Politics & Policy In Defense of the Senate By Jay Cost March 21, 2021 Progressive complaints about the upper chamber fundamentally misunderstand the role it was meant to play in our constitutional order.
NR PLUS Books Has the American Presidency Lost Its Soul? By Jay Cost February 17, 2020 A new book makes the case that the Hamiltonian ideal of the constitutional presidency has been hijacked by demagogues.
Elections Presidential Primaries: Both Parties Have Failed Us By Jay Cost September 23, 2019 Are Trump and Warren the best we can do? The nomination process must be reformed.
U.S. In Praise of Gerald Ford By Jay Cost September 9, 2019 In pardoning Nixon, he put the country first, at his own expense.
Politics & Policy Chris Hayes and Progressives’ Lack of Respect for the Constitution By Jay Cost September 3, 2019 One should at least understand why our founding document does what it does before criticizing it.
NR PLUS Magazine How Republicans Can Appeal to the White Working Class By Jay Cost July 25, 2019 Historically, it has alternated in its partisan leaning.
Elections Our Presidential Nomination Process Is Nuts By Jay Cost July 1, 2019 Candidates are beholden to small-dollar donors — the extremists who form the base.
Politics & Policy Restoring Congress: The Parties Are a Solution By Jay Cost June 17, 2019 Politicians in safe districts can ignore the rest of the country. But in a strong party committed to a national agenda, leadership could rebuke the extremists.
Politics & Policy Congress Should Fix Itself before Reclaiming Its Power By Jay Cost June 14, 2019 The Constitution requires it to take the lead, but right now it’s too dysfunctional.
Culture Shame on the Daily Beast for Doxing a Trumpy Vlogger By Jay Cost June 3, 2019 Titillation and cruelty have become a business model for publications chasing clicks.