The right to vote is a rare thing in history. Sure, the Athenians had a short-lived democracy in the fifth century B.C. But for most people who have walked this earth, their lives have been ruled by some incarnation of kings, queens, warlords, czars, emperors, despots, tyrants, pharaohs, strongmen, presidents-for-life, and other assorted gangsters. It’s […]

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Voting is like getting a vaccination. Both voting and vaccinations require some inconvenience and a little pain — with one ultimately delivering a healthier populace and the other a healthier body politic. People who don’t vote often explain their ignoring the ballot box by arguing that their vote doesn’t matter. The explanation is similar to […]

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