Politics
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1.9KThe Presidential Election has Already Begun
The 2020 presidential election has already begun as voters in North Carolina have begun receiving their mail-in ballots already. My state will...
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Talking with Conspiracy Theorists
Historian Richard Hofstadter wrote “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” in 1964. Hofstadter used the word ‘paranoid’ in a non-clinical sense because...
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Whither the Republican Party?
Mark Twain is reputed to have said “History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes”. The way conservatives have dealt with today’s...
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The Lottery
“The Lottery“, is a short story by horror and mystery writer Shirley Jackson. It was published by The New Yorker magazine in...
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2.1KWomen’s Equality Day
Women’s Equality Day is a holiday that was created by Congress to celebrate the 1920 signing of the 19th Amendment. This holiday...
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1.8KWhat is a Super PAC
Independent expenditure-only committees or “Super PACs” can raise unlimited funds from individuals, corporations, labor unions or other PACs to fund political actions,...
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2.0KWhat is a Political Action Committee?
A Political Action Committee (or PAC) is a private organization that raises money to influence elections, especially on the federal level. These...
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Joe Biden’s Cold War
A Biden Administration may have to move towards the type of international policies that the United States engaged in during the Cold...
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3.1KNew Birther Attacks on Kamala Harris
Since being named as Joe Biden’s Vice Presidential running mate the internet trolls have come out arguing that Kamala Harris does not...
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Heat vs Light
Gotcha questions. Sound bites. Pre-planned zingers. Softball questions. It doesn’t have to be this way. Debates need not be moderated by news...