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An America With Two Presidents 0
- Politics
- November 6, 2020
In the aftermath of Election Day 2020, ballots continue to be counted, states remain undecided, and party lawyers are dreaming about where to invest their upcoming billable hours. One thing we can count on, America’s political institutions are about to face a unique and fascinating challenge to their legitimacy. For those who have better things
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Government Can’t Count Ballots. How Can It Manage a Pandemic or Health Care?0
- Culture
- November 5, 2020
Elections are a nasty business, but sometimes they can be clarifying. We don’t yet know who won the U.S. presidential election, and we may not for days or weeks to come. This stems largely from the ineptitude Americans witnessed on Election Tuesday. It wasn’t just the fact that pollsters once again failed disastrously, or that
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Give the Devil Enough Rope 0
- Culture
- November 5, 2020
Give the devil enough rope and he’ll hang himself. Give him enough power and he’ll hang us first. These might not seem very reassuring words as many of us find ourselves facing pre-election stress syndrome. So much seems to be riding on this particular election that it’s easy to lose our peace of mind in
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1824: The Strangest Presidential Election Yet 0
- History
- November 5, 2020
The Era of Good Feelings. Not exactly the best descriptor for our own times is it? Spanning from the mid-1810s through the end of President James Monroe’s second term in 1824, the Era of Good Feelings was a time in which the Democratic-Republican Party enjoyed practically unopposed control of the United States following the Federalist Party’s
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Our Present Danger: China’s War on the United States 0
- International
- November 5, 2020
“We are at risk of losing a war today because too few of us know that we are engaged with an enemy, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), that means to destroy us.” With these words Brian T. Kennedy kicked off a speech he gave at a Hillsdale College National Leadership
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Florida Votes for Job-Killing $15 Minimum Wage 0
- Economics
- November 4, 2020
Florida voters had more than just a presidential election on their hands when they went to the polls on Tuesday. A controversial ballot initiative, Florida Amendment 2, offered voters the chance to hike the state’s minimum wage to $15 by 2026. However, due to Florida rules for citizen-driven ballot initiatives, it required 60 percent of
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