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Tolerating Intolerance? Overcoming the Biggest Obstacle on Facebook
Tolerating Intolerance? Overcoming the Biggest Obstacle on Facebook
This column poses a question for which I have only a tentative answer. I am interested to learn what answers readers have. How do you deal with friends who are so intolerant of political views differe ...
29 Sep, 2017
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Gary Johnson: Time for Congress to Do Right Thing on DACA
Gary Johnson: Time for Congress to Do Right Thing on DACA
Congress, you’re up.As expected, President Trump has ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program put in place by Barack Obama through executive action. No surprise there; Trump pro ...
06 Sep, 2017
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Santa Fe Voters Sue City Officials to Get Ranked Choice Voting
Santa Fe Voters Sue City Officials to Get Ranked Choice Voting
Santa Fe voters took action by filing a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court of New Mexico to order the use of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in Santa Fe’s municipal elections next March.  ...
01 Sep, 2017
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Why Does It Take a Major Disaster to Unite a Country?
Why Does It Take a Major Disaster to Unite a Country?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLFCYdgtzUUAs of Monday evening, Hurricane Harvey had killed at least 10 people, according to the New York Times.The economic toll is impossible to calculate as of yet, ...
29 Aug, 2017
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2 min read
A Libertarian and Progressive Agree: This Reform Is Needed to Fix Elections
A Libertarian and Progressive Agree: This Reform Is Needed to Fix Elections
It kind of sounds like an odd pairing at first, no? A self-described "neo-libertarian" and a "progressive Democrat" join forces. Yet what they are advocating for is something most people will agr ...
17 Aug, 2017
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2 min read
Morning Report: August 11, 2017
Morning Report: August 11, 2017
Statistics are pointing to a another steep rise in opioid deaths within the next 10 years. To illustrate the point of just how critical the crisis has become, in the state of Massachusetts, 90% of all ...
10 Aug, 2017
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3 min read
Solving Homelessness: Start with Dignity, Not Dollars
Solving Homelessness: Start with Dignity, Not Dollars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btItLAjT5zg&t=4s"Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it." - Rick BraggThe challenge in solving the ...
10 Aug, 2017
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Rasmussen: Over Half of Voters Have Now Voted for an Independent Candidate
Rasmussen: Over Half of Voters Have Now Voted for an Independent Candidate
Fifty-three percent of US voters said in a recent survey that they have voted for an independent candidate, according to a Rasmussen report published Monday.In the survey, Rasmussen defined an indepen ...
09 Aug, 2017
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Trump's Immigration Plan Isn't New; The Outcry Is
Trump's Immigration Plan Isn't New; The Outcry Is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duUV6KPTIawIn looking around the world at immigration policies, you'll find Merit/Point-Based Immigration systems in a number of countries.According to FAIR, the follow ...
03 Aug, 2017
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Morning Report: August 3, 2017
Morning Report: August 3, 2017
What will Rosenstein do?The clock is ticking for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Republicans of the House Judiciary committee sent a letter noting they want a second special counsel investigat ...
03 Aug, 2017
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