Author: Ryan Radulovacki

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The Battle Hymn of the Oligarch
In the Zeitgeist

The Battle Hymn of the Oligarch

Image courtesy of Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer. The apocalypse had arrived. The New Hampshire Democratic primary was close, and the Iowa caucus an abject disaster. Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight ominously forecasted that…

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February 19, 2020
Change for the Better? The UK’s New Speaker
In the Zeitgeist

Change for the Better? The UK’s New Speaker

The US House of Representatives and Senate are as rife with bitter partisan division as any governmental system that exists in the world, yet decorum is sacrosanct. Members will politely address the chair to be recognized and are acknowledged with a sober, scripted response often read to the chair by the parliamentarian. The House of Commons in UK’s Parliament, however, is a different story.

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November 12, 2019