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Current Events:  The US Needs More Immigrants.  My back-of-the-envelope says 4X more.
Attention immigration policy wonks and policy makers.  We’ll regret not doing something like this … and sooner rather than later.  US economic strength and prosperity depends on it.  Agree to a goal; this suggests 2M per year over the next 20 years. ...
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Current Events:  Voter Suppression in the Free State.
Last week, I voted by mail in the primary election.   Under Maryland’s outdated closed primary system, I was permitted to vote in the Democratic primary because I am a registered Democrat. With Maryland’s closed primaries, I am not permitted to vote in the Republican primary. ...
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Life & Living:  Guns.  Why risk it?  The numbers say you’re more likely to kill yourself.
On the news I saw that the Crumbley’s, husband and wife and parents of the school shooter who killed 4 classmates, were sentenced to 10-15 years in prison for manslaughter.  At the sentencing, they apologized. What struck me was how people associated with gun violence never...
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Current Events:  How Maryland Independents Can Vote in the Primary -- Hacking Maryland’s Out-of-Date Election System.
I highly recommend The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter. Reading their work and my other research made me an advocate for Open Primaries and Ranked Choice Voting. I’m a lifelong...