Tag Archive | political partisanship
Partisan Compromise or Else…?
Whichever side of the ideological aisle you are on; the fact is that you are not in the majority. Neither party can definitively defeat the other. As a civilized society then, we citizens must make compromises together. Interestingly, the public’s ideological self-description is that 40% are conservatives, 35% are moderates and 21% are liberals. Within […]
Getting Money Out of Politics Is Not Partisan
Surprise! Not everyone has heard of the Citizens United 2010 Supreme Court decision. Research from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that 54% of registered voters say they have heard about the decision that allows corporations and individuals to spend as much money as they want on political advertising as […]
Bridging the Great Divide – Online vs. In Person
Guest Post by John Aronno Originally Published in Alaska Commons Life in Anchorage (and in Alaska, and in America, and most definitely beyond) is a bizarre experiment in double standards. How many times has an identical or similar scenario greeted you on any given day: You’re at an animal hospital, or the doctor’s office, or […]
