Tag Archives: democracy
Does your one vote have any power?
I don’t know if you remember what happened in one Virginia state legislative race last year. I’ll never forget it because it came down to a single vote. One vote, from one person. That one person marked his ballot so … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 presidential campaign, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged democracy, Shelly Simonds, Virginia elections, voting
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Why a lot of pundits do not understand our government
And why we do better at this than they do. Because we’re not pundits. We are voters. As one of us, I vote for a representative in the House and for two senators. Pundits who live and work in Washington, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Congress, democracy, elections, House of Representatives, our government, political punditry, the Senate, Washington DC unrepresented
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When my dad penetrated the Kremlin
My father, Nate Fein, died in 1988, mostly of emphysema. He’d smoked most of his life, since he was 7 years old. Before I was born, he was a writer, often of political satire. And perhaps because his parents had … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics
Tagged democracy, democratic voting, politics
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