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A Different Perspective on the Electoral College
The election of 1890 in Michigan not only established Edwin B. Winans as Governor but also resulted in a Democratic …
Carl Douglass Mysterious Chimeras
In 2005, an impossibly mysterious law enforcement case happened in Alaska. A man was in prison for a crime. During …
Evan Swensen BALLYHOO!
Ballyhoo. Now, here’s a word you don’t hear every day. At least not yet. It’s a 1920s term meaning extravagant, …
Carl Douglass HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY
How to speak British, course 201: Any discussion of British English would be incomplete without a look at the different …
Carl Douglass DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
In Conclusion: What we are seeing in America in 2024 is a nascent, but potent, populist revolution and the potential …
Carl Douglass DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
Why should we care who gets elected? My opinion–that of many who are not committed by party affiliation to …
Carl Douglass DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
A Second Trump Presidential Administration A mass deportation operation. A new Muslim ban. Tariffs on all imported goods and “freedom …
Steve Levi The Matter of the Rubber Duckie Debacle
The nearest Captain Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department had ever come to a rubber duckie …
Steve Levi The Matter of the Bicycle Scrap Piracy
Captain Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, did not have a nice thing to say about bicycling. …
Carl Douglass DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
Enter Donald Trump The most startling impact of the apparently unwavering evangelical support for the Republican Party was the election …
Carl Douglass DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
What danger is the American democracy in, if any? Politically, the changes in GOP/evangelical politics began with a swing of …
Carl Douglass DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
Evangelicals and Politics Today Historically, Americans have been skittish about mixing religion, politics, and government; and part of the connection …