• Integrity and the Mail In Ballot
    I guess I’m amazed by how little the American people know about how their own voting systems work. Over the past couple of weeks (August 2020), as Donald Trump has attacked the mail-in voting system, I’ve had to investigate, report, and explain mail in ballots to hundreds of people on Quora. It’s pretty routine now.…
  • Where in the constitution does it say voting should be as convenient as possible?
    The constitution does not require us to make voting “as convenient as possible,” but the constitution does put some restrictions on how difficult a State may make it to vote.
  • Why this M4A supporter is voting for Biden
    There is no doubt that Biden does not support Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare For All” plan. It is a specific bill, introduced into Congress, by Bernie Sanders that establishes the US federal government as the one and only medical insurance company for all Americans. Similar to the systems of Northern Europe and Canada, Medicare for All…
  • Biden abridged
    It’s campaign season as I write this. There’s 100 days until the 2020 election. The Coronavirus pandemic is in full swing and thousands of a Americans are dying every day, in large part because of the incompetency of Donald Trump. He’s responded by stoking violent protests and sending in federal unmarked troops into Portland, Seattle,…
  • Proposals for constitutional amendments
    A number of years ago, I ran across a book published by one of the Republican publishers listing out a number of constitutional amendments that the far right would like to see made. In that spirit, as I think of various amendments to the US constitution that I think would be useful or necessary, I’ll…
  • Could any other US president have done better with the pandemic?
    As many of you may know, I’m active on Quora. I frequently answer questions about the Coronavirus pandemic. That’s not because I’m a virologist or a doctor. It’s because I can read and understand the medical literature and can explain it to others. There are many questions that come up related to a central theme:…