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Is all Politics Local? Credit Claiming and the Quest for Reelection

Abstract: Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill is famous for his often-repeated claim that “all politics is local.” O’Neill believed that taking care of the concerns of one’s district ensured electoral success.  David Mayhew includes credit claiming—providing particularized benefits to the district, pejoratively referred to as “pork”—among the tried and true strategies incumbents use […]

SPSS Lab Research 1

Chi-Square test Lab practice   Research Hypothesis:  Whether you have slept with someone else besides your married partner is significantly dependent on your sexual orientation.   Null Hypothesis:  Sexual orientation and whether you have slept with someone besides your husband/wife while you were married are significantly independent.     Original GSS 2012 Data on Sexual […]

Amnesty of Draft Evaders

            On February 18, 1972, Harold T. “Bizz” Johnson received a letter from Linda Ledford of Redding, CA about an upcoming policy proposal for amnesty of men who had avoided being drafted or deserted the war effort by escaping to Canada and other various countries. The original response Bizz had […]

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!

Hello folks, My name is Brian, and this is how I keep track of the adventures of my life. If you’ve been here before, then welcome back, if your new, welcome to my journey. Today marks the launch of my Road Trip from LA to SF with a whole bunch of pitstops along the way.
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Wth… Life?

Its been an odd couple of days here in beautiful San Diego. I have been working and schooling like any other kid, and then I just couldn’t talk anymore, the words could not flow, the mouth could not move. I sat there amazed that in all my lifetime I could I was failing myself and
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Checking in

Hey folks, Don’t know who is reading or do I really care? No. But if you are then wow and thank you for keeping up with my life. So its been  5 months since my return to the american life. I’m back to working and what not. I recently took a small weekend vacation and
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Final Chapter

I Sit here staring at my now near empty room, while listening to Blair Late sing Love is calling (No comments from Peanut Gallery). And It just makes me sad to say goodbye finally. It is truly a time in my life that will never be forgotten and will always be remembered fondly. I hope
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Is it a Dream? Maybe Not…

Im writing because I just cant sleep. People are making me think and its at the worst time to be thinking, but its also when I do my best thinking. I’ve realized a lot in the past couple of hours reading up on what everyones doing back home and what I’m doing here. Each day,
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