Articles by Erik Fogg
US Political Parties are Gnarly Coalitions-This Means They Can be Rebuilt
"Well of course I'd love to have more [Republicans/Democrats] join our side, but they're all crazy."...
21 Feb, 2018
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5 min read
Tribal Politics Make Hypocrites Out of Republicans AND Democrats
A lot of people feel pretty strongly about their political opinions. Often we feel like they are qui...
26 Dec, 2017
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3 min read
Two-Party System Drowning US Politics; Ireland Offers a Lifeboat
Of the United States’ many political problems, one glaring issue is the fact that we have a two-part...
17 Nov, 2017
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3 min read
Getting Primaried: Politicians Paralyzed by Fear of Losing Power
I often get asked questions such as, “why isn’t the GOP standing up to Trump? Congress obviously ha...
16 Oct, 2017
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4 min read
The Two-Party Duopoly: Why America's Politics are Nastier than Europe's
In my experience speaking to Europeans and Canadians about our political system, they frequently dem...
13 Sep, 2017
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3 min read
Break the Duopoly: It's Time to Make Missouri a Truly "Purple" State
Missouri is a classic American Purple state. It is coveted by presidential candidates much as Iowa, ...
16 Aug, 2017
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3 min read
Dispatch from Seattle: Will $15 Minimum Wage Actually Work?
I was in Seattle recently (great city, fabulous, everyone says so), and while there a very nice and ...
19 Jul, 2017
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4 min read
Father of Modern Polling: Trump's Electoral Upset a Revolt against Establishment
While at ...
17 Apr, 2017
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5 min read
Dear GOP: Break the Cycle; Pass a Bipartisan Obamacare Replacement
Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are planning on with the GOP's ...
15 Mar, 2017
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4 min read