Clermont, Florida Correspondent — When a handful of private platforms become the primary public square, their moderation decisions start to function like public rules without any of the accountability that attaches to public rules. I see this at the level of my clients, which is smaller than the free-speech argument but more concrete. A professional … Continue reading Will the rapid expansion of online content moderation by private platforms ultimately create a new form of de facto public censorship?
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Should the impeachment process be reserved for clear criminal conduct, or is it a legitimate political tool for checking executive power?
Prescott Valley, Arizona Correspondent — The constitutional text and the early history treat impeachment as a political remedy for serious abuses of power rather than as a criminal trial. Restricting it to indictable crimes would narrow a check designed to be broader. Using it as a routine instrument for policy disagreement drains its legitimacy and … Continue reading Should the impeachment process be reserved for clear criminal conduct, or is it a legitimate political tool for checking executive power?
Is the current trajectory of U.S.–China economic decoupling more likely to produce strategic resilience or mutual economic damage?
Dayton, Ohio Correspondent — Partial decoupling in the critical sectors can improve resilience if it's deliberate and paired with real capacity, domestic or allied. Semiconductors, certain rare earths, advanced telecom. Broad, rapid separation across the whole relationship produces mutual damage — higher costs, disrupted chains, slower innovation on both ends. What I'd watch for is … Continue reading Is the current trajectory of U.S.–China economic decoupling more likely to produce strategic resilience or mutual economic damage?
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Q&A Session from 16th Annual Symposium
Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. January 3, 2020—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the question and answer session from its 2019 Annual Symposium. Participants included correspondents from Prescott Valley, Arizona; Wheeling, West Virginia; Dayton, Ohio; and Bismarck, North Dakota. Discussion centered on U.S.–China decoupling, the proper use of impeachment, … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Q&A Session from 16th Annual Symposium
Do the Abrams-Kemp aftermath in Georgia and the restrictive abortion laws passed in Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri signal that state legislatures are now the main arena of American political conflict?
Gastonia, North Carolina Correspondent On the morning of September 11 the North Carolina House took a vote to override the governor's budget veto while most of the Democratic members were at a memorial service, having been told, by their account, that no votes would be held that morning, and the override passed fifty-five to nine … Continue reading Do the Abrams-Kemp aftermath in Georgia and the restrictive abortion laws passed in Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri signal that state legislatures are now the main arena of American political conflict?
With signs of a global economic slowdown, trade tensions, and Federal Reserve rate cuts, how resilient is the U.S. and world economy heading into 2020?
Orange County, California Correspondent The stock market set a record this week, the unemployment rate is at a fifty-year low, and the Federal Reserve has just cut interest rates three times in four months, and I want to begin by pointing out that those three facts do not belong in the same sentence. A central … Continue reading With signs of a global economic slowdown, trade tensions, and Federal Reserve rate cuts, how resilient is the U.S. and world economy heading into 2020?
What are the strategic consequences of the U.S. decision to reduce its presence in northeastern Syria and the subsequent Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces?
Cheyenne, Wyoming Correspondent My son is in the National Guard, and the Wyoming Guard has sent people to the Middle East on every rotation since 2003, so I will say at the start that I have wanted American soldiers out of Syria for as long as they have been there, that I was glad when … Continue reading What are the strategic consequences of the U.S. decision to reduce its presence in northeastern Syria and the subsequent Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces?
Can the protests in Sudan and Algeria produce durable democratic transitions, or are they more likely to result in elite bargains that preserve existing power structures?
Sheffield, Jamaica Correspondent The question offers two outcomes, a durable democratic transition or an elite bargain that preserves existing power, and I want to begin by saying that in my experience of how small states change governments the two are not alternatives. Every durable transition I know of was an elite bargain, and most elite … Continue reading Can the protests in Sudan and Algeria produce durable democratic transitions, or are they more likely to result in elite bargains that preserve existing power structures?
What does the election of Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine reveal about public dissatisfaction with established political elites, and how might it affect the country’s conflict with Russia?
Sheffield, Jamaica Correspondent I want to answer the question that was asked before I answer the question everyone is asking, because the two have become confused in the past ten days and the confusion is itself a lesson. The question asked is what Volodymyr Zelensky's election reveals about dissatisfaction with elites and what it means … Continue reading What does the election of Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine reveal about public dissatisfaction with established political elites, and how might it affect the country’s conflict with Russia?
With the Green New Deal, the Amazon fires, and youth climate strikes, has 2019 changed the politics of climate policy in the U.S., or only the volume?
Bismarck, North Dakota Correspondent I work in energy compliance in a state that produces more oil than any but Texas, mines lignite that fires the power plants that keep the upper Midwest warm, and ships both by rail through towns where the only other employer is the school, and I want to answer this question … Continue reading With the Green New Deal, the Amazon fires, and youth climate strikes, has 2019 changed the politics of climate policy in the U.S., or only the volume?
