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Author: Stephen Ward

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Deciding Who Ought to “Shut Up and Dribble”

April 20, 2018June 5, 2018 Stephen Ward 0 Comments free speech, laura ingraham, LeBron James, media

In one sense, free speech is the most free it’s ever been. For better and for worse, social media and

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To Slay the Gerrymander

March 28, 2018June 5, 2018 Stephen Ward 0 Comments gerrymander, gerrymandering, maryland, supreme court, United States, wisconsin

It was 206 years ago last month that the Boston Globe published its scathing denunciation of “a new species of

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Utah’s Marijuana Ballot Initiative – Debating Whether Weed Like It Legalized

March 16, 2018June 5, 2018 Stephen Ward 0 Comments ballot initiative, marijuana, Utah, weed

“Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country.” -Thomas Jefferson Americans have a long, mixed

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U.S. 

America’s Other Gun Problem

February 20, 2018June 5, 2018 Stephen Ward 0 Comments firearms, guns, reform, statistics, suicide, suicide prevention

What would you say the “average” death to gunfire in the United States looks like? Is it part of a

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Signatures and Caucuses: How “Count My Vote” is Slowly Changing Utah

February 10, 2018June 5, 2018 Stephen Ward 0 Comments caucus, count my vote, democracy, John Curtis, sb54, signatures, Utah

“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been

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U.S. World 

Tribes and Echo Chambers—How We Stopped Listening to Each Other

February 4, 2018June 5, 2018 Stephen Ward 0 Comments abraham lincoln, Donald Trump, echo chamber, james comey, PEW research, pizzagate, tribalism

The month was May 2017, and I was working as a summer intern in Washington D.C. for Utah Congressman Chris

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The Newly-Reforged Supreme Court

December 20, 2017December 28, 2017 Stephen Ward 0 Comments bill of rights, discrimination, first amendment, gerrymandering, judicial branch, neil gorsuch, state legislature, supreme court, United States

The last year has been relatively quiet for the U.S. Supreme Court. The death of Justice Antonin Scalia left the

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U.S. 

Susan Collins: Most Likely to Make You Wish You Had Ninety-Nine More of Her in the Senate (Alternatively: Perfect Attendance)

December 2, 2017December 16, 2017 Stephen Ward 0 Comments 2017 superlatives, bipartisan, congress, legislature, politician, politics, Senate, Susan Collins, United States, women in politics

She is one of the most popular politicians in the nation. She is described as “one of the last survivors

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Budget Reconciliation for Dummies (and Why You Should Care!)

November 21, 2017November 24, 2017 Stephen Ward 0 Comments budget, congress, reconciliation, things you might not know

It has been a great year for lovers of high-stakes political drama. The U.S. Senate in particular, where Republicans have

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World 

Face Off: War in Iraq – To Leave for Good, Stay for Now

November 16, 2017March 14, 2018 Stephen Ward 0 Comments foreign policy, intervention, Iraq, ISIS, military, politics, war

This article is part of a Face Off series. The opposing article, “Fly, you fools! U.S. Policy in Iraq,” can

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