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Articles, Governmentcampaign finance, Congress, Democratic Party, electoral reform, House of Representatives, John Sarbanes, Katherine Gehl, Ken Buck, Lawrence Lessig, Newt Gingrich, reform, Republican Party, Ro Khanna, Senate, structural reform, US Congress

Congress in Crisis: Assessing Our Broken Branch, Pt. II

Nathan C. Smolensky0 Comments

How We Got Here, Why It's Getting Worse, & What We Can Do About It Editor’s Note: This is the second article in our two-part series on Congress. Part I…

Articles, GovernmentCongress, corruption, fundraising, House of Representatives, Justin Amash, Senate, Speaker of the House, The Swamp, United States

Congress in Crisis: Assessing Our Broken Branch, Pt. I

Nathan C. Smolensky1 Comment

Editor’s Note: This is the first article in our two-part series on Congress. This part discusses the issues currently causing the problems. Part II discusses how we got to this…

Articles, Sustainabilitycarbon emissions, coal, fuel, geothermal, hydroelectric power, innovations, nuclear energy, nuclear power, oil and gas, Paris Agreement, Paris Climate Agreement, solar power, wind

Whatever Happened to the Fuel of the Future?

Nathan C. Smolensky1 Comment

Listen to "Whatever Happened to the Fuel of the Future? by Nathan C. Smolensky" on Spreaker. On April 22nd of this year—Earth Day—US President Joe Biden played host to some…

Articles, Cryptocurrency, EconomicsBitcoin, Bitcoin Law, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrencies, El Salvador, IMF, President Nayib Bukele, World Bank

El Salvador Becomes the First Nation to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender – Here’s Why it Matters

Zachary Josephs0 Comments

Early in the morning of June 9th, a bill referred to as the Bitcoin Law passed through the Salvadorian congress with a supermajority of 64 out of 82 votes. Introduced…

Articles, Election Integrityalternative voting systems, democracy, first past the post, ranked choice voting, STAR, voting, voting systems

How Voting Systems Can Determine Our Future, Even More Than Votes

Vicky Lio and Stacia Wilson1 Comment

“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”—Abraham Lincoln Voting is the cornerstone of democracy. It allows each individual among millions to make their preferences heard in a quantifiable way. But…

Articles, HealthcareFDA, government subsidies, healthcare, medicine, monopolies, R&D, socialism

Diagnosing Rising Costs of American Healthcare

Stacia Wilson5 Comments

In many ways, we have the worst of both worlds. Our system … has the illusion of a free market and the illusion of regulated market with the apparent benefit…

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