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Neil Gorsuch

Approve Gorsuch – contingent on him answering the questions

March 28, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Civil liberties, Courts, Democracy, Good government, Justice, Legal issues/Law, Senate Leave a comment

We’ve all heard that it’s better to deal with the devil you know rather than the one you don’t. In the United States, we

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gerrymandering

Gerrymandering: A litmus test for honesty

January 7, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Good government 4 comments

Republicans like to talk about honesty; frequently that means being brash and politically incorrect. It’s incumbent for Democrats to see honesty as telling the

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What Progressives can learn from Donald Trump

July 20, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Politics Leave a comment

You may not like what Donald Trump has to say, but you have to admit that there is a certain openness, even rawness, to

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