The price of political ignorance

George F. Will,  WaPo Thursday, January 2, 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-the-price-of-political-ignorance/2014/01/01/7dbe2936-7311-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html?hpid=z3

It was naughty of Winston Churchill to say, if he really did, that "the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/national-politics/20140102-poll-finds-americans-have-little-faith-in-government.ece

 

Smaller States Find Outsize Clout Growing in Senate



The disproportionate power enjoyed in the Senate by small states is playing a growing role in the political dynamic on issues as varied as gun control, immigration and campaign finance.
By Adam Liptak NYT 11 March 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/03/11/us/politics/democracy-tested.html?pagewanted=all

Voters misjudgments on judges cry out for a method that involves merit

The Plain Dealer November 24, 2012, http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/11/voters_misjudgments_on_judges.html

Greater Cleveland voters have a long history of making big mistakes in judicial elections. But in two contests decided Nov. 6, they outdid themselves. They did it by ousting two incumbents -- one from each political party -- who were challenged by opponents with credentials so inferior that no rational erson could justify the outcome.

Activist discusses work against death penalty

November 16, 2012
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Activist-discusses-work-against-death-penalty-4045184.php

SisterHelen Prejean, 73, anti-death penalty advocate and author of "Dead Man
Walking," which was made into a movie in 1995 of the same name, was in Houston for the 10th anniversary of GRACE, the Gulf Region Advocacy Center, which represents low-income death-penalty defendants at no cost. She spoke with Houston Chronicle reporter Harvey Rice about her passion for her cause.

Shafted by the Electoral College

http://reason.com/archives/2012/10/11/shafted-by-the-electoral-college

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