Arizona’s Polling Places Could Use Spring Training
This Tuesday (technically Wednesday morning) in Arizona, Aracely Calderon did not get to cast her ballot until 12:12 am. At first that sounds cool, like the Grand Canyon state instituted a voting version of midnight disco bowling. But that wasn’t the case. Ms. Calderon got in line before the polls closed at 7pm and had…
Maybe it Takes Chaos for People to Care
This presidential election is crazy. American politics is supposed to be a civil and moderate affair. Name calling, socialists, nationalists, street fights and silencing of opponents was stuff that happened in Europe, but not on this side of the Atlantic. I don’t know if we are ever going to get our old system back. Yes,…
Presidential Candidate & Marijuana
Super Tuesday and Super Saturday have come to pass, Michigan has cast their ballots, even the Democrats Abroad have made their voices heard; but neither party has settled on a candidate. Donald Trump currently has a 90 delegate lead over his closest competitor Ted Cruz, while Hillary Clinton holds a 205 pledged delegate lead over…
The FIGHT To Vote
Last week I realized just how much I take the right to vote for granted. Not just that I’ve missed an election or two, but I always assumed that as a white man I could take a time machine to any November in American history and vote. Of course that is assuming I brought the…
House of Cards & Super Tuesday
Season 4 of the political thriller House of Cards goes live on Netflix this week. I love that show. Like probably too much. When Season 3 dropped I cleared my schedule, drove out to my friend’s place in Jersey and binge-watched the whole season start to finish in one sitting. Despite my love for the…
Our Presidential Primary System Sucks
The HeadCount blog is an open forum where all opinions are welcome. The subsequent commentary reflects only the views of the author and not of the HeadCount organization. Anyone wishing to write for the HeadCount blog, with any viewpoint, may do so by emailing [email protected]. We’re now a couple weeks 2016 primary season and here’s the real tally…
Apple, the FBI, and Music: An Interview With TechFreedom’s Evan Swarztrauber
Thanks to a public letter this week from Apple CEO Tim Cook to the FBI, the question of how much ‘Silicon Valley’ should cooperate with law enforcement agencies has migrated from the wonky tech world to mainstream news and water-cooler discussions. To learn more about issues of encryption and Tim Cook’s letter we sat down…
The Road to 2016: Music Video Edition
Bernie Sanders dropped a music video/campaign ad to Simon and Garfunkel’s “America” and people love it. Personally I think Paul Simon’s video for “You Can Call Me Al” featuring Chevy Chase is more entertaining. Yes, it’s nice to see a political ad with uplifting music, no negativity, and shots of Americans working and living together….
The Road to 2016: Baseball and Momentum
It is hard not to view campaign politics through the lens of sports. There are winners. There are losers. There are TV pundits who have no clue what they are talking about. And there are 24 hour TV stations dedicated to both. I would love to be the brilliant writer that came up with a…
Here Are My ‘New York Values’
“I think most people know exactly what ‘New York values’ are… the values in New York City are socially liberal, are pro-abortion, are pro-gay-marriage, focused around money and the media.” – Ted Cruz ‘New York Values,’ What could that mean? I think in some ways, Ted Cruz is right, New York has distinct values. I’d say…