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Sep 05 2019
Perspectives Blog
Country Before Party - My Entry into the Democratic Reform Movement
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Bridge Alliance.
My name is Jeremy Garson and I am a recovering partisan. For years I had a reflexive need to defend anything and everything “my party” (the Democratic Party) said and did. I would forgo critical thinking when I saw a “D” or “R” attached to news and assume that “my side” was right and “the other side” was wrong. Even
Jeremy GarsonOct 03 2016
Opinion
The next President needs to take meaningful action in Syria
As presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump debated last week, Syria was a sideshow. Clinton mentioned the country in passing; Trump ignored it altogether.
While they sparred over responsibility for the Islamic State, neither candidate mentioned Aleppo, a city of 2 million people reduced to rubble and under siege. At least — unlike Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson —
American Enterprise InstituteJun 24 2022
Perspectives Blog
Thinking of Switching Parties? Here’s Why Some People Do It
From the LeftOn June 18, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) posted some messages she had received about why people stopped identifying as Republicans. Responses included the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the murder of George Floyd, coming out as gay, and moving to a more diverse place, along with listening to left-wing personalities like Hasan Piker and Bernie Sanders.
Joseph RatliffJun 11 2019
News
GOP Rep. Justin Amash leaves far-right Freedom Caucus he helped found
On Monday evening, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., resigned from the conservative House Freedom Caucus, a group of Republican lawmakers that he helped co-found in 2015.
“I have the highest regard for them, and they’re my close friends. I didn’t want to be a further distraction for the group,” Amash told CNN's Haley Byrd, who first reported the departure on Monday evening.
On
USA TODAYMay 17 2019
News
Missouri poised to pass restrictive abortion law, days after Alabama
Missouri House lawmakers are expected to pass a bill on Friday to ban most abortions eight weeks after conception, days after Alabama introduced the nation’s most restrictive abortion law.
Missouri senators overwhelmingly approved the legislation early on Thursday and Republican Gov. Mike Parson is expected to sign it into law. He has said he would make Missouri “one of the strongest
ReutersSep 16 2019
News
What Is the Trump Doctrine?
The most accurate measure of a man is who he counts as his friends and who he counts as his enemies. John Bolton has a lot of friends and allies in the American national security community, myself included. When Bolton resigned from the national security adviser’s job, the fastest praise for his defenestration came from Iran, Russia, and Sen. Rand Paul.
A spokesman for the Tehran
The American SpectatorNov 03 2020
Headline Roundup
What to Watch for: 2020 Gubernatorial Races
Voters in 11 states will choose their next governor Tuesday, potentially affecting state policies and congressional maps after the 2020 census. Of the 11 states, nine have incumbents running for reelection. Polls suggest Republican incumbents will hold their offices in Utah, North Dakota, West Virginia and Indiana; polls also project Democratic incumbents in Washington state and Delaware to be
538 (ABC News) Reason VoxApr 16 2019
News
William Weld: Trump Needs Someone to Challenge His Stances
It's important to have somebody who will "put the president to his proofs" and to challenge him on his stances, former two-term Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, who has announced his primary challenge against President Donald Trump, said Tuesday.
"You ask him some questions, like, why do you think it's good to insult our military allies, why do you praise dictators?" Weld told MSNBC's "
Newsmax (News)Author
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell (/soʊl/; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. He is currently the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. According to Larry D. Nachman in Commentary magazine, he is considered a leading representative of the Chicago school of economics.
Nov 19 2014
News
Senate blocks bill that would curb NSA surveillance
Republican opponents of White House-backed legislation that would rein in NSA surveillance programs narrowly blocked the Senate from taking up the bill Tuesday after warning it could help terrorists escape detection. On a tally of 58 to 42, a procedural vote failed to get the supermajority 60 votes it needed to advance. Supporters of the USA Freedom Act, a rare mix of liberal Democrats and
CNN (Online News)