The Electoral College is an outdated, undemocratic institution that does not belong in our society. The odds are against our being able to rid ourselves of it, but the reasons are compelling enough to seriously consider reform. With the elections now over, having avoided a possible repeat of the last presidential election, in which Gore [...]
A quick, equal-opportunity chance for everyone to reinforce some existing beliefs about two candidates. Those being that Bush is a liar, and John Edwards is, well, a little too concerned about his appearance. The first is a short clip that I put together from public-domain sources, and the second comes from an art installation by [...]
The news media are doing a terrible job of putting the terrorist attack in Beslan into context. I?m not primarily concerned with, although I think they have failed to convey, the scale of what happened?with about 350 people confirmed dead, about 200 missing and another 450 currently in the hospital, this will probably turn out [...]