Tag / 2010
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Dummymandering: How Partisan Gerrymanders Could Backfire In 2018
It is no secret that political parties draw congressional district lines to benefit themselves. However, this November there are two states in which this gerrymandering could backfire on each party. Recent political trends and unexpected demographic shifts have changed the makeup of districts in many states since the district lines were drawn in 2010. This…
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Israel’s Legacy of Humanitarianism
Despite the rocky relationship between Israel and Syria, Israel is committed to helping the other in its humanitarian crisis, treating refugees and sending supplies to communities in the war-torn nation. The two countries have no diplomatic relations, but Israel still operates an extensive humanitarian effort in Syria nearly every day. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)…
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The Reality of Right vs. Left in the Midwest
BY KEVIN DEUTSCH The recent New York Times editorial by Professor Lawrence R. Jacobs misrepresents how Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin and DFL Governor Mark Dayton of Minnesota have led their states through the economic recovery. Jacobs compares the two Midwestern states, which elected governors from different parties in 2010, as a sort of…
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Pump the Brakes Mr. Cillizza, Pump the Brakes
Even for all of its obvious craziness, the world, it would seem, still fails to provide enough talking points to keep everyone in conversation. Thankfully, there are census results—a conversational safe haven for those journalists and bloggers left uninspired by war, revolution, economic catastrophe, and, of course, nuclear meltdown. Divorcing himself from his usually engaging…
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Get in touch, Get rid of Pelosi
Paul Kane and Perry Bacon Jr. at the Washington Post appear to have missed the point, or at least part of it: “Rejecting demands that she relinquish power after her party’s losses in the midterm elections, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday that she will run for minority leader, potentially setting up an ideological battle within…
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The Sorry State of Campaign Ads
The threatening music and menacing voiceover immediately grabs our attention. We are saddened to see hardworking Americans struggling with debt, and ask ourselves what monster subjected these innocent people to such hardship. What’s that you say? Harry Reid? A monochromatic and sinister looking Reid stares back at us from the screen, as the doomsday voice…
