There’s lots of talk about the importance of getting out the vote. Yet there seems to be little discussion of existing models that could make that happen. Many countries have almost complete voter turnout at elections. Bolivia is one such country. I’m a permanent resident of Bolivia and have seen …
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Anthem Film Review: ‘Democracy Through the Looking Glass: Media & Politics in the Post-Truth Era’
Alice had to step through the looking glass to discover a strange world where everything was backwards and made no sense. Filmmaker Kevin Bowe only had to go to New Hampshire during the 2015 presidential primary. His film, Democracy Through the Looking Glass: Media & Politics in the Post-Truth Era, screened at the Anthem Film Festival, part of FreedomFest. FreedomFest, a libertarian political and financial conference, now in its tenth year, bills itself as the worlds “largest gathering of free minds."
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We awake this morning to a new reality: President Elect Trump.
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Locke has created a group of characters that are irascible and likable.
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Sidney Lumet's Fail Safe offers a perspective on the presidency never more relevant than it is here in 2012.
Read More »TV Review: The Newsroom – “112th Congress”
The Newsroom tackles the Tea Party and Koch Brothers during the 2010 Congressional elections, while tackling much bigger issues.
Read More »Movie Review: Fools on the Hill
Hint: This hill is close to the Potomac.
Read More »Shooting in Tucson: An Inevitable Tragedy?
Is today's shooting in Tucson a tragic wake-up call?
Read More »Emerging Political Trend: More Taxes, Please!
Don't count on Republicans getting far with cut and slash agenda this November; voters everywhere are asking for more taxes.
Read More »American Idiocracy: A Rant
What will the U.S. political map look like after the mid-term elections? And what will it look like a decade from now?
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