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Who ‘Owns’ Our Political Parties?
A Primer on the Electoral Process Many people are angry about and befuddled by our convoluted process for choosing the president. The confusion has been made worse this year as millions of new voters
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Can The GOP Survive A Contested Convention?
It’s looking more and more likely that no Republican candidate will have the 1,237 delegates necessary to win the nomination before the party convention. That means it will be a contested convention, with a
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PROTESTORS AND FREE SPEECH
Donald Trump recently cancelled a campaign rally on the campus of the University of Chicago when a large number of protestors were observed inside the arena where he was scheduled to speak and thousands
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TRUMP: I CAN MAKE THE SAINTS GREAT AGAIN
Before Donald Trump decided to run for president of the United States, there was another job he coveted. An anonymous Lagniappe reader sent me a transcript of a phone conversation between Trump and New
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LOUISIANA’S FISCAL CRISIS
All eyes in Louisiana will be on the special session of the state Legislature for the next three weeks as it works to avert a fiscal crisis. Legislators must come up with nearly a
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LOOKING FORWARD TO 2016
The year 2015 was not a particularly good one. It was dominated by news of terrorist attacks, crazy people with guns, fear of immigrants and refugees from war-torn Syria, protests and riots, villainization of
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TRUMP MEETS THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
When I woke up this morning, I found a soiled envelope that someone had slid under my door. It had a Mexican postmark, and inside was a handwritten note in Spanish signed “El Chapo.”
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NO GREATER LOVE: COMING HOME FROM THE WAR
A month ago, the SEED center hosted a screening of No Greater Love, a documentary about U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. I thought about going, but didn’t. Later, several of my friends who went told
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TRUMPTOPIA: WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT?
Trumptopia: it will be fantastic, amazing, you’ll love it! Imagine a world where America is great again. The dummies who presided over the decline of our nation have been fired; our enemies fear us
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ISLAM, SHARIA LAW AND THE U.S.
Dr. Ben Carson, a Republican candidate for president, was recently asked in an interview whether he believes Islam is consistent with the Constitution. “No, I do not,” he replied, “I would not advocate that
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