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More on open primaries.
Jan’s response to my last post implied disbelief that anyone would vote in the primary of the opposition party just to promote a more beatable candidate. I know it happened, though, and the only question is on what scale.
The anecdotal evidence I have is from listening to Hugh Hewitt on my […]

Those of you who have talked to me know that I am generally a fan of open primaries. Indeed, I was very upset that I wasn’t able to vote on Super Tuesday, since I am a registered Independent. Allowing Independents and moderates to vote helps ensure that the options are not as polar […]

Law school has pretty much hammered into me that assertions need support, and every sentence needa a footnote. That isn’t such a bad thing, except that I tend to have little time to research / write on a topic, and ADD (combined with the use of different computers for different tasks) demands that I lose […]

I ran across this interesting article about education reform and candidates’ reluctance to address it on the campaign trail. As a largely conservative critique of both Democratic candidates and teacher’s unions, it predictably harps on teacher accountability. Not to downplay accountability–as a former teacher I have seen firsthand the typical product when there […]

. . . Solstice
Okay, so it looks like Summer Solstice, but a friend of mine brought up a very good point.
As a little background information, my family doesn’t celebrate Christmas. The reason is fairly simple: we are not Christian. But since Christmas was simply invented by Christians in an effort to retain […]