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I. Outrage: How We Got Here By Mike Gonzalez The Incredible Shrinking Tent For most of the 20th century, American politics rested on two large tents. Each contained broad ideological diversity: liberal Republicans, conservative Democrats, pragmatists who blurred lines. Primaries were fierce but tended to discipline extremes, and general elections rewarded moderation. To mid-century theorists, Read more

The People Have Always Had The Power By Mark Harris The anatomy of a State is comprised of three major components that bleed into one another. People and Territory are the most obvious components of a State, but the third is a bit harder to describe. Sovereignty is basically the authority of the State, and Read more

August, 2025 Term Limits in History By Ruth McLatchie Term limits are an ancient idea that sprung from the civil societies of Athens, Sparta, and Rome.  The democracy of ancient Athens, whose king at its height was little more than a figurehead, operated in six main bodies comprised of magistrates, generals, administrative councilmen, general assemblymen, Read more

The Story of Taxation By Ruth McLatchie Hint: You can find the answers to the pop quiz from the preview embedded in this article. Taxation has been around almost as long as death, the other certainty.  According to the Tax Foundation (taxfoundation.org), the earliest record of taxation we currently have comes from Egypt about three Read more

May 23, 2025 Blame – How Did We Get Here? By Ruth McLatchie In The Beginning Nearly every ancient culture has its own creation story that starts out with perfection.  But before long comes some kind of perversion, disappointment, contamination, or conflict to take advantage of free will and mar that perfection.  This is clearly Read more