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On Mar. 3, 2020, there were 15 contests in the nomination process for President of the United States. Primary elections took place in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota,

Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide is a book about political polarization between urban and rural areas by Jonathan A. Rodden, professor of political science at Stanford

Compulsory voting is a policy that requires eligible citizens to register and vote in elections. The practice has roots in the democracy of ancient Athens, where the social norm was that every citizen

On November 29, 2019, Quillette published an essay by Chang Che titled “The Case for Compulsory Voting” in which he argues that the right to vote is under attack and that making voting mandatory is the

By Benjamin Welton Chile, which many in the Dissident Right uphold as one of the world's few conservative and libertarian success stories, has descended once again into social and political chaos because

Though the specific demarcation of the passage from one year into another is a rather arbitrary social construct, it does provide a useful annual period for self-examination and remembrance. Now that 2019

On December 18, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress by votes of 230–197–1 and 229–198–1, respectively.

In several previous Zeroth Position articles, I have argued that social media platforms, payment processors, and other technology companies should be prevented from denying service to people who are not

Today, shoppers across America will participate in the largest shopping day of the year: Black Friday. The National Retail Federation is estimating that 165.3 million customers will be shopping between

The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality is a dual biography of John Adams (1735–1826) and John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) (hereafter JQA, as in the book and many of

Nemesis: The Jouvenelian Versus the Liberal Model of Human Orders is a book about Bertrand de Jouvenel's model of political power and its further development by C.A. Bond. The book endeavors to show how

In recent weeks, there have been several high-profile mass shootings in the United States. In Gilroy, Calif., on July 28, 2019, a man killed four and wounded 13 at the Gilroy Garlic Festival before being

The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates is a book about the formation of the United States government and the arguments against its foundational document by Ralph Ketcham.

To Anglo-American ears, any German phrase can sound somewhat troubling, given the association between the German language and Nazism in the political arena. As such, Ordnungszelle may seem frightening.

One of the most important aspects of governance is trade policy, for it is part of both domestic and foreign policy. Without a proper understanding of the tools available to a sovereign, it is impossible

On June 6, National Review published an article by David French titled “Social-Media Censorship Is the Product of Culture and Commerce” in which he argues that corporate censorship is a market outcome

By Benjamin Welton “The desire for utopia is, arguably, as urgent and as necessary as the desire for history.” –Eugene Thacker[1] The problem with this desire, of course, is the unchangeable fact that

On May 3, Human Events published an article by Will Chamberlain titled “Platform Access is a Civil Right”. In it, he compares the de-platforming of political dissidents to the struggles of African-Americans

On April 15, I came in from mowing the lawn and turned on the news to find that a fire had broken out at one of the great monuments of the Western world. Cathédrale Basilique Notre Dame de Paris was about

To the tune of “She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain”. An April Fools song. Chorus: If you cannot solve a problem, make it worse If you cannot solve a problem, make it worse 'Cause if it goes complete