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10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020
There are hundreds, literally hundreds of organizations and individual campaigns working right now to fix the myriad of problems that face our political and electoral processes -- from the local to th ...
15 Mar, 2019
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21 min read
Will the N.M. Supreme Court Block All Paths to End Taxpayer-Funded Closed Primaries?
I’ve been practicing law for almost 50 years. And I am still surprised when a court lets you know that the road you want to take is blocked. You may have the best arguments in the world, your client’s ...
13 Mar, 2019
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3 min read
Memoir Gives First-Hand Account of the Real Crises on the Southern Border
Since the New Year, I have been reading a steady diet of memoirs. The genre has captivated me since working with my 93-year-old father to finish his memoir, Hilltop Echoes, about growing up on a farm ...
11 Mar, 2019
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3 min read
Donald Trump: We Must Reject Politics of Revenge; Embrace Potential for Cooperation
President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress Tuesday for the 2019 State of the Union. The event was pushed back one week in response to the latest government shutdown -- which could ha ...
06 Feb, 2019
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2 min read
7 Monumental Developments in Nonpartisan Reform to Watch in 2019
The 2018 midterms ended up being the biggest year in political and election reform in half a century, yet these efforts to unrig the elections and political process got mostly overlooked by traditiona ...
11 Dec, 2018
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7 min read
The Libertarian Party 2020 Presidential Ticket Shortlist
Reason's Matt Welch says it well:"Ever since election night of 2016, it has been clear that the Libertarian Party, through all its fits and starts over the decades, has managed to create a uniquely at ...
10 Dec, 2018
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4 min read
Opinion: No, Open Primaries Are Not "Nuts"
Writing for the Santa Fe New Mexican, Richard Block, a co-founder of Santa Fe Public Radio, avers: "Open primaries are nuts."Block begins his piece by saying:"Every year the subject of open versus clo ...
06 Dec, 2018
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5 min read
OPINION: Kasich Should Run for President as a Reformer
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is leaning strongly toward running for president in 2020 as a third-party candidate -- the wisest course for him. But if he does, he should make systemic political refo ...
05 Dec, 2018
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5 min read
Bitcoin Safe for Taxes, But Not Voting?
Washington, D.C. - Ohio will be the first state in the nation to use blockchain technology for tax payments. Businesses will be able to pay 23 types of taxes via bitcoin.But if blockchain is secu ...
27 Nov, 2018
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2 min read
OPINION: For Republicans, the New Way is the Old Way
In her article, The "California Republican Party is Dead; A New Way Must Rise," Kristin Olsen makes the claim that the national Republican Party of today does not live up to its former principles of i ...
27 Nov, 2018
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2 min read