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(Note: parts of this post are taken from a post I made last summer.) Last week, I mentioned that in a winner-take-all, one-representative-per-district system, ending gerrymandering and moving towards a politics-blind method of drawing district boundaries would ease my concerns of two-party duopolistic power, with politicians beholden to themselves more than the citizenry they are supposed [...]
With primary season all but over, attention will soon be turning towards the November general elections — not just the Presidential race, but also those few down-ticket races that are actually expected to be competitive. We’re heading into the time of year that armchair pundits like me like to vent our frustrations with the entrenched duopoly [...]
Once upon a time, I was a card carrying Libertarian. The idea of a political party whose views fit my own socially liberal, economically conservative perspective was very appealing…at least until I realized that LP activists lacked realism. That’s the reason I tend to describe myself as a “small ell-libertarian” or a centrist. One of the factors [...]
One of the greatest characteristics of the American federal government is the system of checks-and-balances imposed on the three branches by the founding fathers. The notion that if one part of the government gets too out of control, the others have a means to impose sanity is a powerful one, which has generally kept Washington [...]
During my last year of college and my first year in the “real world”, I went on a Heinlein reading kick. I read everything of his that I could get my hands on. One of the ideas that stuck with me from that phase was that of “National Service” from Starship Troopers. While I’m not sure [...]
Last week, I expressed concerns about the politicization in the identification of judges and attorneys general, and pondered about the potential drag on society from political motivations trumping objective justice. Another area of the judicial system that I worry about is just how overloaded the entire system seems to be, and how slowly the wheels of [...] 
One of the biggest sources of silliness I see in America today is just how litigation-happy our society seems to have become. Yes, there is no question in my mind that when a person, business, or other entity errs and harms another, indemnification is in order. The threat of punitive damages is a handy incentive for [...]
Like last week’s post, this week’s topic is another on my list which I should have probably made a few notes on. Like crime last week, there are many potential education sub-topics I could write about….and I will once again resort to a bullet list. One of the more recent annoyances I’ve witnessed (admittedly [...] 
When I outlined the topics I wanted to cover in my “Centrist’s Platform” series of articles, “crime” was one of the topics on the list. Unfortunately, when it came time to sit down and write this week’s post…I’ve been left wondering exactly what I was going to say…if I even had more than just a topic [...]
One of the secrets to America’s success has, I think, been its citizens’ and immigrants’ creativity. We’ve capitalized on those talents, invited individuals of exceptional skill to immigrate here, and we’ve invested in education in an effort to bolster the skills and aid the innovations of future generations. However, recently I, like many folks I think, [...] |
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