The Two-Party Problem
Why the two-party system produces toxic polarization, why it can't self-correct, and how it forecloses the alternatives that change requires.
- We Are Still Living in the Doom Loop — Self-reinforcing cycles of partisan escalation, and why the system’s own logic prevents escape. (Sep 2025)
- Perfectly Balanced, Totally Unstable — Dimensional collapse, critical slowing down, and flickering bi-stability. (Oct 2024)
- The Moderation Debate Fiddles with 2% — The real problem isn’t ideology. It’s that our political universe has compressed into a single axis. (Oct 2025)
- Doomier and Loopier — Why our two-party system will not — and cannot — self-correct on its own. (May 2025)
- How Democrats Could Win a Shutdown Fight, and Why They Won’t — Democrats accept Republican-chosen battle lines rather than redefining which issues matter most. (Sep 2025)
- Politics Keeps Driving Out the People Who Want to Reform It — The loss of problem-solvers makes Congress more dysfunctional, which drives out more problem-solvers. (Nov 2025)