With all the recent talk about how a Ron Paul victory in Iowa would ensure the demise of that state's "First in the Nation" status, we must ask ourselves "Which states, then, should go first in 2016?"

Let's start by answering "Which states should have gone first in 2012?"

The...

After two viewings of -- and some reflection on -- X-Men: First Class, I've come to the conclusion that the moral to its story is:

"Don't be careless with your queens."

Below are my points, which are riddled with *SPOILERS*:

Dr. Klaus Schmidt (aka Sebastian Shaw, aka the Black King)...

So Election 2010 is upon us. Have you made your Wish List? Well, here's mine.

Upon reading this, most of my Blue friends will think I've gone Red, and many of my Red friends will think that I'm still Blue at heart. Being that I am actually now a marbled...

Madame Secretary Clinton,

It's time for you to save your party -- and your country -- from Barack Obama.

You have been doing a remarkable job as Secretary of State, but now we need you as the new head of the Democratic Party ... and as our next President of...

The Indiana Assembly is starting to get the right idea:

Not only should Indiana consider moving up its place in the primary calendar, but they should consider challenging Iowa's primacy by going *before* Iowa. If enough states join them (namely states such as Missouri, Montana,...

It has already begun. Bobby Jindal has begun the process of pandering to the upcoming, 2012 cycle of the "Iowa/New Hampshire Hostage Crisis."

This insanity must stop, and sooner than later.

Please contact your 2012 hopeful(s) of choice and tell them that the more they pander to Iowa and...

From December 2007 to March 2008, I wrote various drafts of a proposal on how our political parties -- starting in 2012 -- might adopt primary election procedures that would better serve our country in selecting presidential candidates. I originally drafted a hypothetical calendar for 2008, based on general election...

The minute the media outlets announced the Iowa Caucus for John Kerry in 2004, I knew what was in store for us that November -- another lofty Democrat would go on to lose the general election to the more approachable Republican.

Since its rise to prominence in 1972, Iowa has...

It was when the DNC's Rules & Bylaws Committee made its ruling on Michigan that Harriet Christian came into my life.

From a few rows behind me, her piercing, wizened, New York voice rang out through the awkward silences in the auditorium of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.

I wish...

Read the following linked pages carefully, as you might wrongly presume their greater meaning:

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...and:

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Now me:

The DNC has socially engineered delegate values to the point where those delegates no longer have any representational meaning.

Go ahead and forget who may or...

Below an open letter from Candy Elizabeth, administrator for FaceBook's "Hillary Clinton for President - One Million Strong," to "Dori," a FaceBook administrator:

Dear Dori,

I am deeply disappointed that Facebook has made no progess and has not even provided a timeline for action regarding the glitch in the "Hillary...

The Obama campaign and the mainstream media tell us that Hillary Clinton has been running a negative campaign. They insist that her continued presence in this race is damaging the Democratic Party. They have even taken to calling her the "Tonya Harding" of election strategists.

Have we all forgotten

An Open Letter to Senator John Edwards
from Will Bower

Dear Senator Edwards,

I am not writing to you that I might sing the praises of one candidate or condemn the actions of another. You already know the faults and merits of Senator Clinton and Senator Obama more intimately...

THERE SHAN'T BE BLOOD
An Outline to a Democratic Drama in 3 Acts

The Characters:

Former President James (Jimmy) Carter
Former Vice President Albert (Al) Gore
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid
Illinois Senator Barack H. Obama
Arizona Senator John S. McCain
New...

The system by which we choose our presidential candidates obviously is flawed.

The primary calendar we need most is one that is built on an orderly and rational plan -- one that is based on mathematics and on recent historical outcomes. This would provide for a more effective and equitable...