David Faris

Contributing Writer

David Faris is an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University and the author of It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics. He is a frequent contributor to Informed Comment, and his work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and Indy Week.

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Opinion

Should Democrats force out Manchin and Sinema?

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Opinion

Countdown to the Democrats' doomsday

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Democrats could still win in November. No, really.

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Opinion

Nuclear war is inevitable

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Opinion

Is Beijing paying attention to Russia's faceplant?

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Opinion

If we'd known COVID would last 2 years

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Opinion

Liberal internationalism gets its wake-up call

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David Faris

Was Biden's COVID optimism enough?

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Kick Russia off the U.N. Security Council!

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Will Putin pay for a limited war?

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Opinion

Russia's big mistake

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Opinion

Has The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel always been this dark?

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Opinion

Midterms in hostile territory

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Opinion

10 movies to ruin your Valentine's Day

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Opinion

What do the players really want in the MLB standoff?

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Opinion

A rare own-goal for the GOP

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Opinion

The Cold War roots of the Ukraine crisis

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Opinion

The futility of Biden's 1st year

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Opinion

Station Eleven and the sweetness of life on Earth

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Opinion

15 movies to watch in 2022

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Opinion

A lost year for American democracy

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5 midterm races to watch in 2022

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Opinion

A new theory of rising college costs

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Opinion

What Succession's apolitical inertia really means

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Opinion

The prisoner's dilemma in Vienna

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Opinion

No, we can't just 'vaccinate the world'

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Opinion

Dysfunction, anxiety, and 1 big bird

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Opinion

Republicans' alarming reaction to Rittenhouse

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Opinion

Can immigration be the next big bipartisan deal?

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Opinion

Are the Democrats doomed?

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Opinion

What is America's COVID endgame?

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Opinion

The madness of expanding NATO

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David Faris

Kyrsten Sinema's poll numbers should terrify her

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Opinion

Biden needs a new strategy for Iran

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Opinion

Is the filibuster really in trouble?

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David Faris

Democrats are about to ruin their plan for electric cars