In most ways, the 2020 election served to underscore how contentious American politics are. Poring over the results, analysts have already begun emphasizing how highly polarized Americans are by metrics such as generation, gender, race, education and geography. Overlooked in this analysis is one important policy area where people appear…
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Biden and Trump’s Endorsements
As election day looms, it is worth looking at the collection of allies and supporters assembled for both campaigns. Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have managed to largely unify their parties’ lawmakers and traditional allies around their campaigns. The Biden campaign’s endorsements reflect the balancing of the two major…
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The Movement to Remove a Confederate Soldier Statue from Liberty
Erected in 1904, a monument of a nondescript Confederate soldier stands in the Fairview and New Hope Cemeteries in Liberty, Mo. Situated on an obelisk and etched onto the monument is a dedication to the memory of the Daughters of the Confederacy of Clay County. The obelisk features several etchings…
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Missouri’s Turbulent Gubernatorial Race
Among the decisions on the ballot this election cycle is the selection of a governor for Missouri. Four candidates are running for the position, Republican Mike Parson, Democrat Nicole Galloway, Libertarian Rik Combs and Jerome Bauer for the Green Party. As election day approaches polls show a tightening race for…
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Election Update: October 8
With more than two million ballots already cast, the tumultuous 2020 presidential election season is closing in on its final weeks. Though this entire race has been unconventional owing to a multitude factors including the pandemic, two recent events have further jolted the unprecedented race. On Sept. 29, President Donald…
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Opinion: Who should fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat?
On Aug. 18, the United States experienced a tremendous loss. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a feminist icon, key leader in the legal fight for women’s rights since the 1970s and a jurisprudential giant, died at age 87. Her death is unleashing a new fierce battle in an…
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Democratic primary race in a state of flux after chaotic Iowa Caucuses
A tumultuous and chaotic debacle at the Iowa Democratic Caucuses Feb. 3 has provoked much angst and grumbling within the Democratic Party, sown confusion into the presidential nomination race and placed the continuing preeminence of the Iowa Caucus under fire. Reforms enacted after the chaotic clash at the 1968 Democratic…
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The United States presence in the Middle East indicative of executive overreach
On Jan. 3, on the orders of the President of the United States, a drone strike assassinated Iranian General Quasem Soleimani and nine others at Baghdad’s International Airport in Iraq. The attack was conducted without explicit Congressional authorization and absent even notification of Congressional leaders such as House Speaker Nancy…
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Off-year elections deliver big wins for Democrats
November 2019 saw a number of states hold elections for local government. While Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Mississippi and New Jersey all held elections for state offices, Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi also held statewide elections – most prominently gubernatorial races. Though the off-year state-focused elections have come to be seen as…
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