November 8th: Four Key Factors for the Armchair Strategist

Date: 31 Aug 2016 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Two months to elections and counting. Americans will be voting for the entire House, a third of the Senate and the President, as well as all members of state legislative lower houses and usually half of their state senators. It may be an historic election, an election in which many states will be operating under rules … Read More

On Liberty and Security Democrats and Republicans Drastically Differ

Date: 18 Jun 2013 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The gridlock that plagues Washington leads many, fairly or unfairly, to lump together the two parties and declare a pox on both their houses.  But most state governments are not gridlocked. Just the opposite.  In almost two thirds one party controls both legislative houses (Nebraska has a unicameral legislature) and the governorship:  Republicans 20, Democrats 13. … Read More