Since it’s Wednesday, I am wearing red, and today’s video about public education funding. Yesterday, I was filling out an endorsement questionnaire, and one of the questions was: do you support raising sales taxes to pay for public education? This question is so January 2020. When we were in session, there was much discussion about … Read more
“The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine” – variation on an old proverb. Slowly, indeed. It’s been almost four years since I have had to update this post. (Update) 10th Circuit rules against Kansas on proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration – what about Arizona? Election law expert Richard Hasen posts … Read more
I have done political science empirical research for years that frequently involves examining polling data. In recent years I have observed this troubling fact: Americans are not as divided as frequently lamented by the media. There is, in fact, remarkable agreement among a large majority of Americans on most “divisive” issues. But in poll after … Read more
In the increasing likelihood Joe Biden becomes President of the United States on January 20, 2021, he will not be short on examples of what and what not to do when taking charge of the country. Twentieth-Century United States History provides two such examples from Democratic Presidents. Margaret McMillan’s 1919, Roberta Strauss Feuerlich’s America’s Reign … Read more
Just one month ago, VA officials were warning that they faced staffing shortages and lack of PPE for safe operations in their veterans’ facilities across the country. As of March 27th, they had confirmed 571 cases of COVID19 among their patients, and 185 among staff. As I write now, one month later on April 28th, … Read more