Civilifications

Columns

The Modelers Have No Clothes

Dave Denison

April 25, 2024

Predicting elections is an occult science—with a shoddy track record.

The Year in Corruption

Dave Denison

December 28, 2023

Graft is the ever-present temptation in politics, then and now.

The Masters of War

Dave Denison

October 20, 2023

What happened to Biden’s “moral compass”?

The Vacillating Voters

Dave Denison

November 11, 2022

Swing voters still hold the fate of the nation in their hands.

In the Red Zone

Dave Denison

October 07, 2022

Who will lead the long project of rebuilding the Democratic Party?

The Good, the Bad, and the GOP

Dave Denison

November 08, 2021

A dream of democracy permanently deferred.

Bipartisanship Has Sailed

Dave Denison

March 11, 2021

Senators Manchin and Sinema cling to a failed model of governance.

Shit Happened

Dave Denison

January 21, 2021

How a democracy regains self-respect after Trump.

Ghosts of Wisconsin

Dave Denison

October 30, 2020

On competing political legacies in a perennial swing state.

The Rules Have Changed

Dave Denison

October 01, 2020

An American voter testifies on behalf of the silenced majority.

So Long, Parchment Barriers

Dave Denison

February 06, 2020

Constitutional preening was never going to stop Donald Trump.

Trash the Polls

Dave Denison

November 07, 2019

Solidarity is the only viable path to the 2020 presidential election