Saturday, November 30, 2013

The Global Assault on Democracy

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Me at Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius Lithuania A country polarized and in paralysis by its political parties.  A country that spies...
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Saturday, November 23, 2013

The Case Against the Filibuster--Why the Democrats Got it Only Half Right

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The Senate was right to change the filibuster rule for presidential judicial nominees. Yet it was too little change, too late.  What really ...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Political Arithmetic: Why Math Sucks for Obama and is Important for Ranked Choice Voting

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Political science students think math sucks, and so do many politicans!  Yet the fate of Barack Obama, Obamacare, and Rank Choice Voting a...
Saturday, November 9, 2013

The Lessons of the Minneapolis Elections--RCV and Generational Change

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This blog originally appeared in an earlier form as a Minnpost Community Voice on November 7, 2013     The mayoral elections in Minneapolis ...
Saturday, November 2, 2013

Obamacare: Republican Tragedy, Democrat Farce

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By now everyone knows that federal roll out of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) health care exchanges has been a disaster. But Obamacare ...
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Friday, October 25, 2013

Combating Bureaucratic Corruption and Inefficiency: Lessons from the United States

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 Note:  On October 26, I head off to Moscow, Russia for a week to lecture and teach.  This blog is one of the talks I will be giving at Peop...
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Campaign Financing and the Price of Democracy

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All indications are that the Supreme Court will soon declare yet another campaign finance reform measure unconstitutional, chipping away yet...
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