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Ed Burmila

Ed Burmila holds a Ph.D. in political science and is the author of Chaotic Neutral: How the Democrats Lost Their Soul in the Center.

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May 21, 2023
Magazine
How Trump Left Washington Even Swampier
The battle for power and influence in the nation’s capital is more shameless, desperate, and embarrassing than ever.
June 15, 2022
Magazine
Is the Neoliberal Era Over Yet?
The current political order may have proven a failure. But neither party has presented an alternative yet.
February 10, 2020
The Soapbox
The Obsolete Politics of James Carville
The Clinton-era avatar of respectable Democratic politics continues to confuse elite opinion with public sentiment.
January 21, 2020
The Soapbox
Democrats Should Embrace a Few Purity Tests
Voters can have a little certainty about what the party stands for, as a treat.
December 10, 2019
The New Behemoths of Health Care Bureaucracy
Some of America's biggest companies are middlemen who profit from the system's wastefulness.
October 28, 2019
Magazine
State Under Siege
The American right's unyielding ardor for federal power
June 13, 2019
The State of Emergency
If Trump wanted to give himself sweeping new powers, could anyone stop him?

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