Writings by Topic: Voting and elections
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Publication |
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| A GOP senator joins the anti-Citizens United chorus |
The Boston Globe |
November 5, 2023 |
| Felons are locked up for a reason, and it isn't so they can vote |
The Boston Globe |
April 19, 2023 |
| Undeclaring the state of emergency |
Arguable |
January 31, 2023 |
| Too young to rent? You're too young to vote. |
The Boston Globe / Arguable |
January 27, 2023 |
| When 'whataboutism' is appropriate |
The Boston Globe |
January 15, 2023 |
| What makes a good citizen? |
The Boston Globe |
November 23, 2022 |
| The election's biggest winner? Incumbency. |
The Boston Globe |
November 10, 2022 |
| 'Jim Crow 2.0′ was the lie of the year |
The Boston Globe |
November 2, 2022 |
| Why taxpayers shouldn't pay for primary elections |
The Boston Globe |
August 10, 2022 |
| Country before party. GOP before Trump. |
The Boston Globe |
July 20, 2022 |
| 'Great replacement' theories, as old as America, have always been nonsense |
The Boston Globe |
June 1, 2022 |
| Georgia voters expose the 'Jim Crow' smear as a lie |
The Boston Globe |
May 25, 2022 |
| The Constitution protects your right to vote — and your right not to |
The Boston Globe |
April 27, 2022 |
| A pistol aimed at NATO's flank |
Arguable |
February 28, 2022 |
| Voting is for citizens |
The Boston Globe |
December 22, 2021 |
| It's not the government's job to turn Americans into voters |
Divided We Fall |
July 18, 2021 |
| The political myth that demography is destiny |
The Boston Globe |
June 13, 2021 |
| A jewel in the crown of California's democracy |
The Boston Globe |
May 2, 2021 |
| Jim Crow was a horror. Don't trivialize it |
Arguable |
April 12, 2021 |
| The most important election (since the last election) |
The Boston Globe |
October 14, 2020 |
| How not to squander your vote |
The Boston Globe |
October 4, 2020 |
| Ranked choice is the wrong choice |
The Boston Globe |
September 20, 2020 |
| The Kennedy dynasty (finally) wears out its welcome |
The Boston Globe |
September 6, 2020 |
| Why I'm not going postal |
The Boston Globe |
August 23, 2020 |
| Voting is a privilege that prisoners rightly forfeit |
The Boston Globe |
July 23, 2020 |
| Arguable: Vote in haste, repent at leisure |
Arguable |
February 24, 2020 |
| Should it be illegal to sit out an election? |
The Boston Globe |
February 12, 2020 |
| How Israelis could benefit from US-style politics |
The Boston Globe |
September 25, 2019 |
| Statehood for DC? That's a nonstarter |
The Boston Globe |
August 11, 2019 |
| How Democrats and Republicans rig the rules against independents |
The Boston Globe |
July 17, 2019 |
| Those imprisoned for breaking laws should have no say in making laws |
The Boston Globe |
April 17, 2019 |
| Lower the voting age? Let's raise it instead |
The Boston Globe |
March 17, 2019 |
| Why the 'excellent' Electoral College is well worth keeping |
The Boston Globe |
March 13, 2019 |
| Voter ID laws aren't worth fighting over |
The Boston Globe |
February 21, 2019 |
| Break the Iowa/New Hampshire duopoly |
The Boston Globe |
December 6, 2018 |
| Collins falsely cries 'bribery!' in crowdfunded political theater |
The Boston Globe |
September 19, 2018 |
| Want to fire your congressman? There's a fund for that |
The Boston Globe |
May 20, 2018 |
| Registering to vote should be your choice, not the state's |
The Boston Globe |
March 28, 2018 |
| Voter suppression? Alabama election exposed a myth |
The Boston Globe |
December 31, 2017 |
| Abusive gerrymandering can be stopped, but not by judges |
The Boston Globe |
October 4, 2017 |
| What experts predict, reality will contradict |
The Boston Globe |
January 1, 2017 |
| In defense of the Electoral College |
The Boston Globe |
November 16, 2016 |
| In an election about character, Trump and Clinton are beyond the pale |
The Boston Globe |
September 30, 2016 |
| On Election Day, it's OK not to vote. Really. |
The Boston Globe |
September 10, 2016 |
| Three prescriptions for a shorter campaign |
The Boston Globe |
September 7, 2016 |
| Campaigns so long they make children cry |
The Boston Globe |
August 31, 2016 |
| Vote early, vote foolish |
The Boston Globe |
March 15, 2016 |
| The president without a party |
The Boston Globe |
February 14, 2016 |
| Make redistricting better by making it color-blind |
The Boston Globe |
October 21, 2015 |
| It's Election 'Day' for a reason |
The Boston Globe |
March 22, 2015 |
| Campaign contributions and double standards |
The Boston Globe |
March 15, 2015 |
| White racism has all but disappeared from US politics |
The Boston Globe |
January 4, 2015 |
| A logic gap on the 'gender gap' |
The Boston Globe |
October 15, 2014 |
| Don't count on an election-day tsunami |
The Boston Globe |
September 14, 2014 |
| An 'LBJ law' for Kentucky? |
The Boston Globe |
September 7, 2014 |
| Thad Cochran's voting-rights victory |
The Boston Globe |
June 29, 2014 |
| How political insiders control the ballot |
The Boston Globe |
May 21, 2014 |
| Still obsessed with Citizens United |
The Boston Globe |
February 27, 2013 |
| Gay marriage at the ballot box |
The Boston Globe |
November 14, 2012 |
| Voting is a right, not a duty |
The Boston Globe |
October 28, 2012 |
| Why should Massachusetts beg anyone to vote? |
The Boston Globe |
August 12, 2012 |
| A 'referendum' on Romney |
The Boston Globe |
January 7, 2012 |
| The 'big dog' of campaign spending |
The Boston Globe |
October 30, 2010 |
| What public-sector unions have wrought |
Commentary |
October 2010 |
| Electoral College bypassers should be careful what they wish for |
The Boston Globe |
August 1, 2010 |
| Musings, random and otherwise |
The Boston Globe |
June 13, 2010 |
| 'The freedom to think for ourselves' |
The Boston Globe |
January 24, 2010 |
| Cradle of democracy? |
The Boston Globe |
March 18, 2009 |
| A vote for voting on Election Day |
The Boston Globe |
October 12, 2008 |
| The brilliance of the Electoral College |
The Boston Globe |
July 16, 2008 |
| The mystery in the voting booth |
The Boston Globe |
February 6, 2008 |
| Power to the people |
The Boston Globe |
February 20, 2005 |
| Why did we bother to vote? |
The Boston Globe |
November 3, 2004 |
| The gerrymandering scandal |
The Boston Globe |
August 5, 2004 |
| Voting devalued: from ballot box to mailbox in Oregon |
The Boston Globe |
October 26, 1998 |
| Question 2: An insult to honest politics |
The Boston Globe |
October 1, 1998 |
| The sky didn't fall on black congressional candidates |
The Boston Globe |
November 21, 1996 |
| 'Motor voter' dumbs down democracy |
The Boston Globe |
November 12, 1996 |
| Rejoice, conservatives: You carried the day |
The Boston Globe |
November 7, 1996 |
| Making it too easy to vote |
The Boston Globe |
July 18, 1996 |
| At least Israel puts it to a vote |
The Boston Globe |
June 4, 1996 |
| Elections by mail? Here's a no vote |
The Boston Globe |
February 1, 1996 |
| A third-party president? Forget it |
The Boston Globe |
September 5, 1995 |
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