Opinion: Can This Democracy Be Saved?
• April 7, 2025

Like so much about that man, Saturday’s protests were unprecedented. Who would have imagined that this newly installed administration (has it only been 10 weeks?) could provoke such fierce and […]

Profs & Pints DC: Legal Guardrails for Trump 2.0
• January 15, 2025

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Legal Guardrails for Trump 2.0,” an examination of where laws and the judiciary offer checks to overreach by Donald Trump’s incoming administration, with Scott Michelman, […]

D.C. Museum Conveys Communism’s Evils, Human Aspirations for Freedom
• November 30, 2023

It’s a somber recounting of history. One all too familiar in light of current events. Totalitarian regimes, arbitrary imprisonment, subjugation by ruthless megalomaniacs.  Just several of many sins against humanity […]

Profs & Pints DC: How Politics Got So Nasty
• August 30, 2023

Profs and Pints DC presents: “How Politics Got So Nasty,” on what leads politicians in democracies to use violent and dangerous political rhetoric, with Thomas Zeitzoff, associate professor in American University’s School of […]

This Is What Democracy Looks Like
• October 28, 2020

We used to roll our eyes at “every vote counts” or “peaceful transfer of power.” But now? Not so complacent anymore.

Profs & Pints: Digital-Age Democracy
• October 22, 2018

Profs and Pints presents: “Digital-Age Democracy,” with Joshua A. Geltzer, founding executive director and visiting professor of law at Georgetown’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, former senior director for […]

Capitol Newspeg: Democracy Is Alive and Well on the Hill
• October 1, 2018

Many decry that Congress is broken. The complaints, suggestions, accusations, defenses, compromises and dealmaking — all of that is becoming increasingly heated.