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Entries by Jessica Levinson from 02/2011

Why Do So Few of Us Vote?

| Posted 02.06.2011 | Politics
Read More: Democracy, Electorate, State Representative, Voters, Politics, Voting, Election, Elected Officials, Politics News

Last week I arrived in the Los Angeles City Hall parking lot to visit a high-ranking, elected City official. When I told the parking attendant who I was there to see, she had absolutely no idea who I was talking about.

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We Should All Vote by Mail Because I Love Cauliflower Soup

| Posted 02.13.2011 | Politics
Read More: Politics News, Politics, California, Voter Turnout, Voters, Vote-by-Mail, Jerry Brown, Mail-in-Elections, Special Elections, Politics News

I love cauliflower soup, what is the problem? I love Cauliflower soup. I am not prone to hyperbole. I truly love it. I lose track of time when I'm ea...

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Why the Other Members of the SCOTUS Should Follow Justice Clarence Thomas' Lead (Sort of... )

| Posted 02.23.2011 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas, Politics, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Antonin Scalia, Politics News

Let's not ask or expect justices to take a vow of isolation when they take a seat on the highest court in the land. In fact, let's ask them to make sure they talk to people outside of those vaulted walls.

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