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A Trouble of the Modern Age: The Kessler Syndrome

April 12, 2009
By Daniel Downs

The Kessler Syndrome: What is it? How could it threaten our political stability and human rights? How could it threaten humanity?
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Vote Early and Vote Often: The Genius of the Obama Campaign’s use of Text Messaging and Other Forms of Mass Communication

August 31, 2008
By Daniel Downs

The origin of the phrase “Vote Early and Vote Often” is usually attributed to Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson, a highly corrupt Republican politician who ruled the city from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1931 to 1935. The phrase itself described how political partisans could easily game the democratic voting process. As verifying...
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