The Electoral College role in presidential elections
An overview of how the Electoral College works its checks and balances. It explains state reliance on senators and representatives, electors meeting in December, and the January Congress vote count. It notes advantages such as regional representation and safeguards, plus criticisms like third party discouragement and potential deadlock.
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District of Columbia
Senate
United States
Congress
America
House of Representatives
George Bush
al Gore
West Virginia
Ross Perot
Public Forum address and fax line listed
The Odessa American provides a Public Forum contact option with a mailing address at P O Box 2952 Odessa Texas and a fax number 915 333 7742 for reader submissions. It also notes an online address onletters at link.freedom.com for electronic comments to the OA.
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Public Forum
Odessa
Link
Freedom
Rent control facts and tenant competition rise
Thomas Lowell argues rent control fails under empirical scrutiny as cities face housing declines. He notes political choices dodge hard data, cites economists Lott and Kleck on gun control, and says rational outcomes depend on tenant competition rather than landlord greed. Lowell situates the piece with Hoover Institution insight.
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Foster City
Calif
United States
John Lott
Yale
Gary Kleck
Florida State
Bush
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Drug war failure calls for outside leadership
Stephen Chapman argues the American Drug War has failed after two decades. He notes rising costs, prison growth, and rising drug use while major party nominees Gore and Bush offer the same failed approach. He cites Nadelmann and Browne as outsiders with sharper critiques.
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Vietnam
Gore
Bush
Ethan Nadelmann
Lindesmith Center
Drug Policy Foundation
New York
America
George W. Bush
al Gore
National Organization For the Reform of
White House
Chapman
The
Chicago Tribune
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Dunigan’s People
Bit Salter Publisher
Joan Kerr
Ken Broonas
Thomas Lowell
Stephen Chapman
Harry Browne
Libertarian Party
Browne
Ralph Nader
Nader
Lallard
Lillmore
By Bruce Tinsley
Gott
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