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Hank Rishel

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…

4 min readMay 23, 2023

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Hank Rishel

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…

4 min readMay 13, 2023

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Hank Rishel

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…

4 min readMay 3, 2023

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Hank Rishel

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…

5 min readApr 30, 2023

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Hank Rishel

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…

4 min readJan 26, 2023

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Hank Rishel

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…

4 min readJan 18, 2023

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Hank Rishel

HOW THE REPUBLICAN YEAR BEGINS

HOW THE REPUBLICAN YEAR BEGINS

4 min readJan 15, 2023

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Hank Rishel

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…

4 min readJan 12, 2023

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Hank Rishel

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…

3 min readJan 5, 2023

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Hank Rishel

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…

3 min readJan 3, 2023

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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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