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Why We Need the Electoral College
The Electoral College has fallen out of favor ….. again. Not since 2000 have so many people felt that the democratic will of the people has been overridden by an anachronistic institution that must be replaced. But calls to abolish the Electoral College overlook three important features of an institution that serves to protect federalism,…
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“Telling It Like It Is”: The Alley’s “A Night With Janis Joplin” Rocks the House
A few years ago I saw “Love, Janis” at The Alley Theatre. It was one of the best things I had ever seen there, and I didn’t want it to end. The actress channeled Janis Joplin and her songs with aplomb, and it was one of the most successful runs in the history of…
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Mom The Theologian
Recently my sister passed along to me a curious artifact from the history of our family: one of our mother’s college blue book exams, dated November 26, 1946. The school is Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, Texas, now a university of the same name. The course is “Religion”. Virginia Cerna was then just nineteen years old–a…
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Are You Not Entertained?
Critics of Donald Trump have once again underestimated a candidate whose hallmark seems to be overcoming the odds. There’s a growing chance that when the sun comes up on January 21, 2017, President Trump may be seated in the oval office, bent on making American great again. Cruz and Kasich have conceded that neither can…
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