Publications
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Dallas Morning News: A survival guide for a moderate conservative
Is there a path to a healthy debate in the public sphere? Look locally
The State of American Democracy
Expanding broadband can help combat disinformation
Interview
A correction is coming: A conversation with President George W. Bush
The former president weighs in on the state of American democracy, why he’s still an optimist, and how to fix the country’s politics.
Truth, trust, and the art of conversation
How one small town in Texas is helping people talk, and listen, to one another again.
Commonsense solutions
The Republican governor of Virginia on the path to progress in a politically divided state.
Rebuilding trust in government
The Democratic governor of Kansas on how to govern for all your constituents – no matter who they voted for.
Review
Putin’s dangerous game
Russia’s president has built his power on a dark form of nationalism he may struggle to
control – especially if he seems to be losing the war in Ukraine
Leon Aron, Riding the Tiger: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the Uses of War. AEI Press, October 2023, 232 pp.