From the Journal of Public Deliberation, Nancy L. Thomas (Tufts): Democracy by Design; and Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer (NICD): Key Challenges Facing the Field of Deliberative Democracy. Cass Sunstein (Harvard): Partyism. Gerard N. Magliocca (Indiana): Anti-Partisanship. Joel Holmstock (Penn): A Multidisciplinary Approach to Political Ideology: How and Why Americans Self-Identify or Identify Others as Liberals or Conservatives. Lilliana Mason (Rutgers): Smells Like Team Spirit: How Partisan Sorting and Identity Polarize Political Behavior. Matt Motyl (UIC): Liberals and Conservatives Are (Geographically) Dividing. Nolan McCarty (Princeton): Reducing Polarization: Some Facts for Reformers. Jonathan Haidt and Sam Abrams on the top 10 reasons American politics are so broken. Paul Carrese on America’s neglected ideal of moderation: Americans are losing appreciation for the tradition that has spared us from the kind of violent clash between religion and secularism currently bedeviling France. David Schleicher (George Mason): Things Aren't Going That Well Over There Either: Party Polarization and Election Law in Comparative Perspective. Anthony Randazzo reviews The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind: How Self-Interest Shapes Our Opinions and Why We Won't Admit It by Jason Weeden and Robert Kurzban. When will we give up on the idea of a leader who will magically bring consensus and unity to our politics? Brendan Nyhan on our unrealistic hopes for presidents. There are no great and bad presidents, only red and blue ones.
