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Katherine Emily

Storming of Capitol Evokes Horrors of French Revolution, Not Ideals of American Revolution

Certain members of the right-wing media, who don’t deserve even the attention condemnation would bring, reacted quickly to Wednesday’s…

6 min readJan 7, 2021

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Storming of Capitol Evokes Horrors of French Revolution, Not Ideals of American Revolution

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Katherine Emily

Competing Theories of Life Can Coexist

From federalism to representation in Congress, America was designed to promote pluralism.

7 min readDec 15, 2020

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Competing Theories of Life Can Coexist

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Katherine Emily

Democracy Looks Like Trump’s Baseless Certainty He Will Win the 2020 Election

In the vernacular, democracy conjures up vision of government that rules in accordance with the will of the people. Morality in the…

5 min readDec 11, 2020

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Democracy Looks Like Trump’s Baseless Certainty He Will Win the 2020 Election

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Katherine Emily

No, Section 230 Doesn’t Undermine Election Integrity

Content moderation can’t suppress information freely available on other parts of the internet or prevent people from evaluating the…

6 min readDec 2, 2020

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No, Section 230 Doesn’t Undermine Election Integrity

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Katherine Emily

Why Trump’s Refusal To Accept The Election Results Can’t Be Dismissed

Politicians’ attitudes help move public opinion. Public policy often follows. Rhetoric, therefore, that isn’t followed by executive action…

5 min readNov 20, 2020

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Why Trump’s Refusal To Accept The Election Results Can’t Be Dismissed

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Katherine Emily

2016, 2020, and the Rise and Fall of the Blue Wall

An ideological shift, not in the electorate but in Republican party messaging, might explain why the blue wall went red in 2016.

5 min readNov 9, 2020

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2016, 2020, and the Rise and Fall of the Blue Wall

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Katherine Emily

Don’t Put Too Much Emphasis on Voting

It’s one of many forms of civic participation.

5 min readNov 3, 2020

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Don’t Put Too Much Emphasis on Voting

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Katherine Emily

The Third-Party Voting Dilemma: Principles or Strategy?

Third-party votes are often aimed at more strategic goals, like gaining state recognition for their party. But third-party voters tend to…

6 min readOct 23, 2020

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The Third-Party Voting Dilemma: Principles or Strategy?

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Katherine Emily

How Qualified Immunity Perverts Natural Rights

The point of inalienable rights is that they exist independent of the acknowledgement of formal governing bodies. Governing bodies may…

5 min readAug 21, 2020

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How Qualified Immunity Perverts Natural Rights

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Katherine Emily

Ballot Access for Third-Parties Is An Election Security Issue

Concerns about election integrity are understandably at the forefront of 2020 election discourse.

5 min readAug 17, 2020

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Ballot Access for Third-Parties Is An Election Security Issue

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Katherine Emily

Katherine Emily

Founder, The Subversive Scrivener. Writer. Thinker. Intransigent ideologue. Radical individualist. Talent fully developed is the highest moral good.

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