Donald Trump's assaults on truth are sometimes so brazen that they provoke resistance within the Republican Party. A battle for control cannot be postponed indefinitely.
Category: United States
Auditing elections
The debate over the Arizona election "audit" suggests a possible way forward in the fight against election subversion.
Redistribution in the US
The United States continues with the complex process of redrawing electoral boundaries, with results that so far seem to not quite match expectations.
Mr Putin’s Ukrainian gambit
Many people who should know better are talking up the chances of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Fixing American elections
Large-scale electoral reform in the United States looks as difficult as ever. But it may be possible to forge a consensus on a more limited but still significant step.
Death of an election expert
Lani Guinier, controversial scholar of election law and minority rights, dies at 71.
Insurrection, one year on
Twelve months after it looked into the abyss, American democracy is still in a perilous condition.
Death of a moderate
The death of Bob Dole reminds us of an era when the Republican Party was something fundamentally different from what it has since become.
A contemptible Trumpist
Donald Trump's acolytes are not above the law, but the prosecution of Steve Bannon shows that the law in question is a complex one. Matters would be much simpler in Australia.
OK, let’s talk about voter ID
As the Morrison government tries to legislate for a voter identification requirement, both its supporters and its opponents seem more focused on American conditions than on its actual implications in Australia.
The World is Not Enough 