Common Sense Again

The 15-Minute Edition is the short version of this argument. Here it is at full length: the stories behind each claim, the objections — including two the author leaves standing — and the arithmetic set down plainly.

1. 1Introduction2 min→
2. 2Of Government in General, and of the Machine We Have Built5 min→
3. 3Of Party and Faction, and of the Closed Primary7 min→
4. 4Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs9 min→
5. 5Of Our Present Ability, and What Is to Be Done4 min→
6. 6The First Repair: Change who gets in, and what they may do once there5 min→
7. 7The Second Repair: Close the immigration deal2 min→
8. 8The Third Repair: Make the books honest and give everyone a stake3 min→
9. 9The test that every idea here has to pass1 min→
10. 10On what is deliberately not here2 min→
11. 11The objections, and what I say to them5 min→
12. 12A reckoning of the books2 min→
13. 13How we will know if it worked1 min→
14. 14A closing word3 min→