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Gary Johnson: Here's How You Have a National Conversation About Guns
It is tragic that it has taken a mass murder of historic proportion to remind us that the vast, vast majority of people are fundamentally good.In the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting, we have witne ...
04 Oct, 2017
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Why People Hate Politicians (And Why We Can’t Have Nice Things)
The statement "all politicians are corrupt" has as much truth to it as "all Muslims are terrorists" and "all Christians are ignorant bigots."But here’s the trap in American politics: there’s one polit ...
04 Oct, 2017
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It's Not Just Laws, CDC Can't Even STUDY Mass Shootings
We have witnessed another senseless tragedy: the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Desperate cries for gun control almost immediately surfaced. While the motivation for such pleas cannot ...
03 Oct, 2017
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OPINION: It's Time to Give Approval Voting a Chance
The voting method is extremely important and affects all parts of the election from who wins, how seriously candidates’ ideas are taken, and who you see on your ballot. Specifically, the choose-one pl ...
02 Oct, 2017
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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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Of Anthems and Flags: Why Our Divisive Politics Continue to Get Us Nowhere
The fury over the proper posture to assume during the national anthem at NFL games represents everything that is wrong with American politics.Massive and community-destroying controversy is created by ...
29 Sep, 2017
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5 min read
6 Lawmakers Who Are Defying The Party Line on Health Care
Is anything less immutable these days than a political party’s orthodoxy? We all like to mourn the death of compromise, but the truth is this: even the Republican and Democratic parties aren’t that fa ...
27 Sep, 2017
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Race and Diversity: Schools Overhaul Curriculum after Charlottesville
Recent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, ended violently, as white supremacists clashed with counter-demonstrators, and a car driven by 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr., ploughed into a crowd fu ...
26 Sep, 2017
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NEW POLL: Democratic, Republican Brands In Serious Trouble
CNN Polls has been asking respondents since 1992 whether they have a favorable or unfavorable attitude toward each of the two major parties. The latest poll shows that only 29% approve of the Republic ...
25 Sep, 2017
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Howard Dean: Both Parties Driving Younger Voters to Be Independents
Dr. Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, and a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, recently had some sobering words for the two major political parties in the ...
20 Sep, 2017
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