Pierre Atlas: On guns, the political winds may be shifting
While the Constitution guarantees a right to firearms ownership, no right is absolute, not even the right to bear arms.”
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Pierre Atlas: America’s transportation infrastructure falls short
Major cities in every European country I have visited have some sort of light rail and are connected to one another by train.
Pierre Atlas: Court right to reject citizenship question for census
The purpose of the census is not to divide citizen from non-citizen, but to count every person.
Pierre Atlas: Let’s focus on who has access to guns
People who commit domestic violence, make public threats of violence, or demonstrate suicidal tendencies should, with due process, be disarmed.
Pierre Atlas: More than a great man—a truly good one
I could never bring myself to call him by his first name. To me, he will always be “Sen. Lugar.”
Pierre Atlas: U.S. can’t emulate New Zealand’s crackdown on guns
We have formal separation of powers and constitutional checks and balances, a republican form of government that was designed to restrain the passions of the majority.
Pierre Atlas: Let’s have an honest debate about socialism
Sweden is a prime example of the hybrid political-economic system known as the social democratic welfare state.
Pierre Atlas: It’s about how you play the game
Congressional members of the party Trump now leads have largely abdicated their duty to protect our constitutional system.