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OPINION: Partisan Games are Damaging Our Democracy - Here’s How We Can Fix It
OPINION: Partisan Games are Damaging Our Democracy - Here’s How We Can Fix It
It has been one month since the 2018 midterm elections were decided. Much in our politics has changed: the Republicans built on their majority in the US Senate, while Democrats won back the House of R ...
13 Dec, 2018
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3 min read
Apple Credits New Tax Laws For Opening San Diego Office
Apple Credits New Tax Laws For Opening San Diego Office
San Diego, Calif.- Apple has announced plans to build new office space in San Diego in the next three years.The company is making the move after new tax laws were enacted late last ...
13 Dec, 2018
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1 min read
To Earth: A Four Line Poem to Bring in the New Year
To Earth: A Four Line Poem to Bring in the New Year
Dear Reader,The poet Hart Crane (1899-1932), a favorite of mine, famous for intricate works like “The Bridge” and “For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen” wrote a four-line poem that was never publishe ...
12 Dec, 2018
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1 min read
Rep. Scott Peters "Considering" 2020 San Diego Mayoral Run
Rep. Scott Peters "Considering" 2020 San Diego Mayoral Run
San Diego, Calif.- In a story on The Hill, Rep. Scott Peters is considering running for San Diego mayor in 2020.In an email exchange with Peters' office last week, a spokesperson wrote to IVN San ...
11 Dec, 2018
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1 min read
Showing the World, and Ourselves, that Democracy Means Accepting Defeat
Showing the World, and Ourselves, that Democracy Means Accepting Defeat
Among the many moments of President Bush’s life celebrated last week, I have a particular reason to focus on November 3, 1992, when President Bush delivered what to me were the most important words of ...
11 Dec, 2018
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3 min read
The Libertarian Party 2020 Presidential Ticket Shortlist
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
Why Blockchain is the Future of Health Care Tech
Why Blockchain is the Future of Health Care Tech
Health care is one of the most exciting and essential civic topics of our time. And blockchain is one of the most consequential technologies coming of age right now. So it's not surprising that, toget ...
07 Dec, 2018
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4 min read
Opinion: No, Open Primaries Are Not "Nuts"
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
REVIEW: Jon Meacham’s "The Soul of America" Gives Americans a Much Needed History Lesson
REVIEW: Jon Meacham’s "The Soul of America" Gives Americans a Much Needed History Lesson
Here’s a passage that brings historians’ public value to life: “The only way to come to understanding is by knowing the history that has shaped us,” writes Jon Meacham in his evocative, The Soul of Am ...
05 Dec, 2018
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6 min read
OPINION: Kasich Should Run for President as a Reformer
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