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The Scandinavian countries have historically been some of the most robust and fruitful democracies of modern times. Each nation ranks high in many metrics of human development as well. They …
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This past month, the 2020 Presidential Election took place and most of the country sat in front of the nearest news source as we eagerly waited for the results. Saturday, November …
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The United States is in the midst of a sea change in public opinion in how it approaches the issue of drug addiction. Proposed changes are not only increasing in popularity by the year but are also …
The recent appointment of Amy Coney Barret by Donald Trump was an obvious example of the not very new phenomenon of court packing. The idea of court packing, in the sense I am referring to, …
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Grover Cleveland was great at executing people. Nicknamed “The Buffalo Hangman” by opposing campaigns during his first run for president of the United States, Cleveland had been an executioner and …
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On June 16, 2015, the landscape of American politics and democratic norms would drastically change when former reality TV star, and soon to be 45th President, Donald Trump formally announced his run …
