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America Needs More Extremists: Confronting the Myth of Political Polarization

Post author By Trevor Whitney
Post date December 6, 2013
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The argument that America is in the stranglehold of widening, bitter political battles has become so prevalent that it is widely accepted as true. The problem, however, is that it’s not. Senate Democrats complained that President Obama’s appointments were being blocked by an “obstructionist” Republican minority- even though only 4 out of 1,560 Obama appointees […]

Tags anarchist, Democrats, extremists, partisan, political parties, political polarization, Republicans, socialist, Ted Cruz

Politics and Governance

Senator Ted Cruz Opens Tx Tribune Fest

Post author By Andy Uhler
Post date September 28, 2013
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The AT&T Conference Center on the UT Campus was packed to the gills Friday evening for the first keynote speaker of the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival: US Senator Ted Cruz. There was a line of more than 50 pissed-off donors, patrons, students, and at least one journalist waiting to get into the conference room in […]

Tags Affordable Care Act, Greg Abbott, immigration, Ted Cruz, Texas Tribune Festival