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ICCAS-gate at the University of Miami: It's the Cover-up that Gets You

By: José Azel - Aug 4, 2017, 10:27 am

The Watergate scandal of the Nixon administration and President Clinton’s forcefully claiming “I did not have sexual relations with that…

Immigration

The Moral Case for Open Immigration

By: José Azel - Jul 17, 2017, 12:02 pm

In an earlier article, I argued that migration is an individual right; an expression of a desire for the liberty…

The Backlash against Political Elites Is Strengthening Democracy, Not Threatening It

By: José Azel - Jul 5, 2017, 11:15 am

Democracies end when they become too democratic. This is the central argument of Andrew Sullivan in a vitriolic, pre-election anti-Trump…

Politics

Politics

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Trump’s Cuba Rollback Is Paving the Way for Age of “Principled Realism” in Foreign Policy

By: José Azel - Jun 26, 2017, 4:37 pm

American foreign policy has historically fluctuated between two competing approaches that transcend our left-right political spectrum. Political scientists label these schools of thought Idealism and Realism. Idealism holds that the purpose of…

government

Is Democracy Enough to Make a Government Legitimate?

By: José Azel - Jun 15, 2017, 12:13 pm

This is a trick question: What makes a government legitimate? Most of us will immediately reach out to the democratic…

Politics

You May Be Entitled to Your Opinion, But I Have the Right to Ignore It

By: José Azel - Jun 2, 2017, 3:10 pm

“You are not entitled to your opinion” is an incongruous opening for an opinion page column, but I hope to…