Category: opinion
6 Ways to Have Agency — and Harness the Facts — in the Post-Truth Era
We can no longer deny that we are living in a post-truth era. It is real, and it has tragic consequences. But the situation is not hopeless.
07 October, 2019
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California, US Problems Need Middle-Ground Solutions
Centrist solutions exist to many of California’s and our nation’s problems. Politics makes it easier to attack an opponent’s position than to advance one’s own, however.
28 December, 2020
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Fixing the News: The Power of Solutions Journalism
Changing your media diet is like changing your food diet. To make it sustainable, it is not enough to leave out unhealthy items. Much more important is to focus on what is actually good for us.
19 September, 2019
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Death and Seeds of New Beginnings
In the midst of a pandemic with social and political unrest, a violent effort to intimidate Congress and threats of violence at state capitals, I keep thinking about new beginnings.
15 January, 2021
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OPINION: The Best Antidote to Trumpism is More Democracy
It has become clear that there is not even close to the 2/3 majority needed in the Senate to vote to convict. While the House vote to impeach helped the Democrats shape the post capitol incursion, post inaugural narrative, it has left the Democratic leadership “all dressed up...
01 February, 2021
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Why California Should Learn from Maine and Not Alaska on Electoral Reform
Looking at our recent polarized presidential elections — and even the politicization of wearing masks (to combat COVID-19) — it’s easy to say that the partisan divide in our country has never been greater.
28 December, 2020
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On Moderation
Without the tempering influence of moderation, the public face of politics is dissolved into banal drama. Extremists engage in theatrical behavior by demonizing their foes in bitterly careless terms.
26 January, 2021
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Voters Deserve to Have Faith in the Electoral Process
The reality is millions of voters do not have faith in the electoral process. There are many voters who believe fraud took place. There are many more who feel their voices were silenced or discarded completely.
17 December, 2020
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In the Upcoming Presidential Election, Can We Stop Demonizing “The Other”?
With unconscious biases driving our perceptions, and political rhetoric and a flood on information fueling our animosity, the level of societal incivility continues to heighten. Here are some ways to break the cycle.
18 September, 2019
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OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
Judicial review does not appear in the Constitution. As former Justice Antonin Scalia admitted, “The Constitution of the United States nowhere says that the Supreme Court shall be the last word on what the Constitution means…"
28 October, 2020
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OPINION: Why Voter Reform Trumps Impeachment
Here are four reasons voter reform is a far better, and more permanent solution to the problems the most earnest Democrats are hoping to solve by impeaching Donald Trump.
11 October, 2019
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OPINION: Democrats Are Killing Their Chances With Independent Voters
Instead of trying to manipulate voters into thinking something they clearly don’t think is true -- that Donald Trump is too conservative -- Democrats would do better to advance a candidate that’s not too liberal.
17 September, 2019
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Admit It, Dems: You Don't Want to Win in 2020
The knock from Republicans, Never-Trumpers and moderate Dems is that most of the 2020 candidates are too far to the left and out of touch. Last week’s display confirmed it. This was a definitive example of a party controlled by its fringe elements, preferring purity over victory.
18 September, 2019
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Baby, It’s Cold Inside
I watched the TV coverage of the opening session of the 116th Congress and was happy to see all the inspired women in jewel-toned dresses, many young, some of color, taking their places...
09 January, 2019
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An Independent Voter Guide to The Impeachment Trial
28 January, 2020
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12 Ways Political Parties Are No Different Than Cults
26 January, 2018
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The Independent State of the Union
05 February, 2020
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George Floyd's Death Is Derek Chauvin's Crime, Not America's
10 June, 2020
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4 Ways The Party Could Still Screw Bernie Sanders
19 February, 2019
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That’s Rich: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Questions Cohen About Rigging An Election
28 February, 2019
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50 Ways the Democratic and Republican Parties Are The Same
03 August, 2016
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It's Okay to Be Really Good At Selling Coffee
01 April, 2019
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US Sees Rise of National Independent Party in New Political Thriller "American Conspiracy"
02 November, 2021
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Poor Bernie
12 June, 2019
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The Liars We Trust – Why We Choose Transparency Over Truth
10 June, 2019
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2020 and Beyond: The View from County Road T
15 May, 2019
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OPINION: America Needs an Independent Presidential Primary in 2020
09 May, 2019
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Two Reasons to be Cheerful About Lobbyists
02 January, 2019
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Opinion: CA Mandatory Vaccination Will Actually Harm Public Health
10 June, 2019
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OPINION: To Clean Up The Environment, We Must First Clean Up Our Politics
03 January, 2019
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Women’s March: What’s That Word? Intersectionalism?
23 January, 2019
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REVIEW: “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back”
06 February, 2019
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Spoiler Alert: Schultz, the Democrats, and the Independents
13 February, 2019
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OPINION: The Behavior of Democrats and Republicans Makes the Best Argument for Limited Government
22 January, 2019
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The Unsavory Political Art of Fear-Mongering and Fundraising
22 April, 2019
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Once We Awaken, Things Won’t Be The Same
01 February, 2019
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A Common Sense Approach to Healing America’s Political Divide
15 February, 2019
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Trumping the State of the Union
30 January, 2019
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The Exact Way the DNC will Deny Bernie Sanders the 2020 Nomination
26 April, 2019
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Presidential Town Halls Miss The Most Important Question And Answer
23 April, 2019
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OPINION: Voters Must Cast Off the Shackles of Two-Party Control
02 May, 2019
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Breaking Down Barriers: Jackie Robinson at 100
31 January, 2019
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OPINION: Respect. Is That Too Much to Ask?
23 January, 2019
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State of the Union vs. the Response: ‘Hope and Change’
06 February, 2019
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5 Most Independent Quotes from Martin Luther King Jr
21 January, 2019
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The Second American Revolution: 5-Minute Boot Camp For Unrigging Our Government
26 March, 2019
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Basketball Battles and Political Scores (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Game)
10 April, 2019
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Memoir Gives First-Hand Account of the Real Crises on the Southern Border
11 March, 2019
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OPINION: Lincoln Was Wrong; Government Of, By, & For The People Was Always Aspirational
10 April, 2019
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OPINION: Unity is for Losers, and the Party Out of Power Doesn’t Want It
18 February, 2019
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Tribal Politics: Jussie Smollett The Latest Puppet in Manufactured Outrage
21 February, 2019
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Opinion: The Case for a Real National Emergency
21 February, 2019
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American History Is Black History: Overcoming The Politics of Division
22 February, 2019
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OPINION: Boycott Iowa and Its Fraudulent Caucus
25 February, 2019
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Donald Trump: The Man Who Doesn’t Know About His Own Human Rights Campaign
06 March, 2019
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Betrayed and Outraged: Winning The Rural Vote In Today's Political Climate
19 March, 2019
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Remembering Pat Caddell: Independently Brilliant
26 February, 2019
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Long Live the Crackpots!
17 July, 2019
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Welcome to California Voter Disenfranchisement, GOP
08 August, 2019
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Bad Solutions and No Solutions: The Two-Party Failure on Gun Violence
12 August, 2019
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6 Ways to Have Agency — and Harness the Facts — in the Post-Truth Era
07 October, 2019
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Fixing the News: The Power of Solutions Journalism
19 September, 2019
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Admit It, Dems: You Don't Want to Win in 2020
18 September, 2019
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In the Upcoming Presidential Election, Can We Stop Demonizing “The Other”?
18 September, 2019
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OPINION: Why Voter Reform Trumps Impeachment
11 October, 2019
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OPINION: Democrats Are Killing Their Chances With Independent Voters
17 September, 2019
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Something Has to Give: The Case for Independents 1/3
28 January, 2020
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The Resistance: The Case for Independents 2/3
26 February, 2020
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Money and Politics: Why Small Businesses Should Fight to Unrig the System
02 December, 2019
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Why Voters Don't Choose Candidates They Like Best
31 January, 2020
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The Brain of an Independent, from Ron Paul to Bernie Sanders
23 January, 2020
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Democrats Enabled Iran Strike By Elevating Partisanship Over Policy
08 January, 2020
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The Most Partisan Impeachment In History
19 December, 2019
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A Pathway to Ending Hyper-Polarization: Structural Reforms Won’t do it Alone
14 February, 2020
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Letter to the Bangor Daily News: Ending party control of elections
05 March, 2020
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How to Slay a Dragon
09 March, 2020
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A Poem by Jessie Fields
18 December, 2019
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Independents and Major Party Candidates Should Play by the Same Rules
15 November, 2019
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THE SPEECH THAT BERNIE SHOULD GIVE (but probably won’t)
09 March, 2020
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I Voted For Trump; Now I Support Tulsi Gabbard
09 December, 2019
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Does Anyone Else Remember When Politics Was About Policy?
31 December, 2019
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OPINION: Bloomberg vs. Trump 2020 Is So Coke and Pepsi
26 November, 2019
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Don’t Let A Divisive Media Narrative Diminish Hope for a Better Republic
04 December, 2019
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A Bunch of Good Stuff Coming Out of COVID-19 Crises
11 April, 2020
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OPINION: Time to Break the Two-Party Stranglehold
04 May, 2016
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Don’t Blame The 'Spoilers' — Fix Elections
25 February, 2016
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Who is to Blame for Violence in Lithuania?
12 April, 2020
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A World Without Debt and Interest?
04 April, 2020
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Covid-19: Nothing's Deadlier Than Not Acting Now
15 April, 2020
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When a Curve Is Not Necessarily a Curve
06 May, 2020
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Why local election administrators are key to ensuring all voters may participate in democracy
06 April, 2020
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Engineered by the RNC, Winner-Take-All Primaries Are Now The Party's Worst Nightmare
16 February, 2016
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Be Wary of a Unanimous Political Opinion
18 May, 2020
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The Constitution: Not As Easy As It Looks
03 July, 2020
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Justice Reform Means Electing Just Leaders
30 May, 2020
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Justice Requires Us to Act!
27 June, 2020
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Closed Primaries: The Parties' Most Effective Tool to Control (And Suppress) The Vote
06 July, 2020
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Are You Being Suckered by Fake News? 10 Tips to Avoid Misinformation Fallout
06 July, 2020
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'Chiafalo' Completes the Coup
07 July, 2020
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Open Primaries Should Head List of Crisis-Driven Election Reforms
02 June, 2020
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Will John Roberts Save Democracy?
29 June, 2020
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Being in Bensonhurst: Remembrance. Resistance. Reality.
11 August, 2020
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OPINION: Maine GOP's Hypocrisy on Ranked Choice Voting
29 July, 2020
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OPINION: No More Dirty Partisan Tricks in Florida
13 July, 2020
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OPINION: We Don't Need Another Political Party
20 July, 2020
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How We Vote Could Make You Sick, And We Shouldn't Accept That
20 July, 2020
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The 18th-Century Reason Biden's VP Pick Should Be a Night Owl
06 August, 2020
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Who Will Speak For Independent Voters?
18 August, 2020
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Kanye West is the Poster Child for Our Need to Fix an Easily Manipulated Voting System
16 August, 2020
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OPINION: The Failure of Congress is a Lack of Empathy
31 August, 2020
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Letter to the Editor: It Is Time 'We The People' End the Plutocracy
14 September, 2020
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The US Must Free Itself from the Political-Industrial Complex
24 September, 2020
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We Need Chief Elections Officials to be Umpires, Not Players
15 September, 2020
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Election 2020: Can Facebook Survive?
10 September, 2020
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Why Facebook's Fight for Survival Hinges on a Smooth Election
14 October, 2020
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How VotePact Gives You Leverage Over the Duopoly
26 October, 2020
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OPINION: Reasons to Vote Republican Have Never Been Clearer Since Lincoln, Reagan, and Teddy Roosevelt
02 November, 2020
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OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
28 October, 2020
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California, US Problems Need Middle-Ground Solutions
28 December, 2020
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OPINION: The Best Antidote to Trumpism is More Democracy
01 February, 2021
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Half of Politics Is the Refusal to Be Imposed Upon
03 December, 2020
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Voters Deserve to Have Faith in the Electoral Process
17 December, 2020
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Death and Seeds of New Beginnings
15 January, 2021
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On Moderation
26 January, 2021
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When Two Parties Are Not Enough
02 December, 2020
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Why California Should Learn from Maine and Not Alaska on Electoral Reform
28 December, 2020
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A Sad Sequel: Bigotry Against Asian-Americans Is Hardly New
25 February, 2021
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Maine Voters Deserve More Freedom: Support Nonpartisan Open Primaries!
05 April, 2021
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It's Time For Nonpartisan Leadership to Run State Elections
06 April, 2021
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We Have To Break the Long History of Minority Rule in the US
07 June, 2021
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How Cats Can Help Fix Politics -- No, Seriously
07 June, 2021
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'Propaganda' Website Promotes Financial Transparency
21 April, 2021
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Is the California Recall a Partisan Ploy?
07 September, 2021
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Patriotism and Freedom: The Two Most Misused Terms In US Politics
24 August, 2021
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The National Popular Vote: What It Is and Why We Need It
12 August, 2021
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The Electoral College: ...But Why?
15 July, 2021
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Beyond Abortion: Putting The Latest Challenge to Roe v Wade Into Context
02 August, 2021
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America... The Monarchy
27 July, 2021
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A Court of the Inquisition
14 September, 2021
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A Green Argument Against This Recall, But Not Others
13 September, 2021
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No Order in the Court
22 September, 2021
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OPINION: Supreme Court Justices Must Walk a Fine Line
21 December, 2021
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Painted Into Trump Corner
04 October, 2021
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Don't Blame Independent Voters For SCOTUS's Decisions; Blame The System
30 June, 2022
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Peter Ackerman: Election Reformers Lose a Father, Mentor, and Fearless Captain
16 May, 2022
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