David Moscrop is a politics columnist, commentator, and author of Too Dumb for Democracy? Why We Make Bad Political Decisions And How We Can Make Better Ones.
His work has appeared in outlets including The Globe and Mail, the Washington Post, the Walrus, Time Magazine, and the Guardian.
He holds a PhD in political science from the University of British Columbia, where he wrote on the psychology of democratic deliberation. For more than a decade, his work has focused on not just the issues and events of the day, but deeper happenings in Canadian and American politics, particularly political institutions and the ins and outs of democracy. He lives in Ottawa.