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On cue, Virginia punts on redistricting reform
Virginia’s legislative attempt to address gerrymandering came to its expected futile end May 18 when Democratic Governor Ralph Northam vetoed a bill that would have made minor changes in the criteria the (for now) GOP-controlled General Assembly must use to … Continue reading
Posted in gerrymandering, Obamacare, Uncategorized, Virginia legislature
Tagged gerrymandering, Medicaid
In the afterglow
Reflections on a short trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
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A few days in southern Utah . . .
. . . where a piece of the Trump administration’s environmental agenda is playing out, and where hordes of Americans (and foreigners) can’t get enough of the West. Fiery Furnace is a mind game
Posted in environment, National Park Service, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, Environment
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Thoughts on visionaries
Linked from my other site: Ruminations on Rambling: Glimpes of genius in the Permian Basin
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Traveling the U.S.A.
I am traveling the country for two months, but politics is never far from my mind. See my other site, generally devoted to thoughts about bicycling, but in this case travels without Charlie: Temporary border in the Big Ben … Continue reading
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That fantasy about the Second Amendment
I keep seeing these fairy tales about the origins of the Second Amendment — that its purpose was to guard against the tyranny of the government by enshrining an individual’s right to own a gun. The Constitution was ratified in reaction to … Continue reading
Posted in Bill of Rights, James Madison, U.S. Constitution, Uncategorized
Tagged Bill of Rights, gun control, Second Amendment
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Anniversary of a call to citizenship
Fifty-five years ago this week, I woke up in Arlington for the first time, a four-year-old transplanted from Texas. Upon finishing law school in Austin, my dad had answered Kennedy’s call, “Ask what you can do for your country,” and … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Congress, U.S. Constitution, Uncategorized
Tagged John Kennedy
