Thanks to unrestricted primaries, the parties are remarkably open things. Bashing the American two-party system never goes out of style, but at present it seems trendier than usual. A populist age ...

The people, see the people, understand what they need, is a voice to express it for them and an organization to rally them. And people are going to march forward, with the people who belong the ...

There are always worse political figures waiting in the wings. In Israel, for instance, Benjamin Netanyahu is a relative moderate compared to some members of his cabinet, like Finance Minister Bezalel ...

Elon Musk has announced plans to start a new political party, the “America Party.” The party’s name suggests that the immigrant Musk should occasionally talk to a historian—or maybe even read an ...

A few years ago, while Care for Peace, the Marin-based nonprofit I founded, was building a health center in the remote areas of Myanmar, I had an idea as I viewed America from the other side of the ...

Frank J. DiStefano, The Next Realignment: Why America’s Parties Are Crumbling, And What Happens Next (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 2019), 469 pages, $25.99. Some writers have discerned cycles ...

On a special episode (first released on July 23rd) of The Excerpt podcast: Musk isn’t the first billionaire to try. From Ross Perot to Teddy Roosevelt, third parties in the U.S. have a long ...