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You may have heard of the Electoral College. If certain unlikely but theoretically possible election scenarios play out on November 3, then in the near…
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Every Saturday the St. Louis Post Dispatch does what they call “Short Takes” instead of a lengthy editorial. This week’s commentary is short takes.Your…
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In a July commentary I gave three of the nine reasons why America has a strong and durable two-party system, and why it is difficult for third parties to…
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Last time my two political insiders and I looked at local and state races. Now we’ll look at the national scene. We agree that there are more…
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Recently I got together with my two political insiders – one a progressive Democrat, the other a conservative Republican, both highly respected,…
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Last time I suggested our two-party system is deeply embedded in our political DNA. In my American political parties class we examine the nine reasons for…
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One of my favorite lectures to my students at Columbia College is about the stability and durability of the two-party system in America. I draw a diagram…
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“Little doubt an election held today would be a Biden landslide/GOP wipeout,” an editor for the respected nonpartisan Cook Political Report said on June…
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Until I was eight years old I lived on the edge of a small town in eastern Illinois. Every morning I looked out on big sky and corn or corn stubble. I…
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During the Easter egg hunt my two-year-old grandson announced that he had found a rooster egg. This got me thinking: What are some fascinating but…