To begin, what is the precise difference between the traditional political center and the radical center? In terms of substance: not a lot. We can, however, chart one core difference between the new ...

Can the center in politics ever be radical? One answer was provided in “The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics,” a book that Ted Halstead and I published in the fall of 2001. In an ...

The election of Emmauel Macron to the presidency of France means different things to different people. To Democrats in the United States and those who opposed Brexit, it means a victory against the ...

It’s my pleasure to introduce something new to The Gazette’s opinion page. In my 60 years on the planet, I’ve never seen America as divided as it is now. But in our obsession over the coming election, ...

Some of you might have heard there was a presidential election last week. You might have also heard that we’re a divided nation. How many of you Joe Biden supporters have friends who voted for ...

There is no such thing as a “radical moderate” in American politics. As the extremes of the parties pull away from one another, a large swath of the American electorate sits frustrated and unserved.

President Barack Obama’s winning passage of national health care is both exhilarating and sobering. Covering so many uninsured Americans is a historic achievement. But the president had to postpone ...

In the conventional wisdom, patriotism in American politics is thought to be aconservative impulse while the desire for strong, activist government isassociated with liberals. But think of all those ...

Dean Phillips stands alone within the Democratic Party as resistance to Joe Biden. How did this happen and what does this say about the supposedly left flank of the Democrats that Phillips is the only ...