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Introduction I’ve never considered myself a political person. In fact, like many, I’ve often found politics in the U.S. confusing and disheartening. But the chaos unfolding south of the border in recent months has been impossible to ignore — and deeply disturbing to...
Introduction to Tariffs Tariffs have dominated international economic headlines in recent years, yet many people remain unclear about what they actually are and how they function in our global economy. A tariff is essentially a tax imposed by a government on goods...
1 Thing Thursday: Un-Sexy Primaries Welcome to our weekly breakdown of political issues within a post-partisan context that puts our well-being over political loyalty, today's topic is primaries. TL;DR: A Better Way To Primary The way we choose presidential nominees...
Simply put, bipartisanship is working with the other party to get something done. It's the opposite, partisanship is working only to get done what your party wants, at the expense of the other party. Zero-Sum Partisans Partisans believe the world is zero-sum, meaning...
Deep thinkers are more likely to be blind partisans There was a study done to determine which type of people are most likely to blindly follow whatever the leaders of their political party tell them. To start out they measured two things in each of the participants;...
It’s easy to feel powerless given our politics today. It feels like the media, big money and the elite are manipulating the system to their benefit at the expense of everybody else. You’re not wrong. But we can’t let that continue. Each of us can do our small part to...
