The Green Party
My first exposure to third parties in American politics was hearing about this guy called Ralph Nader. According to my parents, Nader “keeps running for president again and again but never wins.” I...
View ArticleThe Speech Never Given
American history is filled with awe-inspiring speeches. They include Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, MLK’s “I Have a Dream,” Patrick Henry’s “Give me Liberty or give me Death,’ and countless others. But...
View ArticlePencils Down: Assessing the Impact of High-Stakes Testing
On February 26th I attended a public deliberation at Webster’s Cafe entitled Pencils Down: Assessing the Impact of High-Stakes Testing. The deliberation was hosted by members of Cynthia Mazzant’s...
View ArticleMars (N)one
Once upon a time, national governments were the only entities that possessed the funding and resources needed to undertake missions into space. But with the advent of private companies such as Virgin...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Party
The Libertarian Party is currently the largest third party in U.S. politics with more than 250,000 registered voters and 144 elected officials [1]. Webster’s dictionary defines a libertarian as a...
View ArticleHeads Up
“We didn’t see this thing coming?” “Well, our object collision budget’s a million dollars, that allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and beg’n your pardon sir, but it’s a big-ass sky.” – Armageddon,...
View ArticleThe Tea Party
This week I am going to discuss the Tea Party, which is technically a political movement rather than a unified 3rd party. However, over 10% of Americans identify as a member of the Tea Party, so I...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Sacrifice
“If we are to send people, it must be for a very good reason – and with a realistic understanding that almost certainly we will lose lives. Astronauts and Cosmonauts have always understood this....
View ArticleSpace is the Place
“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some...
View ArticleThe Constitution Party
Currently there are only three American third parties that boast membership over 75,000.The Green Party and Libertarian Party were already discussed in earlier posts, but we still have one left to...
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