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A Libertarian Case for Enduring the Bern... If Not Feeling It
Although Hillary Clinton defeated Bernie Sanders Saturday in the Nevada Caucuses, Fox News reported on Friday a poll that shows him ahead nationally by three points. With the appearance of some s ...
23 Feb, 2016
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7 min read
What America's Politicians Can Learn from an Unlikely Palestinian, Jewish Friendship
Imagine a friendship between the wife of a fierce Israeli military commander and the mother-in-law of the founder of Fatah and the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Impossible, it wou ...
23 Feb, 2016
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4 min read
The Big Loser in the Nevada Caucus: The Pollsters
With Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada now in the books for the 2016 Democratic primary, one thing has been certain: the pollsters aren't doing a good job of predicting their outcomes.Modern polling sci ...
22 Feb, 2016
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3 min read
Who Are Independent Voters? Diverse Ideologies; Open Minds
The most difficult part of maintaining a news platform that is open to all ideologies and opinions is that people often rush to judgment about the motivations of the entire operation based on the cont ...
19 Feb, 2016
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3 min read
5 Long-Overdue Changes We Need in American Government
If the 2016 presidential election is proving anything, it’s that voters are not happy with the state of their union.On the left and right, we’re seeing insurgents give establishment candidates a run f ...
18 Feb, 2016
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10 min read
OPINION: Why More Democrats Should Hope Sanders Wins the Nomination
To win, the most important thing the next president will need to do is mobilize voters.Obama won in 2008 and 2012 by mobilizing new voters -- mostly youth and black voters. By 2012, those constit ...
18 Feb, 2016
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4 min read
Contrary to Popular Belief, Judicial Activism in Modern History is Mostly a Myth
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has set the stage for the always politicized conversation about Supreme Court appointments and confirmations.Within minutes of the news of his passing, both sides o ...
17 Feb, 2016
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5 min read
Harry Reid Is Wrong: The Founders Didn't Envision a 'Bipartisan' America
With the death of SCOTUS Justice Scalia, the Washington rhetoric has heated up--to at times insurmountable levels of blustery rhetoric that sounds good, but has no basis in fact or history.In a W ...
17 Feb, 2016
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3 min read
Pew: Traditionally 'Electable' Candidates Are Losing Their Appeal among Voters
The Pew Research Center conducted a series of surveys to learn about voter preferences and more specifically what presidential qualities voters are looking for in 2016. The results show that registere ...
16 Feb, 2016
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3 min read
Sorry, Ms. Maddow, Everything is Not Alright with Our Democracy
Rachel Maddow said Friday night that Bernie Sanders' campaign may be in trouble because it is based upon voter turnout -- that in Iowa and New Hampshire the number of Democrats voting in this year's c ...
15 Feb, 2016
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1 min read
