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New-​Fangled Vote Counting

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: March 19, 2018

Call me old-fashioned, but when you go to the pols to cast your vote on a ballot measure, your Yes vote should count for yes and your No vote for no. And if you choose not to vote, your non-vote should count for neither yes nor no. That’s just common…

Townhall: Hacking the Republic

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: July 22, 2018

Would/wouldn’t and should/shouldn’t are in the news. And we sing, once again, that most American tune, the blues. Check out Townhall, why doncha? Common Sense: Remember the Rigged Election? Guardian (UK): Would or wouldn't: how Trump's claim he misspoke unleashed a meme-fest Fox News: No delay in Trump's would-wouldn't correction…

Townhall: And the Hypocritical Horse-​Trading You Rode In On

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: October 12, 2014

This weekend on Townhall.com? The Common Sense of a broken stalemate in Virginia. Click on over. Then come back here, for more information. Washington Post: Virginia Republicans snatched control of the state Senate, ended budget-Medicaid impasse Richmond Times-Dispatch: U.S. probing circumstances around Puckett's resignation Washington Post: McAuliffe aide suggested job…

Freedom “Weaponized”

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: July 3, 2018

Justice Elena Kagan has a way with words. The conservative majority on the court, she said after two recent rulings, is “weaponizing the First Amendment.” What a phrase! But what does it mean? “Conservative groups, borrowing and building on arguments developed by liberals,” explains The New York Times, “have used…

Don’t Kill Colorado!

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: November 1, 2016

America has lots of problems. Colorado isn’t one of them. Search the Internet and confirm that the Rocky Mountain State is the fourth best state “to make a living”; sixth best for homeowners; third on CNBC’s “Top States for Business”; and even holds a coveted first place in “arts engagement.”…

No-​Go Zones

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: February 21, 2017

“We’ve got to keep our country safe,” President Donald Trump said last week at a rally in Melbourne, Florida. Hardly objectionable. It was what he said next that baffled . . . some. “You look at what’s happening in Germany, you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden —…

The Price of Freelancing Is Eternal Vigilance

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: November 12, 2020

Californian voters have largely reversed an assault on “gig” workers in that state by passing Proposition 22. Prop 22 is a response to Assembly Bill 5, enacted in California in 2019. The idea was to reclassify many freelancers so that companies could no longer treat them as independent contractors. Instead,…

Frisky Friends

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: February 12, 2020

“WOW, BLOOMBERG IS A TOTAL RACIST!” tweeted President Donald J. Trump. He was reacting to a recording, recently unearthed, of Democratic presidential aspirant Michael Bloomberg speaking to the Aspen Institute in 2015 about his controversial “stop-and-frisk” police policy while mayor of New York City. “Ninety-five percent of your murders, murderers…

Dousing the Dumpster Fire

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: June 19, 2019

“Congress is less popular than traffic jams, root canals, and hemorrhoids,” U.S. Term Limits Executive Director Nick Tomboulides explained yesterday at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution hearing.  “You’re beating head lice,” he added, “but the lice have asked for a recount.” Mr. Tomboulides and U.S. Term Limits support…

What’s Being Forfeited

Relevance: 14%      Posted on: April 11, 2017

What do you call those who prey upon the innocent, illegally snatching their money? Thieves? Muggers? The Mob? Government. Last month, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report on the Internal Revenue Service’s use of civil asset forfeiture against Americans accused — well, not accused .…