I am not a progressive. I am not a U.S.-style liberal. Since 2016, I have written and spoken on the threat Donald Trump poses to…
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The emergency aid was $2 trillion dollars. “We had to pass it.” It was named the CARES Act, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.…
There is a misconception that non-voters are largely young and liberal. Yes, young people register and vote at a lower rate of participation, but overall…
Bernie Sanders currently stands apart among Democratic presidential primary candidates. His lead is increasing, according to FiveThirtyEight and other polling aggregators, as we head towards…
With Bernie Sanders leading the Democratic presidential nomination race according to polls (and the first primary), there’s a set of questions voters should be asking:…
From a statistical view, negative motivations are stronger than positive motivations. We act out of fear and loathing. This increasingly applies to voting: we vote…
The impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump starts soon. Maybe. Probably. Since there’s little chance the Republican Senate is going to give into Democratic…
Electors should be allocated by congressional district, not as winner-takes-all blocks of votes. Applying congressional district allocation models to past elections suggests this would generally…
What we are witnessing in political debates about wealth is also an intergenerational dispute. Older Americans, who are living longer and working longer than ever…
If we the people have to pay for your healthcare, your education, and any number of other “shared” responsibilities, than we (or our representatives) can…