Election 2008

Now The Hard Part

Comment voulez-vous gouverner un pays qui a deux cent quarante-six variétés de fromage? Charles de Gaulle’s plaintive question — “How does one govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?” — is well considered in this time. History is painted heavy with the woeful tales of shattered nations. Yet while we …

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Youth Turnout Up, Decisive!

One objection that’s sometimes raised about youth voter pre-registration in the General Assembly is that young voters are apathetic, and they won’t take advantage of pre-registration even if we implement it. Since pre-registration would cost next to nothing, I’ve never understood what the point of this argument is. Especially since the data from Florida (where …

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Tonight

And also, too: The Liberty Elm. New additions: Downtown will be hopping: The Providence Black Rep is hosting One Nation Under a Groove. It’s a fundraiser too: $20, complimentary apps. Starts at 5pm, but if you really care about how the election goes, you should probably still be phone-banking then. Goes until close. Bravo is …

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The Other Campaign

We’re one week out from the Nov. 4 election and the polls are tightening. What once seemed like a sure thing, now looks in danger of slipping away. FiveThirtyEight.com is calling it a “toss-up.” I’m talking about California’s Proposition 8, a measure that would amend their state constitution and abolish over 11,000 same-sex marriages in …

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