The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Why Transparency Is the Only Campaign Finance Reform That Can Actually Pass

There is a strange silence at the center of American politics.

We argue endlessly about campaign finance. We litigate it. We litigate around it. We shout about billionaires, corporations, unions, super PACs, and shadowy nonprofits. We argue about free speech, corruption, and the meaning of democracy itself.

And yet, on the one reform that is plainly const…