Will the Orphan Voters Show Up in Midterms?

“Orphan Voters” once routinely supported a political party, but have since abandoned any party allegiance, thereby rendering themselves non-partisan orphan voters. They differ from the ‘Independents’ who enjoy the flexibility of drifting with the wind to avoid alignment with any one political party.  Independents often self-identify as non-ideological thinkers. They enjoy being courted, and proudly …

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The Wisdom of a Seasoned War Correspondent

In the 1990’s, Steve Harrigan was an American student in Moscow when he asked CNN if they needed a translator. They did, and he was hired. He ended up in Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya, where he witnessed a precursor of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here’s what happened there: “The 1999–2000 battle of Grozny was the siege …

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