In recent elections, reform-minded Americans have had their usual doubts about the manifestly undemocratic and clunky Electoral College, and a completely new set of deep doubts have arisen about how accurately the electronic voting systems have recorded the wishes of voters. There has also been some justifiable concern about how partisan election officials have purged […]

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In the past year, concerns about the accuracy and integrity of computerized elections have entered the general consciousness and become accepted as serious. Issues that I addressed in the March 1, 2006, edition of the Spectator have since been written about in the national media, and the momentum has grown for legislative solutions to be found at the […]

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Springtime in January—“This is the life,” a woman on the beach tells her husband in a recent cartoon. “A cool drink, a good book, the warm sun.” “Buffalo in January,” her husband responds. Aside from the blizzards in Denver, this Christmas season felt more warm than white. And it only got hotter as the New […]

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The good news is that the report by the Iraq Study Group (ISG), entitled “The Way Forward: A New Approach,” has unleashed a public debate in the United States. Three out of four Americans responding to the latest USA Today/Gallup poll support its key policy recommendations. The bad news is that the bipartisan ISG, co-chaired by James Baker, […]

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Business as Usual for K Street—The arrival of a new Democratic Congress may bring an end to business as usual on Capitol Hill for big business. But it’s not really the end. Lobbyists on Washington’s K Street corridor are working overtime to convert old enemies into new friends. In the last days before the election, […]

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