History Was Made in 2024 Election, Now What?
The result means we will get three straight one-term presidencies right after we had three straight two-term presidencies
Tagged: american politics
Painting the Barn: Never Trump, The Lincoln Project, and Ignoring Obvious Answers
Never Trump Republicans have to be willing to get their hands dirty for things to change.
Endorsed: Other Options
Symposium: I advise you to consider what you are endorsing with your vote, be that for the election itself, or the Democratic Primary.
Nondenominational: The Lost Tribe of Evangelicals
The death of evangelicalism has been predicted ever since Nietzsche proclaimed that God is dead, yet the resiliency of the evangelical church surprises secular observers.
Let the People Gerrymander Themselves
Many of the arguments about gerrymandering now fall back on complex mathematical overlays to geography and the Civil Rights Act, but the Supreme Court justices remain bewildered and unimpressed. There is, however, a much more elegant and simple solution to the problem that allows for a far fairer representative system: eliminate the district lines altogether.
Legitimacy and the So-Called House Popular Vote
Much ink has been spilt since Donald Trump’s election regarding the legitimacy of the U.S. government system, the fortitude of the rule of law, and the viability of American democracy. What do the 2018 election results tell us about those big, scary issues?
Ordinary World for 22 Oct 2018
Your Ordinary World for Monday, 22 Oct 2018, with links pondering civility-or a lack there of-in the public discourse. Read, share, and discuss.
The Plague of the Acolytes
But now we have groups, not new just louder and more visible, that we should not be labelling with the traditional terms at all. If we do, I propose repurposing a very old term for this rising class of political beings: the acolytes.
Back to the Bad Old Days
The Trump administration attempts to change the game on management of public resources in the West.
Access to Women-Specific Health Care Should Not Be a Partisan Issue
Women’s health care, and even affordable access to health care in general, should not be an issue that is dividing us.
A Case for the Conscience Exemption
Let’s revisit conscience exemptions for union shops, especially for public-sector unions.
WaPo: The Silencing of Elizabeth Warren and an old Senate Rule Prompted by a Fistfight
It was all too much for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who said Warren had “impugned the motives and conduct of our colleague from Alabama.” In an extraordinary move, the Senate voted on party lines to shut her down…
Obama — Farewell Address
I’m going to miss having a President who speaks to our ideals rather than our id.
Were All Our Climate Change Hopes Lost in Trump’s Election?
Within days of the Paris Agreement being signed, a climate change denier was elected. What now?
Empiricism v. Principle
Smaller government can’t be the sine qua non of the politics of freedom in a Wagner’s Law world.
