We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way.

America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections.

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.

While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance.

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election outcome.

Beer soothes the upset soul.