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Gary L. Gregg
Gary L. Gregg is director of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville and editor of “Securing Democracy—Why We have an Electoral College.”
A Return to Constitutional and Political Normalcy?
Commentary The United States was already waging political war in what has been called the most consequential election ...
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October 28, 2020
A Call for Reasoned Discourse in the Age of Impassioned Politics
Commentary One party claims to be the only group that can save the nation from chaos, violence, and ...
Viewpoints
August 27, 2020
Socrates and the Mob 2020
Commentary Imagine a place where free citizens could be called before tribunals on charges brought against them by ...
Viewpoints
July 30, 2020
Radicalism Begets Radicalism
Commentary As painful as it is to say about the current state of our nation, the attack on ...
Viewpoints
June 25, 2020
When Everything Is Political
Commentary The United States may never have been as united as we like to think. During the Revolution, ...
Viewpoints
May 29, 2020
Centralization During Times of Crisis
Commentary National emergencies have led to concentrations of power at the center and loss of influence and control ...
Viewpoints
April 24, 2020
Freedom and the Lockdowns
Commentary “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” Former President Ronald Reagan reminded us of ...
Viewpoints
April 20, 2020
This Gift of Solitude and Time
Commentary In the 21st century, we are overinformed, endlessly stimulated, and undereducated. We have a world of information ...
Viewpoints
April 9, 2020
Debt, Deficits, and Dealing With Crises
Commentary A pandemic accompanied by a looming recession does not make for a fun time to talk about ...
Viewpoints
March 27, 2020
Our Federalist Moment
Commentary The debate over the federal Constitution that raged from 1787 into 1788 was fought over a number ...
Viewpoints
March 24, 2020
C.S. Lewis’s Warning for Times Like These
Commentary C.S. Lewis (1898–1963) is best known as the greatest Christian apologist of the 20th century and as ...
Viewpoints
March 18, 2020
The New Republicans Attacking the Electoral College
Commentary The Electoral College is probably the least understood and appreciated element of the United States' constitutional order. ...
Viewpoints
March 5, 2020
What Bernie Sanders Means for America
Commentary Whatever happens from here, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), an avowed socialist, has just won the first three ...
Viewpoints
February 25, 2020
Impeachment Worked
Commentary Supporters of President Donald Trump have been blistering in their attacks on the House of Representatives and what ...
Viewpoints
February 3, 2020
Debating War Powers During Divisive Times
Commentary The House of Representatives recently passed a resolution it says is aimed at reining in the president’s ...
Viewpoints
January 16, 2020
Obama Better President Than Washington? America’s Crisis in Civic Education
Commentary America’s historical amnesia hit a new low this month with a Monmouth University poll that showed one in ...
Viewpoints
December 21, 2019
The Other News of December
Commentary One is always in danger of being wrong when thinking that any contemporary event will end up ...
Viewpoints
December 20, 2019
The Budget Deficit Must Be a Conservative Cause
Commentary The United States has faced many problems during the past few years, and many continue to plague ...
Viewpoints
December 4, 2019
The Political Consequences of ‘Divisive Personality Disorder’
Commentary “Remember, remember, the fifth of November!” We might all remember that line from the movie “V for ...
Viewpoints
November 7, 2019
The NCAA and the Future of ‘Student-Athletes’
Commentary Nearly two decades before Kurt Vonnegut published his most famous book "Slaughterhouse-Five" (1969), he published a science fiction ...
Viewpoints
November 6, 2019
Impeachment and the Importance of Transparency
Commentary These are no ordinary political times. No times in which a president is under serious threat of ...
Viewpoints
October 31, 2019
Thinking Institutionally—A Guide to Impeachment
Commentary Buried deep in his magisterial second volume of "Democracy in America" (1840), Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859) makes ...
Viewpoints
October 17, 2019
The Electoral College—Does It Matter?
Commentary This is the fifth and final article in a series based on questions asked by high school ...
Viewpoints
September 26, 2019
The Electoral College—After the People Vote
Commentary This is the fourth installment in a series based on questions asked by high school students about ...
Viewpoints
September 18, 2019
How the Electoral College Works Today
Commentary This is the third installment in a series based on questions asked by high school students about ...
Viewpoints
September 11, 2019
The Evolution of the Electoral College
Commentary This is the second installment in a series based on questions asked by high school students about ...
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August 28, 2019
The Origins of the Electoral College
Commentary I recently had the chance to talk with a group of high school students who asked me ...
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August 21, 2019
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