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Electoral College Critics: Ready to Reconsider Your Favorite Leaders?

October 21, 2024 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

US Constitution

Critics often bash the U.S. Electoral College as undemocratic, but is it really an outlier? This post argues that many advanced democracies—including those led by progressive icons like Trudeau and Ardern—also don’t elect their leaders through direct popular votes. Maybe it’s time to rethink our stance.

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: charles cooke, electoral college, jacinda ardern, justin trudeau

Unleashing New Zealand’s Potential and Suppressing Washington State’s—Lessons for Texas

June 17, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr 2 Comments

<This speech was delivered to the Dallas Chapter of the Bastiat Society on June 17, 2021> In 1847, French economist Frédéric Bastiat, this society’s namesake, published a facetious petition to the king now known as “The Right Hand and the Left”. In it he laid bare the fallacy of some of his contemporaries that if […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: australia, bastiat, Doug Myers, jacinda ardern, Jenny Durkan, Kshama Sawant, new zealand, New Zealand Business Roundtable, Ron Trotter, Stephen Jennings, washington state

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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