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It is not simply a matter of big money in politics. There is big money in all of American life. The more pervasive problem is that we now have self-interested political institutions — the parties — that are considered “too big to fail.” Are we supposed to protect them and their refusal to share power with the people at all costs?

Independent Voter does not mean Moderate
June 7, 2011

Pew Research Center released a survey last month which was encouragingly called "Beyond Red vs. Blue." Encouraging, that is, for the growing number of Americans eager to find a way out of the partisanship which has come to dominate public policy ...

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Fulani Espouses the Mantra of ‘Two Good Choices’
April 12, 2011

Tuesday at the Alhambra Ballroom in Harlem, Dr. Lenora Fulani held a news conference to recommend what she felt were the two best choices for New York State governor.

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Democracy and the Institutions of Democracy
February 22, 2011

The first set of demands made by the people of Egypt after Mubarak stepped aside was that the army suspend the constitution and dissolve parliament. At the same time the punditry here in the U.S. are saying that in order for the Egyptian revolution to...

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What Obama’s Tax Package Means to Independents
December 8, 2010

“If President Obama wants to rebuild his standing with independent voters, the compromise tax package is a small step, mainly because it shows he’s willing to take on his own party,”

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