Wright undermined the very basis of his local popularity—the decentralized nature of the House—by supporting reforms that gave power to the party leaders.
Joseph Postell
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Jan 31, 2020
Johnathan O'Neill and Joseph Postell respond to Bruce Frohnen's review of their American Conservatism, 1900-1930.
Aug 20, 2018
Let’s not forget, Gingrich’s GOP takeover of the House had an important precursor: the House Democrats’ hard left turn of the mid-1970s.
Jul 3, 2017
Willmoore Kendall and George Carey showed that the best way to reconcile majority rule and justice was to produce and sustain a virtuous majority.
Joseph Postell is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. His most recent book is Bureaucracy in America: The Administrative State’s Challenge to Constitutional Government.