Articles Tagged with #voting
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2021, and what were the least?
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2020, and what were the least?
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Opaganda
The Law of the Instrument
More than 200 letters to the editor, op-eds, and editorials from newspapers across the US reveal a country divided on who should be allowed to vote.
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Eurozonia
As Arizona, So the Continent
That election saw the defeat of a right-wing coalition which, allied with the far-right Danish People’s Party, earned Denmark the label of the Arizona of Europe, due to...
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America, America, Burning Bright
Bright Inaugural Day, Washington
The U.S. presidential inauguration in January will be one for the ages. A hat tip to Langston Hughes.
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Spoofs & Satire
Transitioning
Two candidates are vying for the White House—as are their decorators. Planning for a January move-in date, both teams have ideas for ways to ensure a smooth handover.
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America, America, Burning Bright
The Well-Known Citizen
In spite of all the reporters crawling around Alaska, Gov. Palin remains unknown to the general public. Thanks to W.H. Auden.
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America, America, Burning Bright
The Republican Speaks of Jungles
The presidential election continues to bring forth policy promises and attempts at soul-bearing honesty.
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America, America, Burning Bright
Do Not Go Gentle
With primary season nearly over, the two remaining Democrats are each facing their own demons. Perhaps some poetry will be an inspiration?
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America, America, Burning Bright
We Not Cruel
Delegates, primaries, ads, and speeches, mean the campaign season is full of chaos and noise. Putting things in order—in iambic tetrameter, that is.
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America, America, Burning Bright
Coiffed Beast Saunters
Soaring rhetoric is getting the short straw this campaign season, so how about some pointed poesy?
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Spoofs & Satire
A President for Hill View Neighborhood Watch Like My Father
We need a president who welcomes responsibility, who can connect with people of all walks of life, and who will work to make our neighborhood great again.