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  • David Faris

    David Faris

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    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

    The Minnesota Twins realize their playoff chances are over.

    The wild card game is killing baseball

    feature Baseball teams aren't even battling for wild card spots anymore. That's a problem.

    feature
    • Don Mattingly (center) hugs his teammates after the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1995 American League wild-card game.

      How the wild card game broke baseball

      The Explainer Baseball teams aren't even battling for wild card spots anymore. That's a problem.

      By David Faris Last updated 4 September 17

      The Explainer
    • Donald Trump and France's Marine Le Pen.

      The myth of the global populist wave

      opinion Actually, the center has held

      By David Faris Published 10 May 17

      opinion
    •  A victim of alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syrian city of Idlib.

      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 11 April 17

      opinion
    • Syrians flee fighting

      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 5 April 17

      opinion
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