A Citizen's Syllabus
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A Citizen's Syllabus

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A Citizen's Syllabus

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August 02, 2020

How Many Parties are Best?

August 02, 2020/ Andy Zehner
How Many Parties are Best?

The US is the only major nation in the world with a clear two-party system based on winner-take-all elections.

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August 02, 2020/ Andy Zehner/
election, Democrat, Republican, democracy, two-party, Constitution
March 25, 2020

Who's an oligarchy?

March 25, 2020/ Andy Zehner
Who's an oligarchy?

Desperate times call for desperate measures. But what happened overnight was not democracy in action.

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March 25, 2020/ Andy Zehner/
democracy, US Senate, McConnell, coronavirus, corona virus, legislative process

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A Citizen's Syllabus

“A truly robust civic education must encompass the full suite of aptitudes necessary for good citizenship. These include a grasp of the history and theory of democracy . . . and critical reasoning skills that help to distinguish true information from false. Other vital elements in good citizenship: a commitment to values such as tolerance and equality that provide standards against which to hold policymakers and policies to account, and a disposition directed toward cooperation and action.”

Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels


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