipulated. Progressives are being manipulated. We the people have lost control of our government and are being used by selfish and partisan interests hostile to our common good.</p><p>Most citizens have at least some vague not

Tame the Partisan Beast Before it Devours Us All

Stephen Erickson

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