Micah Tillman

I just got back from my local polling place. It was so much fun.
Fred Thompson is still on the ballot in Maryland. So I voted for Thompson. (*uproarious laughter*) But not only is Thompson on the ballot, you have to vote for delegates to the Convention separately.
Many of the delegates have their chosen candidate’s name [...]

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Now that Romney has dropped out, there’s no alternative to McCain.
This is all a very fascinating situation. I think the GOP is crumbling.
Looks like I’ll be voting for Congress this year and leaving the “President” box blank. Kind of fun, actually. There’s nothing like a good crisis over things you really care about to make [...]

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Current national democracies (in America, Britain, Iraq, etc.) depend on the concept of “representation.” To represent is to re-present, to make present (again).
We use the same word of pictures and attorneys.
A picture presents how a person is/was/looks/looked. It makes a person present (again) by embodying his/her appearance.
An attorney acts or speaks for a person. [...]

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Take the following headlines, for instance:
Democrats seek direction as 2008 polls loom
Republicans Welcome Rangel’s Tax Bill as Election-Year `Gift’
Comedian Colbert Reaches Double Digits As Third-Party Candidate
The difference between our “leaders” in Congress and Colbert is that people want to be like Colbert, and nobody wants to be like Congress.
What does Congress do, anyway? They [...]

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