The Vox Kludge

Wow. Vox has published a bizarrely confused bit of click-bait. In a piece titled “The Great Money-in-Politics Myth,” by Dylan Matthews, Bernie Sanders is said to believe that we don’t have universal healthcare because of “money.” Very quickly, Dylan links this view to the “progressive movement…

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Missing from the Democrats’ Debate Stage

Lessig
October 20, 2015

Last Tuesday, five Democrats took the stage in the party’s first national debate. There were differences no doubt. But what was striking was how much they agreed upon — if not in what…

I’m All In

October 17, 2015

I had an idea. It proved right. It proved wrong. Can I act on the right bit, despite the wrong?

In July, I decided to try something that no one else had done: to launch a campaign for a “referendum president,” focused on ending the system…

I’m Trying to Run for President, but the Democrats Won’t Let Me

Lessig
October 1, 2015

I’m running for President. Or trying. After raising $1 million in less than 30 days, I entered the primary on September 9 as the Democrat’s only…