Vancouver Sharing election night with my friends in Vancouver was a wild and bittersweet experience. Earlier in the day hopes had soared on speculation of a rising number of seats being won by the New Democratic Party (NDP) which for some time has been the progressive voice of Canadians and the likelihood that they might …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Kris Kobach and Systematic Republican Vote Suppression
Missoula One of the best lines in the great movie, The Outlaw Josie Wales, occurs when Clint Eastwood as Wales turns to Sandra Locke, the young woman, also his paramour at the time, and says, “is that what they teach young girls in Kansas.” I’ve always thought that has to be one of the more …
It’s Poverty, Stupid!
New Orleans The facts of the matter are painful to read, but important not to overlook. In a twist of the old James Carville line: “It’s poverty, stupid!” Meaning really that it’s the whole environment and economy that matter in the development of people and individuals and not just one or two factors or institutions …