by Christopher Willard PhD | Nov 17, 2018 | Articles, Politics
Following the Kavanaugh confirmation process, I was left with a persistent question: Why did large numbers of the electorate, especially voters who identified as independent, so strongly and publicly align with one of the two partisan positions? It was almost as...
by Graham J Noble | Nov 15, 2018 | Articles, Politics
James Madison was one of the three authors of the Federalist Papers and, later, the fourth president of the United States. In 1788, he wrote, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judicia[l] in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many … may...
by Tim Donner | Oct 31, 2018 | Articles, Politics
As usual, many an issue is animating voters in the run-up to midterm elections. President Trump and Republicans are touting the soaring economy and record low unemployment while maximizing the political opportunity presented by the migrant caravan to draw a sharp...
by Martin Walsh | Oct 24, 2018 | Articles, Politics
There’s a common theme among those who become part of the Heroes of the Resistance movement. Liberals often exploit people and weaponize their information – regardless of its validity – to levy cheap attacks against President Donald Trump. But once the attacks no...
by Sarah Cowgill | Oct 12, 2018 | Columns
It was homecoming weekend in Farmington, New Mexico. Former members from classes back to the 1960s migrated to the Four Corners to watch the Scorpions beat their rivals, the Rio Grande Ravens, in football, reminisce of their own glory days, and reunite with family....