“Consider This!”, Episode 23

By: Doug Payton (Diary)  |  November 28th at 01:05 PM  | 

Back with more topics than I’ve ever squeezed into 10 minutes or less, “Consider This!” is back with a new episode. A friend of mine posted a graphic of Sen. Bernie Sanders with a quote from him extolling the results of Social Security, with the tag, “Social Security has done exactly what it was designed to do.” Well sure, in the short term, big government | Read More »

Why I Like the Electoral College (and Not National Popular Vote Interstate Compact)

By: Doug Payton (Diary)  |  July 30th at 01:03 PM  | 

I’ve come out in favor of the Electoral College before (see here).  Among other things, the EC ensures that Presidents get broad support as opposed to simply the most support, it gives minorities a bigger voice, and it makes vote fraud much more difficult.  See here for an FEC paper on the origins of the EC, and it makes for very informative reading, especially on | Read More »