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The presidential elector system is an anachronistic vestige of aristocratic attitudes, both undemocratic and easily manipulated. Its survival until 2013 reflects the power of inertia and founder worship. We should change it. Recent legislative proposals in Virginia and Pennsylvania remind us that the elector system defeats fundamental principles of democracy. Republicans in both states have proposed abandoning the winner-take-all format for choosing electors, where all of the state's electoral votes

don't have any faith,' I wrote to Owen. 'Well—don't you see—that's a part of what makes me so indecisive. I wait to see what will happen next—because I don't believe that anything I might decide to do would matter. You know Hardy's poem…I believe in "Crass Casualty"—in chance, in luck. That's what I mean. You see? What good does it do to make whatever decision you're talking about? What good does courage do—when what happens next is up for grabs?' The Finger, p. 504. • NOTHING BEARS OUT IN PRACTICE

By most accounts, David Mackenzie‘s Hell Or High Water gives us a film that works as a heist film, an action movie, a suspense/thriller, a modern-day Western, even a dark comedy in key moments. It’s a little bit of everything we love about the movies and that lends it great and lasting appeal. For those who have not seen the film, we essentially have two sets of men seeking redemption for different reasons. A set of brothers, played by Chris Pine and Ben Foster, are desperately trying to save a

victims rather than the victors they were created to be. While all children are blessed with their own minds, talents, and the ability to grow and mature into adults, they must make a way for themselves in a world overwrought with sex, violence, and crass materialism. Because of this, they are handed low self-esteems, broken dreams, and false hopes in the place of options, opportunities, and hope in a better future. Therefore, the purpose of an education is to restore these things into the community

BANKSY ARTIST Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humor with graffiti done in a distinctive stenciling technique. Such artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world. Known for his contempt for the government in labeling graffiti as vandalism, Banksy displays his art on public surfaces

Limit Firearms? I understand that people want to create more limitations to access firearms because they are associated with suicide rates. However, I feel as if this viewpoint is focused on the emotional aspect of the situation, not from a factual standpoint. What people tend to ignore is that by limiting access to firearms will not change a person’s motivation to want to end their life. They will merely find another route. To an extent, creating more limitations on firearms could help, but I do

reduction in welfare (state provisions and protection), privatized and outsourced public goods, regressive tax and removal of tariffs and end of wealth distribution (28). She suggests that such policies result four major effects: intensified inequality, crass or unethical commercialization, growing relationship between corporate and financial capital with the state and economic havoc (Brown 28-30). Effects of

Informal language forms a cohesion between Australians, as a marker of in-group membership and cultural identity, and may also play a role in establishing authority and social distance. The Prime Minister, as representative of the people, often utilises informal lexemes and slang as persuasive techniques to reduce social distance between himself and the working class. This establishes a sense of intimacy and equality. On the other hand, typical Australians thoroughly overuse profanity and colloquialisms

Joe Biden, if he were to run, would likely be the most qualified candidate for the Presidency. With thirty-six years in the Senate, and eight years as Vice President, he would appear to be ready for the highest position in the land. Yet, he still needs to make sure that he has the right breadth of support to try for such a run. Union support is vital for almost any Democratic Presidential candidate, as unions are a key interest group of the party. Biden knows that he would not have a chance of succeeding

Primary Source: “ASS SHOT” In 2005, the first issue of the series All Star Batman And Robin, the Boy Wonder by author Frank Miller and illustrator Jim Lee was published by DC Comics. In this initial installment, Batman/Bruce Wayne’s main love interest, the red-headed and curvaceous Vicki Vale, is introduced in a sequence in which she walks around her apartment wearing only pink lingerie and high heels. One panel of the sequence is, noticeably, a close-up of Vale’s buttocks in tight underwear (Miller