Jonathan Rauch, beloved scholar at the otherwise hated Brookings Institution, returns to the Remnant for some spirited kvetching about primaries, polarization, and the state of democracy. He and Jonah also mix in some ruminations on the Republican Party’s dysfunction, the nature of racism in contemporary American society, and how identity politics radicalizes people. Be ready with your bingo cards.

Show Notes:

- Jonathan’s page at Brookings

- Jonathan’s previous Remnant appearance

- Jonathan’s latest book, The Constitution of Knowledge

- Jonathan and Ray La Raja: “Too Much Democracy Is Bad for Democracy”

- “Toward a More Responsible Two Party System”

- Elaine Kamarck: “Is democracy failing and putting our economic system at risk?”

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