A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Stereotyping
Those of you who live in the Houston area are likely familiar with the city of La Grange. It is...
Political Parties
Is America Polarized?
A Book Review of Unstable Majorities Have the American people become polarized into two partisan camps, representing fundamentally different visions...
Plurality Elections are Undemocratic
In 2006, Rick Perry was elected governor even though 61% of voters voted against him. That year, there were four...
Neanderthal Thinking aka Hyper-Partisanship
Last week when President Biden was asked about Governor Abbott rolling back COVID restrictions, he described it as “neanderthal thinking.” ...
Half of Americans Refuse to Identify with Either Party
Gallup just released a poll in which, for the first time, half of Americans refused to identify as either a...
Moderates Still Charting the Country’s Course
In the wake of the election results this week, there have been dozens of articles, like this one in the...
Quote of the Week – Will Rogers on the Democratic Party
"I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat." Will Rogers, circa 1928 Watching the...
What Our Founding Fathers Said About Political Parties
The current ruling two-party duopoly is so ubiquitous that we take it as a given. We teach the "two-party system"...
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