Steve Huefner, my colleague at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and its Election Law program, and I had a conversation about the stresses and challenges facing democracy in the United States. A recording is available. I found the discussion productive, and I hope others do as well.

One main theme of the discussion—that the nation’s electoral and political institutions worked reasonably well in the aftermath of World War II no longer function adequately because of changes in cultural conditions affecting American elections and politics—is echoed in an essay that Bruce Cain contributed to the “ 100 ideas in 100 days ” series at NYU Law School’s Democracy Projec t. ( Rick Pildes blogged about Bruce’s essay earlier today.) Bruce, whose previous work has greatly in

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