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When The Other Side Makes No Sense
“Consider the possibility that you’re wrong” is something that very many people need to get into their heads and, consequently, it’s something that well-meaning and frustrated people find themselves saying more and more often. There’re a few ‘add-ons’ implicit in that bit of advice, though. There’s a hidden “try to understand the other side, where…
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The Resistance?
The “resistance,” a movement ignited by the election of Trump, is for the most part Democratic, although it attracts varying degrees of Republican solidarity on certain issues. Although one might expect such a movement to resist Trump from the left, far too often it appears that the “resistance” is content to either assist in the…
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Dissecting America Works
Like many of you, I spent the last weekend of February binge watching the latest season of House of Cards on Netflix. I have always found the show to be immensely enjoyable, largely because that even though its setting was politics, it focused on the politicians, not the actual polices. Warning: House of Cards spoilers ahead…
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How Do You Like Your Tea?
She has explored witchcraft and condemns masturbation. Despite her unconventional past and viewpoints, the Delaware Republican Senate candidate for the past 2010 election, Christine O’Donnell, although she lost, was not at the margins of the political spectrum. Instead, she was a prominent figure in a movement that took the midterm elections by storm: the Tea…
