Here’s guest blogger Dr. Barry Pascal, joining us again to wrestle with another great, if overlooked, issue of the day. (It appears he was overlooking his shorts; crumpled trousers; shoes; and a small bathmat while composing his thoughts. We can only hope he washed his hands.)
Read the Rest!Is the U.S. Senate Obsolete–II?
Picking up from last Friday: Fixing the filibuster: the “Nuclear Option?” Fun Fact: One historian believes that the filibuster originated, not as a deliberate and cherished bulwark against runaway majoritarianism, but as a mistake.
Is the U.S. Senate Obsolete–I?
Today begins a two-part analysis of our broken United States Senate.
Read the Rest!Six Years–Once–is Enough
A heartfelt “thank you” to the distinguished Senator from Fox News Talking Points for making at once the shortest and indisputably best argument for amending the Constitution’s Article I, Section 2, —and amending or repealing its 22nd Amendment, and tweaking the 20th and 25th, if desired—to award each elected President a single, six-year term.
Read the Rest!Electoral College–Time to Drop Out?
Amid all the Presidential debate “performance” hoo-hah this morning—talk about exalting form over substance—was another sober reminder of what we’ve come to: Sixty-plus percent of 13 million voters—that’s roughly eight million souls, 2.6% of the population and 5.3% of registered voters—could decide who your next President is.
Read the Rest!Did Our Founders Fail Us?
Hell, no. If anything, we have failed them. They were, first, citizens, and fully engaged. Are we?
Read the Rest!Black Patriots–A Promise Unkept
After my first post in the last series, 8 Shameful Things Our Founders Believed, I heard from an old friend, Maurice Barboza. We worked together on the staff of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in the ‘70s, after which I moved to the Senate side and left D.C. to return to my Northwestern roots.
Read the Rest!8 Shameful Things Our Founders Believed–IV
Picking up from Friday: Shameful Things Six and Seven. 6. The people couldn’t be trusted to elect their state’s Senators.
Read the Rest!8 Shameful Things Our Founders Believed–III
Picking up from Monday: Shameful Thing Five. 5. Neither were women equal to men.
Read the Rest!8 Shameful Things our Founders Believed–II
Picking up from last Friday: Shameful Things 3 and 4: 3. Kidnapped Africans were property—bought, sold, and claimable—defined as “three-fifths” human, but only for census purposes.
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