Josh Benner

Tag: Voting

  • Abortion issues play a significant role in several states

    Alabama, Oregon, West Virginia. All three states had state ballot issues related to abortion. The ballot issue narrowly passed in West Virginia, soundly passed in Alabama and was soundly defeated in Oregon. The Alabama and West Virginia amendments  both included the phrase: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the…

  • Why Do You Vote How You Vote? And How Do You Know You’re Right? Why I Don’t Vote

    Photo Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons We live in a society that values rational, linear arguments. We like to hear arguments and opposing arguments. Based on those arguments, we form objective opinions. Right? I believe it’s the other way around. I think it is that we have opinions and then we adopt arguments that coincide…