David Faris
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.
Latest articles by David Faris
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Trump's bizarre obeisance to Saudi Arabia
opinion The president's Mideast policy seems to be little more than Tehran is bad, Riyadh is good, and Jared should deal with it
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The wild card game is killing baseball
feature Baseball teams aren't even battling for wild card spots anymore. That's a problem.
By David Faris Published
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How the wild card game broke baseball
The Explainer Baseball teams aren't even battling for wild card spots anymore. That's a problem.
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The myth of the global populist wave
opinion Actually, the center has held
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Why chemical weapons shouldn't be America's red line in Syria
opinion America continues to base its Syria decision-making on the kinds of weapons used to kill people, rather than the fact of their being killed in the first place
By David Faris Published
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How the world failed Syria
opinion If the Syria crisis is a stress test of the international community's ability to respond capably to a major crisis, it has failed
By David Faris Published
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