When Professor Jim Morone hears a debate in the public sphere with an argument missing, he is eager to throw his hat in the ring. From healthcare to mass incarceration, ebola to gay marriage, he uses “good old-fashioned historical and political science research” to add context and substance, and change the conversation for good.

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