Category: Opinion
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Securing Social Security: A Bipartisan Plan
Congress, Economy, Federal Government, Government, News, Opinion, Retirement, Senate, Social Security, Washington PostSenators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) unveiled a joint proposal to create an investment fund that stabilizes Social Security and reduces debt—a strong…
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Bipartisanship Is Key to Fiscal Responsibility
In today’s economic landscape, the need for fiscal responsibility has reached a critical juncture. With Moody’s recent downgrade of U.S. debt and alarming warnings from…
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Don’t Like the 2024 Presidential Candidates? Let’s Give Them Fewer Things to Break
CATO Institute, Commentary, Democracy, Elections, Federal Government, National Topics, News, Opinion, State Government, VotingWe need to start insisting that Congress does its job and begins rolling back the enormous power we’re conferring on presidents who are clearly not…
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Yuval Noah Harari on Whether Democracy and AI Can Coexists
The paradox of information abundance failing to increase wisdom, referencing Yuval Noah Harari’s insights in his new book on information networks.
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Senators: We Can Still Find Common Ground in Principled Debate
America was founded by extraordinary individuals who engaged in spirited debate and then came together to build a more perfect union. Solution-oriented leaders who are…
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What We’re Getting Wrong About 2024’s “Moderate” Voters
The voters who could decide 2024 are a complicated bunch. They constitute one of the most valuable, overlooked, and misunderstood chunks of the American electorate:…
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Bridging systems: open problems for countering destructive divisiveness across rankings, recommenders, and governance
There is widespread concern about social divisions leading to political violence and a reduced capacity to respond to collective societal challenges. This paper explores how…
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Why America Needs Moderates
The health of our democracy depends on preserving anti-extremism and a sense of humility—both traits that political moderates possess…