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Superman, Mark Twain, and Lawrence Lessig: Congress Is The Light That Never...
A few days ago, I posted a link to this piece by Lawrence Lessig. It’s something of a love letter to Newt Gingrich in which Lessig blames the former Speaker for most of Washington’s current...
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False Choices Aren’t Choices: What If Athens Had the Internet?
Coke is better than Pepsi. The National League is superior. Heinz > Hunts. The Democrat and Republican brands at the national level? Both unappealing. The populist, rational elements in the Tea...
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The Good Old Days Weren’t Always Good: A Transatlantic Reminder to Tim Stanley
But it isn’t just Obama’s flaws that are making this race interesting. Mitt Romney might not be the most charismatic candidate, but that’s a hidden strength in an election that’s all about competence...
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Sane Thoughts From the Undercard
“Keep in mind, I have five brothers and sisters. My father was an auto mechanic. My mother was a school cook. I have a very different view of the world,” Heller said. “And as United States Senator, I...
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Why You Should Vote Third Party
“I just wish there were a viable third party” “I just wish a vote for a third party wasn’t a wasted vote.” “I just wish a vote for Gary Johnson wasn’t a vote for Barack Obama.” “I just wish a vote for...
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Bartleby, the Pennsylvania Voter
When asked to show my photo ID on Nov. 6, I plan on responding in Melvillian fashion: The long and the short of the ruling is this: you can be asked to show ID, but you can’t be stopped from voting if...
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Lawrence O’Donnell Takes Off The Gloves: National Defense Authorization Act,...
Taking a cue from the pages of Superman, Lawrence O’Donnell lambasted the mainstream media Wednesday night for their failure to cover the Third Parties debate and for failing to address this little...
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Make Your Vote Count: Vote Third Party
For years, a statement like that felt counter intuitive, even oxymoronic. Now it makes all the sense in the world. Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party) is on the ballot in all 50 states. Jill Stein has...
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No, We Didn’t
The Green Party didn’t even crack one half of 1 percent. But they did better than the last two cycles. Does that matter? I don’t know. I’ll partly agree with reader and frequent conversant Mr....
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Romney, With Quite Literally Nothing Left To Lose, Is Still Romney
“Yeah, I mean, you know…if you take these people making $20,000, $30,000 a year and offer them free healthcare, because, you know, most of them don’t have it…and if they do, it’s not good or...
View ArticleWho Is the American Middle? Almost Everyone You’ve Ever Known Is Crazy (but...
Who is the American Middle that has the power to make the 2012 election something different? Most people reading this post. That huge nexus of overlap between the responsible Tea Partiers and the...
View ArticleWard Sutton and the Village Voice Illustrate The Daily Cocca? (I Did See...
Do Ward Sutton and folks at the Village Voice read The Daily Cocca? You know I like to think so. Finally, there's proof. Via Graphic Policy: See 7 more designs at "Washington DC Reboot" via the...
View ArticleDid NPR Just Endorse Newt Gingrich?
This is from 2011. I actually met Newt Gingrich in 2000 when I was an intern at ABC News. The former Speaker has done and said many things since this post that would probably color how I would write it...
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