The Big Sort : congressional districts

It's Time Now To Allow Politicians To Do Their Jobs

Bill Bishop — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:20:00 GMT

Anthropologist E.E. Evans-Prichard studied the Nuer, a pastoral people living in the Upper Nile region of Africa, herders who moved with their animals to the tune of the region's rivers. In flood times, Nuer tribes retreated to higher ground, and when...(read more)

Why House Members Aren't Supposed To Just "Vote Their Districts"

Bill Bishop — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:31:00 GMT

House members say phone calls are running 9-1 against the financial rescue bill, and that raises a question. If people really oppose the bill in those numbers—and there are signs they don't —shouldn't "representatives" vote that way? That was the practice...(read more)

Thirty Years and Three Reasons Congress Imploded

Bill Bishop — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:45:00 GMT

When leaders of the House looked around for a consensus to confront what they were convinced was a national emergency, consensus had left the room. There are plenty of stories about yesterday's tactical failings. But Monday's partisan collapse was also...(read more)