Tag: history
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Democrats, Not So Fast. The blue wave has arrived. Across America, voters delivered a decisive political message in the November 3 midterm elections. Democrats captured control of both chambers of Congress, flipped Republican-held seats, and demonstrated the depth of public…
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Younger voters are looking past party theater, inherited loyalty, PAC influence, lobbying, and symbolic representation. Younger voters are entering politics differently. Many are not voting Democrat or Republican simply because their parents, grandparents, neighborhood, church, school, union, favorite celebrity, or…
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Many of the institutions and rules still shaping modern life were created between 1913 and 1935, during an era built around industrial banking, early mass media, paper bureaucracy, slower markets, and a very different public reality. Key 20th Century Institutions and…
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Congress does not always behave like a governing body. Sometimes, it behaves like old-school professional wrestling: entrances, personas, slogans, heroes, villains, staged rivalries, dramatic hearings, town hall confrontations, viral insults, crowd reactions, catchphrases, and media clips designed to travel farther…
