Justin Levitt (LLS): The Partisanship Spectrum. Seth E. Masket (Denver) and Boris Shor (Chicago): Primary Electorates vs. Party Elites: Who are the Polarizers? Going to extremes: The middle ground vanishes as America goes to the poles — and that’s a dangerous thing. Tod Lindberg writes in defense of polarizing politicians: What Margaret Thatcher could teach Obama-era pundits. Do partisans believe what they say? Markus Prior investigates. Yes, Labels: No Labels’ goal of arguing less and getting more things done is not simply wrong but dangerous too; instead, this country needs to vigorously debate how a free society is supposed to function, with the people ultimately deciding the victor. Conor Friedersdorf in why everything is politicized even though most Americans hate it. While partisanship and ideology can each create conflicts of interest for think tank scholars, the two pressures are distinct, and they often conflict with each other.
