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THE DEBT LIMIT: WHY THOSE ELECTED FROM THE POOREST STATES DECIDE

The Biden administration finds itself in an embarrassing situation. The President has been forced to rush back from a really important G7…

May 23, 2023

May 23, 2023

WHY THE PARTIES NEED REFORM

We live in a world in which the candidate choices for both great American political parties are controlled by a minority of their…

May 13, 2023

May 13, 2023

WHY ELECTIONS ARE REALLY WON

You are Joseph Biden. You want to run for a second term. You do have a problem. You are eighty years old. By the end of that second term…

May 3, 2023

May 3, 2023

THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF PARTY FAILURE

Back at it after a break: We face an unusual presidential campaign and election in 2024. Unusual, because many voters in both parties seem…

Apr 30, 2023

Apr 30, 2023

WHY THE HOUSE IS DIVIDED

Here is a problem: Roughly forty of the two hundred and twenty two Republicans in the current House owe their election to people motivated…

Jan 26, 2023

Jan 26, 2023

THE GREAT REPUBLICAN DILEMMA

The midterms are over and we should not have been surprised at the outcome. Typically in this country in the first election after a new…

Jan 18, 2023

Jan 18, 2023

HOW THE REPUBLICAN YEAR BEGINS

HOW THE REPUBLICAN YEAR BEGINS

Jan 15, 2023

Jan 15, 2023

THE FRAMERS’ NIGHTMARE

Let us remember that the framers of the Constitution had a terrible fear of democracy as they understood it, one in which all male voters…

Jan 12, 2023

Jan 12, 2023

THE SPEAKERSHIP: WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN NOW!

It is Wednesday afternoon January fourth and the House has just held its sixth vote to elect a new speaker. The results have been…

Jan 5, 2023

Jan 5, 2023

TOMORROW IT BEGINS

Tomorrow it begins! The Republicans, having won a slim majority in the House, are going to try to get down to business. Until now the newly…

Jan 3, 2023

Jan 3, 2023

Hank Rishel

Hank Rishel

Retired political science professor of 40+ years. Educated at Olivet, UofM, MSU, Northwestern, & Harvard. Hoping to make politics a fun & exciting topic for all

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