Does Media Bias Kill Democracy?
Douglas ChristianDouglas Christian is a multimedia Capitol Hill reporter. He has covered the 2016 Democratic and Republican conventions as a
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Missing the Point – Breaking Up the Base of the Republican Party
Do what they do in Washington state, for example, where everybody runs in a single primary, regardless of party affiliation, and then the top two candidates – even if both survivors are Republicans, Democrats or unaffiliated independents – face off in the general election. The result of this single primary approach is that the winner is, more than likely, the choice of the majority of people voting.
Read moreDino Tomassetti Jr. of Asset Realty shares the latest update on construction developments in New York City. And he has big news.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city would be restarting $17 billion of capital construction projects
Read moreMy List of Happenings and News Tidbits to Enjoy
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Okay, I got away with this a few weeks ago, so I’ll try again. It’s
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Your Favorite News Streams all in One Place
People get their news in many ways. Gone are the days when people enjoyed their news broadcast on the television
Read moreWhy is it so hard to buy Bitcoin in the United States?
Bitcoin has come a long way in the nine or so years it has been in existence. It is the
Read moreBursting Nate Silver’s bubble
Back on May 20 I expressed skepticism in these columns that Nate Silver would succeed in his admirable, boldly expressed
Read moreEpisode 3: The Sochi Olympics, Anti-communism, and Russophobia
The 2014 Sochi Olympics are in full swing, and Russian homophobia’s in the spotlight. But have Americans noticed their own
Read moreEpisode 2: The Left vs. The Democrats
Carl and Casey discuss the role of the American left in Democratic politics. Can Obamacare save Capitalism from Capitalism? How
Read morePrometheus: Sci-Fi horror at its most cryptic
Ridley Scott’s “kinda sorta prequel” to the Alien series of movies is a fascinating and beautiful piece of filmmaking with
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