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MAC’S KORNER: Crossing tracks and crossing hearts

After a tiring day, a railroad commuter settled down in her seat and closed her eyes. As the train rolled out of the station, the guy sitting next to her pulled out his cellphone and started talking in a loud voice. "Hi, sweetheart, it's Eric. I'm on the train. Yes, I know it's the 6:30 and not the 4:30, but I had a long meeting." "No, honey, not with that blonde from accounting. It was with the boss." "No, sweetheart, […]

todayNovember 14, 2020 34

Libertarian Ricky Harrington U.S. Senate

Decision 2020

EDITORIAL: Ark. U.S. Senate debate was the Harrington show due to Cotton no-show

Arkansas registered voters and Libertarians all over this country got to see a rare spectacle in politics Wednesday night. The spectacle: a one-man debate involving a Libertarian challenger to the current sitting Republican. That Republican, Tom Cotton, decided to decline and then no-show. That's right. For an entire hour and then roughly 15 minutes afterward for a press conference, the Arkansas PBS debate was the Ricky Dale Harrington, Jr. show. The lone opponent has grown to be a threat to […]

todayOctober 15, 2020 133

Columnists

Rix Quinn’s Minute Story: Football’s most important player

EDITOR NOTE: This column is making a return due to slow news cycles. What’s the most important position on a football team? I vote for the center. Some pay more attention to the quarterback or running backs, but without the center, they’d just be standing around. The center starts each play. Although his primary job is to snap the ball to the quarterback, his first mission is to watch how the defense lines up. And if he sees something he […]

todayOctober 4, 2020 57

Decision 2020

EDITORIAL: It’s time to push election code reforms in 2021 for Illinois

Illinois is not foreign to ridiculous election laws. As a matter of fact, they have the second-worst and second-most restrictive ballot access laws in the nation, second to Tennessee. Allow me to elaborate. Illinois v. Tennessee regarding ballot access laws In a normal election year, Illinois and Tennessee would require third-party candidates to collect ridiculous amounts of petition signatures to make the general election ballot. In Illinois, there is a 1% requirement based on the overall vote from the largest statewide […]

todaySeptember 30, 2020 49

Commentary

MORRIS: Won’t lose any sleep voting for Libertarian Donald Rainwater in Indiana

I’m thinking of doing something different in the gubernatorial election. Some will say I would be wasting my vote. The same temptation teased me in the 2016 presidential election. Disgusted that our political process delivered the two worst candidates imaginable in Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, I flirted with the idea of going third party or simply staying home and not voting at all. In the end, I resisted the urge. Giving serious thought to voting for Rainwater It was […]

todaySeptember 30, 2020 64

Decision 2020

OP-ED: 21 ways why supporting the political establishment is WORSE than voting third-party

The vote-shaming engines have predictably kicked into high gear in America as the presidential election approaches, with shitlib pundits like Bill Maher doing their part to paint third-party voters as the most toxic people in the world. Which is of course ridiculous. I have no strong opinions about how Americans should vote in November, but it’s obvious that in terms of toxicity third-party voters are not on the list of people who are worthy of criticism. The dire situation humanity now finds […]

todaySeptember 28, 2020 44

Decision 2020

O’DELL: Don’t waste your vote on a Democrat or a Republican this November

Another election is quickly approaching us within the next 100 days. Once again, the Democrats and Republicans have presented their constituents with (arguably) the two most polarizing options possible. In 2020, that comes in the form of incumbent "Republican" Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. Surely, it is going to be overwhelming for voters to watch candidates publish radio and television ad hominem attacks rather than debating relevant talking points. However, your voting options do not have limitations with these […]

todaySeptember 13, 2020 66

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Commentary

EDITORIAL: Wake Forest online editorial sure sounds like it’s bashing third-party voters

An editorial published Thursday morning in Wake Forest University's Old Gold & Black newspaper 'Third party voting minimizes electoral impact' surely appears to be attacking voters of third-party candidates. Let's go through this editorial hit piece by Alexandra Karlinchak paragraph by paragraph, shall we? Trump and Biden are part of the problem, not the solution With only 54 days until the 2020 election, tensions around the country are running at an all-time high. There is a lot at stake for a […]

todaySeptember 10, 2020 114

Columnists

Bruges: Pickled in Gothic

With a smile, the friendly shopkeeper hands me a pharaoh's head and two hedgehogs. Happily sucking the liquor out of a hedgehog, I walk out of the small chocolate shop with a €3 assortment of Bruges' best pralines — chocolate treats with sweet fillings. Belgian chocolate is considered Europe's finest. And in Bruges, locals boast that their chocolate is the best in Belgium. I'm always tempted by the treats in display windows throughout town. Godiva's chocolate is thought to be […]

todayAugust 30, 2020 57

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