The polls in my state of Indiana closed eighteen minutes ago. Very locally have I heard of one-hour waits and longer, though my own experience lasted no more than five minutes when I voted mid-afternoon. Radio reports indicate that some … Continue reading
Category Archives: Government
Today it’s harder than ever for third party candidates to get on the ballot – and to get noticed. Green party candidate Jill Stein was recently arrested for a sit-down protest. Stein was making a public statement about being denied … Continue reading
Our nation’s Electoral College is deserving of a better label than archaic. We Americans seldom acknowledge the fact that votes cast by electors, not those of the popular will, decide the winner of presidential and vice-presidential races. This is understandable … Continue reading
In siding with neither his fellow conservatives, nor the more liberal members of the Supreme Court in his opinion upholding the a key element of the affordable Care Act, Chief Justice John Roberts took aim at one of the two … Continue reading