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An Unexpected Path to Liberal Revival
I saw two maps shown by John King on CNN when he was analyzing the 2012 election. They illustrated with striking clarity the political divide in this nation. Those maps pointed towards a possible path...
The 2016 Election's Biggest Winner: Gary Johnson and The Libertarian Party?
You may be asking how the Libertarian Party could have won the 2016 election with no seats in Congress and with its presidential candidate finishing in a very, very distant third place behind the Demo...
Sanders-Backed 'Our Revolution' Scores Major Victories on Election Day
In August, just one month after the Democratic National Convention, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced the launch of Our Revolution, a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping his progressiv...
The Majority Has Spoken (Again and Again): It’s Time To End The Electoral College
Raise your hand if you think that the president of the United States should be elected by the popular vote. Ah, it looks like most of you do. Hands down and know that you’re not alone.In fact, poll af...
What Makes Politics Unendurable
Governor Bill Weld’s dire verdict on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been taken as an implicit endorsement of Hillary Clinton and made into another sound bite in the horse-race coverage of th...
Where Both Major Party Candidates Fail on Health Care
Obamacare has been a major part of the 2016 election, and will continue to act as a wedge between the parties long after we have a new commander-in-chief. Nevertheless, it feels like both major presid...
The Differences Between Measure D and Measure C
San Diego, CALIF. - Arguably, the most intensely contested and important measures to go before the voters of the City of San Diego on November 8 are C and D.Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you...
Maine’s Ranked Choice Voting: Not Perfect, But A Step Up from Plurality
Measure 5 puts ranked choice voting (RCV) on the ballot to be used statewide. RCV is worthwhile to support because it’s better than Maine’s current plurality voting system. But if you dress up RC...
The Recipe Independent Reformers Need to Sweeten The Fetid Brew of Two-Party Elections
Deep in their cups after November 8th, lamenting the rolling tragedy that was this election season, the realization will settle in: “We could have won this one.”“This was a winnable race. The opponent...
Leadership: A Lost Skill That Must Be Re-Learned
Like so many other Americans, I too have become frustrated with the unbridled lack of civility, crippling partisanship, and dysfunctional gridlock that prevent our country from solving the serious pro...