Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders)
In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.
Whenever a man takes upon him to make additions to the Scriptures, he is likely to end with valuing his own additions above Scripture itself.
The totalitarian, to me, is the enemy—the one that’s absolute, the one that wants control over the inside of your head, not just your actions and your taxes
A teacher is one who has a program – arithmetic, reading, writing, and so on – fulfils it conscientiously, and feels that he has done his job. An educator tries to give children something else in addition: spirit.