Voting the wrong way might lead to a five-year prison term in Alabama. Secretary of State John Merrill, a Republican, wants the 674 people who crossed parties to vote in a recent runoff election prosecuted. “If these people knowingly and ...
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The Politics Of Our Great-Grandparents: What We Can (And Should) Learn From The Past
“The votes were written on slips of paper brought from home—no sense in wasting the tax-payers’ money on printed ballots—and a straggling procession started for the ballot box, over which the moderator and clerk stood to insure an honest vote. ...
Read More »Yes, The Election Can Be Hacked – And The Result Would Be Catastrophic
WASHINGTON — Experts in the American voting process believe hackers have the ability to disrupt the upcoming presidential election, thanks mostly to electronic systems that have made everything vulnerable to cyberattack. “If you can get at an election management system, ...
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As usual, the talking heads work overtime on pointless news items as though they rank right up there with revolution in Egypt and Pluto’s demotion from planet status. So what is one of these news events? Lindsay Lohan is in ...
Read More »Principles Over Politics
INDIVIDUAL PHILOSOPHY Everyone gains experiences throughout their lives that determine the principles to which they abide. These experiences are tempered by family, friends, demographics, religion, education and other encounters that influence their philosophy. These varying philosophies are measured in this ...
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