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A History of Conventions and Wedging
There has been much rigamarole about the convention process being fairly undemocratic. Many stories have popped up of Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz slurping up delegates even as they didn’t win the popular vote of a given state. The practice brings to mind the image of fat deal-makers sitting about in a smoke-filled room, deciding who the nominee will be. A reader asked whether it was the democratization of primaries that actually lead to greater political polarization.
Syrian Refugees are America’s Newest Wedge Issue
The fight over the Syrian refugee crisis after the Paris terror attacks represents a new–and hopefully shortly-lived–wedge issue in the United States, as highly partisan tails wag the dogs of each party and saturate the dialogue of American policy with emotional but unproductive vitriol.