Terry Smith
Dr. Terry Smith is a political science professor at Columbia College and a regular commentator on KBIA's Talking Politics.-
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Every ten years, at the beginning of the decade, Americans are enumerated. Although we now get a lot of information from the decennial census, its most important product is its original one: States are apportioned congressional districts based on their population.
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When Trump was inaugurated I did a commentary on the three things we need to know about him, and soon added a fourth. It’s time to check how valid the four things still are.
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This commentary is about wishful thinking. The phrase translates interestingly. In German it’s wunschdenken. In Italian it’s pensiero speranzoso.
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August 13 has come and gone and Donald Trump remains at Mar-a-Lago, or wherever not in D.C. he is now. Article Eight of the Constitution, the Reinstatement Article, was not invoked. Wait – there is no Article Eight.