"No myth is stronger in progressive circles than the magical, wonderworking powers of voter turnout. It’s become a sort of pixie dust that you sprinkle over your strenuously progressive positions to ward off any suggestion that they might turn off voters ( Read more... )

Only in a fascist society do we require service to the state before granting the benefits of Citizenship.


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Alec MacGillis has a piece in the New York Times about why the poor seem to vote RepublicanThis is a nice analysis. But it's critically flawed in places. First of all, the very poor have RARELY voted in American history -- contrary to what MacGillis says. While he's correct in pointing out the role that labor unions once played in helping improve ( Read more... )

I refuse to post these to the front page of Wikipedia any more. But I will post them here. The article I wrote or assisted with is in bold.

Did You Know ... the kickback varies from other kinds of bribes in that there is implied collusion between agents of the two parties, rather than one party extorting the bribe from the other?

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You will hear a lot over the next couple of days about how important "independents" are in American politics. Some people even claim that "independents" now make up almost half the electorate ( Read more... )

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