Katherine Emily·Jan 7, 2021Storming of Capitol Evokes Horrors of French Revolution, Not Ideals of American RevolutionCertain members of the right-wing media, who don’t deserve even the attention condemnation would bring, reacted quickly to Wednesday’s…
Katherine Emily·Dec 15, 2020Competing Theories of Life Can CoexistFrom federalism to representation in Congress, America was designed to promote pluralism.
Katherine Emily·Dec 11, 2020Democracy Looks Like Trump’s Baseless Certainty He Will Win the 2020 ElectionIn the vernacular, democracy conjures up vision of government that rules in accordance with the will of the people. Morality in the…
Katherine Emily·Dec 2, 2020No, Section 230 Doesn’t Undermine Election IntegrityContent moderation can’t suppress information freely available on other parts of the internet or prevent people from evaluating the…
Katherine Emily·Nov 20, 2020Why Trump’s Refusal To Accept The Election Results Can’t Be DismissedPoliticians’ attitudes help move public opinion. Public policy often follows. Rhetoric, therefore, that isn’t followed by executive action…
Katherine Emily·Nov 9, 20202016, 2020, and the Rise and Fall of the Blue WallAn ideological shift, not in the electorate but in Republican party messaging, might explain why the blue wall went red in 2016.
Katherine Emily·Nov 3, 2020Don’t Put Too Much Emphasis on VotingIt’s one of many forms of civic participation.
Katherine Emily·Oct 23, 2020The 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…
Katherine Emily·Aug 21, 2020How Qualified Immunity Perverts Natural RightsThe point of inalienable rights is that they exist independent of the acknowledgement of formal governing bodies. Governing bodies may…A response icon1A response icon1
Katherine Emily·Aug 17, 2020Ballot Access for Third-Parties Is An Election Security IssueConcerns about election integrity are understandably at the forefront of 2020 election discourse.