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Oddball comedians Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, from Adult Swim's late cult comedy series "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!," will be performing live at the Pabst Theater Sept. 25. And this time, they'll be joined by Oscar-nominated actor John C. Reilly.
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This week's raft of author appearances at Milwaukee bookstores includes several writers with local connections.
Paul Salsini continues his fictional exploration of Italy with "A Piazza for Sant'Antonio: Five Novellas of 1980s Tuscany." He'll read at 7 p.m. July 15 at Boswell Book Company, 2559 N. Downer Ave. Salsini, a retired Milwaukee Journal editor and writer, has also published a trilogy of Tuscan novels ("The Cielo," "Sparrow's Revenge," "Dino's Story") and a collection of stories, "The Temptation of Father Lorenzo." If you're a local writer who wants to self-publish quality fiction and find an audience for it, Salsini is one of your role models. »Read Full Blog Post
Top of the Charts: Iggy Azalea 'Fancy' for seventh week at No. 1
Iggy Azalea might seem to be on cruise control at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 as she watches her debut single spend its seventh consecutive week at number one. Watch the video for "Fancy" below and see how close she is to taking the lead in the race for longest Hot 100 chart-topping reign this year. Then, see which songs were at number one this week back in 2002, 1992, 1982 and 1972.
No. 1 hit July 14, 2014 »Read Full Blog Post
Journey to play Milwaukee's BMO Harris Pavilion Sept. 3
Classic-rock radio kings Journey will play the BMO Harris Pavilion on the Summerfest grounds at 8 p.m. Sept. 3.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the show, which is presented by the Pabst Theater Group and Milwaukee World Festival. »Read Full Article(7)
On Tap Today: Free music in the outdoors
If it's Monday, there must be music. The choice is yours.
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March 17, 2015 — By Heath Wickline
Hewlett Foundation President Larry Kramer spoke recently at the Commonwealth Club of California about the origins of our current political polarization and what the Foundation's Madison Initiative is doing to address it. Audio of his talk is now available.
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March 12, 2015 — By Kelly Born
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Spoiler alert: The campaigns of the future are not going to look like the campaigns of the past. Just as the introduction of television changed the door-to-door game decades ago, so too is the rise of the Internet and the ad-targeting available through services like TiVo changing the TV ad game that has dominated in recent years. And with fewer people watching commercials,the importance of social media companies will only expand.
That was my biggest takeaway from a discussion I attended late last month exploring the effect of changing technology on political campaigns. Sponsored by the Democracy Fund and hosted at Stanford Universty by Law Professor Nate Persily, alongside Heather Smith, the former Rock the Vote President, and Ben Ginsberg, former national counsel to both the Republican Governors Association and multiple presidential campaigns, it was a veritable who's who of the political campaign world. Participants included Ann Ravel, Chair of the Federal Elections Commission, as well as several other commissioners from the FEC and FCC; the founders of both Change.org and Brigade Media; representatives from Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr; the head of Catalist, the self-styled "data utility" for progressive organizations; representatives from the Republican National Convention, and the New Organizing Institute; and academics from Harvard, Stanford, UNC Chapel Hill, and others. And of course some of us funders.
The day was divided into four sessions, looking at:
1. Campaign Communications
2. Voter Engagement and Mobilization
3. Campaign Fundraising
4. Campaign Finance Policy
The first session on "The Future of Campaign Communications" explored how new technologies will impact the prevelance of television ads, and the costs of campaign. The group's best guess was that, today, only about 3% of campaign ad dollars are spent on digital – maybe more in presidential elections. The bulk is still spent on TV (though of course TV doesn't play a big role in less competitive races, and is not a factor at all downballot).
As outreach moves to the internet, how will new microtargeting capabilities affect campaigns? The biggest questions were around truthiness and tone.
While broadcast communications make it harder to lie, microtargeting makes misinformation much easier to propogate. But of course both journalists and political opponents are highly incentivized to detect others' mistruths. And Facebook coders are working on algorithms to validate statements' authenticy. The key may lie in whether or not outsiders can see what's going on. The room was less worried about tone on platforms like Facebook that don't allow for anonymity. And incentives for positive play also exist at the campaign level—a main driver for placing ads on Facebook is the "propensity to share" (PTS), and PTS has proven to be better when ads are positive.
The second session explored "The Future of Voter Mobilization and Engagement." Much here has also changed, though in ways I think most of us are familiar with. Centralization of data services within groups like Catalist has had a big impact—no more mom-and-pop data vendors. Today's door-to-door canvassers can access a wealth of data about their targets, and input new information as they go.
One thing here remained clear: Campaigns will continue to target the most likely, most partisan voters. Participants agreed that "foundations must do the harder work" of encouraging less partisan, less engaged citizens (no matter their voting preferences) to take part in elections.
The third sessions moved on to explore "The Future of Campaign Fundraising," looking at questions around how tech advances will alter the methods, tone, and level of participation in campaign financing.
New tech has surely made it easier to give, leading to a higher percentage of people contributing to campaigns. That said, it remains a small group—a universe of only about ten million donors. And a higher and higher percentage of the overall total is coming from the wealthiest 0.01%. In the early 1980s, that group accounted for 15% of the total. Now it's closer to 40%.
The day concluded with a panel on "Public Policy and the Campaign of the Future" looking at campaign regulations going forward. Here the lawyers in the room conceded that the "rules have become so complicated that even the top lawyers wouldn't get all the rules right on a test." Which didn't make me feel any better.
From this session, two core questions arose:
1. How powerful will the parties be? They were already weakened by McCain-Feingold, and now more and more groups like Catalist are taking over traditional party roles. That said, parties remain the gatekeepers of information and relationships that may be hard to replicate.
2. In the future, could the norms and algorithms that Google and Facebook come up with be more important than the rules from the FEC?
It was a fascinating day. The one thing that became clear to me is that our campaigns are undergoing a generational transition, and no one person or group has a monopoly on understanding what the future will look like.
February 26, 2015 — By Daniel Stid
The American Enterprise Institute hosted a terrific conference earlier this week, in partnership with the Center for American Progress, to unveil a jointly issued report and interactive data base entitled States of Change: Demographics and Democracy. You can find these resources on AEI's website and CAP's website.
Over the past year, the first of a planned three-year effort, the States of Change project has looked back across four decades to analyze the demographic trends in age, race, ethnicity, education, family structure, and political participation across the fifty states that have brought our society to where we are today. The project has also looked out through 2060 to project how these trends will evolve in decades to come.
When Ruy Teixeira of CAP and Karlyn Bowman of AEI first approached us with the idea for this joint project in late 2013, we were intrigued. We ended up funding it—and not just because of its substantive importance for our work and that of many others in the field of democracy reform. We also appreciated their aspiration, as representatives of institutions working on opposite sides of the political spectrum, to establish a shared set of facts and projections, then organize a series of wide-ranging discussions, debates, and white papers about the implications of what they found for our politics and policy. Given that so many think tanks presume they have a monopoly on truth, it was refreshing to encounter institutions that felt they could get to better answers by working together. Judging by yesterday's effort, they're off to a great start.
I won't begin to do justice to the richness and depth of the information that you can find in States of Change; let me just encourage you to dig into it yourself. (If you'd like an overview, you might watch Gwen Ifill's interview with Ruy and Karyln on the PBS NewsHour.)
Finally I'd be remiss if I didn't tip my hat to Ruy Teixeira of CAP and Karlyn Bowman of AEI and the colleagues they have engaged in this effort. Karlyn and Ruy, along with Bill Frey of the Brookings Institution, who joined forces with Ruy to drive the underlying demographic analysis, are adeptly pulling off this collaboration. I can imagine that it hasn't always been easy, but their partnership has been a real credit to them and their institutions. Indeed, to my mind it is an example of think tanks at their best. It's been our pleasure to support them thus far and we look forward to seeing what comes next.
February 25, 2015 — By Kelly Born
Even before voter turnout hit a 70-year low in 2014, many of us in the democracy reform field were in conversation about whether and how we might improve voter turnout, and civic engagement writ large. This, in part, is why the Hewlett Foundation recently announced that we will be partnering with Knight Foundation, the Democracy Fund, and the Rita Allen Foundation on a $3 million challenge to identify how we can better inform voters and increase civic participation before, during, and after elections.
A recent blog post from Knight Foundation elaborates on the goals of this election-focused Knight News Challenge: "We are looking for innovative ideas ranging from new ways that news media and others can inform voters, to making voting easy, efficient and fair, to converting election participation into longer-term civic engagement, on the local, state or national level."
The challenge opened today, but we have been focusing on these issues for some time. Our Madison Initiative seeks to create opportunities for deliberation, negotiation, and compromise in the US Congress. But it's clear that civic engagement is an essential component of strengthening representative institutions. Indeed, many Americans opt out of the civic process. As the Pew Research Center reported last year, "[M]any of those in the center remain on the edges of the political playing field, relatively distant and disengaged, while the most ideologically oriented and politically rancorous Americans make their voices heard through greater participation in every stage of the political process."
The Madison Initiative is strictly nonpartisan and agnostic about specific policy outcomes. But we think that representative institutions can be, well, more representative when more of the electorate participates in the process.
For the Hewlett Foundation, this partnership represents a unique opportunity to work with leading peer funders to support new and promising ideas from people across the media, technology, and election administration fields. We hope to see ideas and collaborations from civic technologists, academics, students, startups, nonprofits, governments, and individuals.
Finally, a bit of history and a few fun facts:
The submission process is intended to attract a diverse range of ideas from many different people and organizations. The application questions are simple:
See, it's pretty straightforward.
The News Challenge will open on February 25, 2015, and close on March 19. More information is available on the News Challenge's website. I have no doubt that the ideas that arise will engage and inspire us all!
To submit an entry for the Knight News Challenge or provide feedback on other submissions, visit newschallenge.org. Knight News Challenge: Elections closes on March 19 at 5 p.m. (EST).
February 19, 2015 — By Jean Parvin Bordewich
If you've ever been the parent of a 16 year old who was eager to get a driver's license and the keys to your car, you may or may not think this is a good idea: Lowering the voting age to 16.
That might sound far-etched, but it's already happened in two small cities in Maryland for municipal elections, and in a number of other countries for national, regional, or local elections. The U.S. Constitution (since 1971) has set 18 as the minimum age for voting, but only in federal races.
In Scotland, 16- and 17-year-olds voted last September in the highly significant referendum on independence, whose outcome potentially had ramifications far beyond the borders of the United Kingdom. The First Minister of Scotland said after the election that "the initiative by which 16 and 17 year olds were able to vote has proved to be a resounding success. I suspect that no one will ever again dispute their right and ability to participate fully and responsibly in democratic elections."
In Brazil, voting for anyone age 18 to 69 is mandatory, and for 16- and 17-year-olds it's optional, kind of like a learner's permit for driving. Denmark and Austria allow 16-year-olds to vote, as do five regions in Germany. In the U.K., Edward Millband pledged to lower the voting age to 16 if the Labour Party wins the next election.
Less radical than full suffrage at age 16 is "pre-registration," which a few U.S. states have embraced. When the young person turns 18, the pre-registration automatically turns into enrollment. (FairVote, a grantee of the Hewlett Foundation's Madison Initiative, has published a fact sheet about pre-registration.)
While it's too soon and perhaps too small a sample to draw conclusions from Maryland cities Takoma Park, which has had one local election with the lower voting age, and Hyattsville, which passed its new law only in January, a few scholars have looked at under-18 voting overseas.
A team at the University of Edinburgh's School of Social and Political Science published a study in December 2014 which considered its findings "optimistic." It concluded: "Not only do we find little evidence to support arguments against lowering the voting age on the basis that this may have adverse effects. In addition we find that lowering the voting age may have positive impacts on political engagement, if certain structural provisions, mainly through schools, can be established."
Similarly, scholars at the University of Vienna assessed whether under-18 voters have the ability and motivation to participate effectively in elections, and whether the quality of their votes is similar to that of older voters. "The results," they concluded, "are encouraging for supporters of a lower voting age."
Finally, a study of young voters in Denmark calls voting a "social act" and finds that voters still living with their parents are more likely to vote than those slightly older, in their early 20s, who live on their own.
This helps support the argument of advocates of under-18 voting that learning how to vote while still under the influence of parents and school establishes a baseline experience of responsible voting that is more likely to make that person a voter in the future.
With voter turnout continuing to decline, finding a way to turn the next generation into informed, engaged, regular voters should be a high priority for our country, schools, and parents. And starting voters earlier might be one way to get them to vote more often.
February 13, 2015 — By Heath Wickline
Dick Meyer, writing for DecodeDC:
What are the core values of the U.S. Constitution?
"We, the people," the poetic expression of the idea of democratic self-government, is surely at the head of the list.
Most of us would probably add the values guarded by the addendum to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights: free speech, freedom of religion, due process and equal treatment under the law. Then there are values central to governing: checks and balances, the separation of powers and federalism.
Larry Kramer, a constitutional law scholar, former dean of Stanford Law School and now the president of the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, believes a less appreciated idea should be first among equals. In a speech at the University of Pennsylvania Law School this week, Kramer makes the case for compromise as a core constitutional value.
What are the core values of the U.S. Constitution?
"We, the people," the poetic expression of the idea of democratic self-government, is surely at the head of the list.
Most of us would probably add the values guarded by the addendum to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights: free speech, freedom of religion, due process and equal treatment under the law. Then there are values central to governing: checks and balances, the separation of powers and federalism.
Larry Kramer, a constitutional law scholar, former dean of Stanford Law School and now the president of the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, believes a less appreciated idea should be first among equals. In a speech at the University of Pennsylvania Law School this week, Kramer makes the case for compromise as a core constitutional value.
February 5, 2015 — By Kelly Born
As part of the Hewlett Foundation's Madison Initiative—aimed at improving opportunities for better dialogue, deliberation, and compromise in Congress—I'm spearheading our work around civic engagement and voting. Two questions I've been wrestling lately are whether, and to what end, philanthropy might help to improve voter turnout.
Many US foundations and nonprofits operate in this space. In 2011, US funders granted more than $31M directly in support of issues around voting. In 2012, an election year, this figure was closer to $60M, alongside at least another $300M towards civic education and civic engagement efforts focused on specific issues. (These figures pale in comparison, of course, to the more than $6B spent by partisan actors seeking to drive turnout in the 2012 elections.)
There appear to be (at least) three possible goals that the nonprofit sector has pursued around voter turnout:
1. Quantity. Increasing the size of American voter turnout beyond the averages of 55-63% in presidential elections (dropping to 34-42% in mid-terms, and reaching the lowest level in more than seven decades in 2014, as shown in the New York Times chart at right) that the US has experienced since the 1940s. This is where the majority of voter engagement efforts appear to be focused, or at least where much of the dialogue is focused.
2. Quality. Improving the understanding and thoughtfulness of voting decisions made by existing voters (i.e., without necessarily expanding the electorate). There is, frankly, much room for improvement here—for example, several recent state-based studies have found that 75% to 83% of voters find ballot measures too complicated and confusing to understand (yet 66% have cast ballots on measures with which they are unfamiliar). Knowledge about candidates, both their stances on policy issues and their approaches to the policymaking process—is similarly lacking.
3. Representativeness. Changing the composition of the electorate to ensure that the voting population more closely mirrors the socio-demographic profile of America at large. On average, US voters tend to be consistently older, whiter, wealthier, and more educated than the broader US population, running the risk that public policies are misaligned with the interests of the average American. Presumably actors with this goal believe (likely rightly) that the policy preferences of a more representative electorate would differ and that policy-makers' decisions would change to reflect the preferences of a more representative electorate.
These three goals—quantity, quality, and representativeness —are each fairly distinct. And different organizations often have very different goals in mind, even when we're all talking about "improving voter turnout." But the extent to which we are pursuing one, two, or all three of these goals isn't always a focal point in our conversations. Instead, the conversation often jumps quickly to strategies, tactics, and the grantees that are executing them.
Strategic differences may not matter where there is agreement on tactics—similar tactics can advance different strategic ends. But it is nevertheless important for us to be aware of them, if and when the time comes when strategy suggests a change in tactics, and different strategies may suggest different changes. I'll quote Hewlett Foundation President Larry Kramer here: "Madison and Hamilton had very different goals in mind in the 1780s, but both saw their goals advanced by a stronger federal government, so both pushed for the Constitution. Once it was up and running, the different goals emerged starkly, so they split over what the national government should do." At least understanding when fellow funders are pursuing different goals, strategies, and tactics can help clarify what can otherwise be a murky conversation.
I continue to be fascinated by the robust and complex field of academic research surrounding questions of voting—a field that started in the 1920s but has grown rapidly in recent years. And I continue to appreciate opportunities to get more specific with colleagues in the democracy reform community about what goals we are pursuing in the voting space, where and how we are pursuing them, and why.
January 29, 2015 — By Jean Parvin Bordewich
The challenge of educating young people to become fully engaged American citizens was put into sharp focus by a conference I attended last week in New York City, hosted by the Ford Foundation. Students, educators, non-profit leaders, scholars, and funders came together for a day to talk about how civic education in school and after-school programs could reach more students and, ultimately, strengthen American democracy. While we are not currently funding work in civic education, we recognize the connections between this broader societal challenge and the problem of polarization and we want to make sure we understand them better.
I was particularly engrossed by the panel and roundtable discussions on the effects of political polarization on civic education and whether civic education can play a role in reducing such polarization.
Diana Hess, senior vice president at the Spencer Foundation, opened the panel with slides that vividly illustrated the evolution of hyper-partisanship and the depth of the political divide in the U.S. today. Rounding out the panel were two Madison Initiative grantees—Eric Liu, founder and CEO of Citizen University, and Steven Olikara, president and co-founder of the Millennial Action Project.
Is civic education simply a neutral explanation of the structure of government? Does it describe candidly our nation's political history, its enduring commitment to democratic ideals, and also its deep and longstanding divisions over issues like slavery and the role of the national government? Does it go deeper into the obligations of citizenship, the responsibilities of voting, how to run for office, and other kinds of participation? And should schools have a role in helping students develop their own political philosophy and partisan identity?
There is no one-size-fits-every-school-district approach. But the conference panelists cogently argued that the dynamics of polarization are as much at work in the classroom as in Congress:
It's tempting to hope, as Steven Olikara believes, that the millennial generation will embrace a different kind of political leadership, one that shuns sharp partisan and ideological conflict in favor of issue-specific problem solving.
As I left the conference, more questions arose: How will Congress and its Members 30 years from now address critical problems? Will voter turnout rise among the millennial generation (and the ones after)? Where, when, and how do young people acquire their political identity and their understanding of what it means to be a citizen? Are schools the best vehicle for shaping citizenship? And if schools don't do it, and no one else does, what is the cost to society of a generation that doesn't understand the basic principles of our political system, the responsibilities of citizenship, and the power of exercising one's influence on government?
One conference participant concluded that there isn't sufficient demand today to make civic education an urgent priority in most schools, or part of national education policy. But schools and national programs aren't our only hope. More than a dozen young people, including a 26-year-old New York City Council Member, spoke at the conference about local programs, in one school or a few districts or a city, that had animated them to become informed and politically active, the kind of citizens we want as our next generation of leaders. These programs are usually small-budget operations run by incredibly dedicated people, and they get results. Perhaps retail civic education, like retail politics, one-on-one and face-to-face, is what works best.
January 22, 2015 — By Daniel Stid
Congratulations to the hardworking team at the Washington Monthly for an outstanding January/ February issue. Given how this magazine consistently punches above its weight, the Madison Initiative is pleased to be helping underwrite their efforts with a multi-year grant for general support. In this issue I'd recommend you be sure to read Donald Kettl's "Ten Secret Truths About Government Incompetence," (including my personal favorite: "half the time, when it looks like it's the president's fault, the problems really come from Congress.") Next you might take in Kevin Kosar's essay on how Congress is shooting itself in the foot, or really the brain, by chronically under-funding the work of the Congressional Research Service. Don't overlook John DiIulio's review of Frank Fukuyama's masterwork, Political Order and Political Decay, for an extended treatment of "The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Government" and what it would take for it to rise again. From there you can go on to understand how climate change is messing with polar bears' food supply in ways that aren't good—"to a starving polar bear, a human is just meat"—or learn about "Three Simple Fixes that Could Save Pro Football," among other diversions.
The biggest must-read piece in the entire issue is actually the Editor's Note from Paul Glastris: "Why a Second Progressive Era Is Emerging—And How Not to Blow It." Pointing to the difficulties and dissatisfactions that are increasingly rampant, Glastris detects "a seed of hope" and suggests we are on the verge of an era of positive change—setting the stage for the kind of effective, responsive government that the Madison Initiative's work is intended to support—that could rival that which occurred at the outset of the 20th Century. But he notes two fundamental differences between then and now:
The first is that progressivism between 1890 and 1921 was bipartisan. Each party had its progressive wing, and each competed with the other in articulating a reform agenda. Today, progressivism is profoundly one-sided. It is the dominant force within the Democratic Party and at best a tiny, rump, besieged minority in the Republican Party….The second great difference is the almost complete lack of attention being paid by modern progressives to public administration and government structure… for the most part today's left-leaning progressives are almost entirely focused on politics, economic justice, social issues, and the influence of money in politics. These are important subjects. But the vast complex of government is largely a black box to these folks.
What I'm saying is this: there are energies being unleashed today that give the country a shot at reforming itself. But reform can't and won't happen until the left takes government—its structure and functioning—far more seriously, and until the right develops a stronger pro-government wing that can win over conservative supporters and compete with Democrats, challenging their blind spots while partnering on needed reforms.
The first is that progressivism between 1890 and 1921 was bipartisan. Each party had its progressive wing, and each competed with the other in articulating a reform agenda. Today, progressivism is profoundly one-sided. It is the dominant force within the Democratic Party and at best a tiny, rump, besieged minority in the Republican Party….The second great difference is the almost complete lack of attention being paid by modern progressives to public administration and government structure… for the most part today's left-leaning progressives are almost entirely focused on politics, economic justice, social issues, and the influence of money in politics. These are important subjects. But the vast complex of government is largely a black box to these folks.
What I'm saying is this: there are energies being unleashed today that give the country a shot at reforming itself. But reform can't and won't happen until the left takes government—its structure and functioning—far more seriously, and until the right develops a stronger pro-government wing that can win over conservative supporters and compete with Democrats, challenging their blind spots while partnering on needed reforms.
Whether you are waiting to welcome a second Progressive Era or not—not all of us are—you have to admit that the man has a point.
January 15, 2015 — By Daniel Stid
Hillary, Jeb, Mitt, Rand—will they or won't they? When and how will they? Twenty-one months out from the next presidential election, somehow we're already caught up in the high drama of the campaign. Our democracy has a presidential fixation that rivals that of teenagers addled by the latest pop stars who also go by first names alone.
In some ways this popular obsession is understandable. It is much easier for the media (and thus the citizens consuming it) to focus attention on one person in the Oval Office than on the 535 members of Congress. And with each election and transition it is natural for us to get our hopes up that—at last—a leader will come along to heal our broken politics.
At the Madison Initiative, we've gotten plenty of constructive feedback on our Congress-centric view of the world. Our critical friends have told us that we need to make more room in our systems map for the role of presidential leadership in fostering constructive compromise. We are thinking through this input and its implications for our grantmaking. But we don't envision moving Congress away from the center of our map anytime soon.
For all of the hopes we place in our presidents, in the current era they inevitably disappoint us. Consider that the last two occupants of the White House have come to office pledging to serve, respectively, as "a uniter, not a divider," and as a leader elevating "hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord." However, as Richard Skinner has shown, both George Bush and Barack Obama came to exemplify what he has termed the "partisan presidency."
Whether we like it or not, in an era of intense polarization the mantle of partisan-in-chief is inevitably handed over with the house keys at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Indeed, George Edwards has demonstrated that, far from rallying Congress, presidential efforts to publicly champion legislation actually work to deepen the partisan divisions that drive legislative gridlock.
If you think about it, the president—one person, the leader of one party—cannot practically encompass and represent the diverse and divergent viewpoints that drive our nation's politics. Given how deeply and evenly divided we are, in the wake of a presidential election you can count on roughly half of the voters to see the chief executive as the person they voted against.
If you want representation, it has to come in and through Congress, where—despite the unseemliness of so many aspects of the sausage-making—the full diversity of the country is meant to be represented. And it is, more or less: whatever your political perspective, you can count on at least some members of Congress (if not entire party delegations) speaking up for it.
So even as we brace ourselves for the next two years of presidential pandemonium, we will continue to focus our efforts on supporting the ability of Congress and its members to deliberate, negotiate, and compromise in ways that work for the American people.


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The 180-pound six-footer has rooted himself in the starting lineup and emerged, arguably, as one of the best cornerbacks in perhaps the best college football conference in America. He has 26 tackles, an interception, five pass breakups, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble in six games on the season. But to hear Huffman tell it, his supernova explosion onto the scene is just a matter of experience at the division one level.
"I was young last year. First college season last year. So just coming with more experience, you know, I'm playing a little bit better, and the more games I get under my belt, the more I'll continue to improve."
If Huffman's early development into a "lock-down" cornerback is a harbinger of things to come, then the Raiders may have a powerhouse on the corner for the next two and a half seasons. His position coach, Dave Brown, definitely admires the work ethic that has helped Huffman become the player that he is.
"Antonio has worked very hard over the spring and summer to prepare and help us win football games. And things have happened. These games we've played, you've seen him step up his game. You've noticed he's always around the football. Probably last week was one of his best games. I think he's trying to get better each week. Antonio had his hands on five balls last week, which is a pretty good job. What we want to do is turn some of those pass breakups into interceptions. I think that will happen."
"He doesn't take plays off. He realizes that that last play that you made was very nice and people may have been impressed, but that's not really our goal. Our goal is to be the very best that we can possibly be."
"I think he can be very, very, very good."
And three "verys" is very high praise, indeed, coming from a football coach.
Without question, one of the most striking (no double entendre intended) features of Huffman's game is his wonderful tackling ability, and the physical nature of his play. One expects to see these qualities in linebackers and safeties, but it is unusual in cornerbacks. To hear Huffman tell it, however, his penchant for planting opposing ball carriers on their posterior is all a consequence of coaching and hard work.
"You know, the coaches, Coach (Lyle) Setencich and the staff, always talk about tackles, and the secondary is the last line of defense, so if anything gets past us that's six points, that's a touchdown. So, you know, we work hard at it -- on technique to make good tackles, to make form tackles, and slow 'em down at least, to get ourselves into great position to make tackles. Work hard at it in tackling drills, you know, and it shows out on the field."
Brown echoes Huffman's sentiments, although he also notes that Tech's starting cornerbacks (Khalid Naziruddin is Huffman's partner on the opposite side of the field) have a special quality about them.
"What we must understand is that being in this defensive secondary, particularly as a cornerback, is that you're the last line of defense, and that when we miss a tackle, when we make a mistake, everybody sees it, and it costs the team. It can cost the team a touchdown, which is points. We emphasize, and stress, and continue to work on it everyday: tackling, the fundamentals of tackling, where to look, what we do with our feet and our hands. And we really just work on it. And these guys are physical young men, and they enjoy tackling, which is something I really like and admire and respect. They are complete football players."
As well-rounded and talented as Huffman is, it is clear that he much prefers to talk about the defense as a whole, rather than his own performance and abilities. And why not? The defensive unit's remarkable transition from 2003 sieve to 2004 sledgehammer provides Tech with at least an opportunity to win the remaining games on its schedule and receive a major bowl bid. With such a dramatically improved defense to go along with the traditionally potent Raider offense, the Raiders could have a special year. According to Huffman, it was, in part, the trauma of last season's defensive woes that contributed to the defenses revivification this year.
"One of the reasons, you know, I think we're a whole lot better, you know, is experience. We were a young group last year. We worked hard in the off season is one reason why [the defense improved]. We refuse to be the defense we were last year."
Huffman also believes that good team cohesion borne of reciprocal confidence between individual players on the defense has contributed to the unit's success.
"You know, it's phenomenal. It's just like a family. You feel like, you know, you trust another player, like the safeties, linebackers, and D-linemen. When you can trust one another, you can focus on your job and not focus on their job, and that's pretty much what it boils down to: trusting each player on the field to do their job and you know you're going to do your job, and everything just falls into place."
If Huffman and the defense have their way, shutouts and a Big Twelve championship will also fall into place.
"One of the goals of the defense is to be one of the best defenses in the Big Twelve. To perform every game. We haven't got any shutouts yet, but one of our goals is to get some shutouts this year, and to get the ball to our offense as much as we can, because when our offense gets the ball more than our opponent, you know, we win. Another goal is to be Big Twelve champs, just like the team goal."
To have any chance of reaching that last goal, Huffman and his teammates will need to bump off the #9 Texas Longhorns this Saturdays. For Huffman and his position coach, such an accomplishment will entail corralling Texas quarterback Vince Young and preventing an unwanted explosion from a Longhorn passing attack that has been largely dormant thus far. Huffman, for one, respects the talented Texas quarterback, but does not anticipate doing anything out of the ordinary in terms of preparation.
"Vince Young is a great quarterback -- very athletic."
"But we're just gonna do him like any other quarterback. We're gonna practice and look at film, and that's what you've got to do to perform and beat 'em."
Brown, for his part, sounds as though he'd like to strap on a hat and lay a few licks, himself.
"Texas is a very fine football team. They have a 6-5 quarterback and a big running back, and they do a great job of running the football. Those receivers, as Texas receivers, are really tall. They've got a 6-4 kid, guys that are really fast, you know. They'll be a challenge. But we are looking forward to the challenge. And we will, Lord willing, be there on Saturday, October 23rd at 6 p.m. in Jones stadium and be ready to play that ballgame."
During the Texas game, don't begrudge Huffman if he occasionally casts one eye to the scoreboard to see how the Kentucky Wildcats are doing. His brother Antoine, who sports the same number 36 worn by Antonio, is a starting cornerback for the SEC school. And the two are very close despite the physical distance that separates them.
"Me and my brother talk every day. It's either through email or on the phone. Tradition-wise, we always talk on Thursday, and on Sunday. We have to talk before the game and after the game to see how each other played and how the team went, and what happened during the course of the game -- things like that. But, you know, my brother's a billion miles away or whatever, but we always talk so it's like he's here with me."
Despite the distance from his brother and the even greater gulf separating him from his hometown in Georgia, Huffman has adapted to his new surroundings with little difficulty.
"I went to JUCO in Kansas. And Garden City, Kansas is a small town, pretty much like here. But Lubbock is a little bit bigger than Garden City, obviously, but, you know, the people in Garden City was great, and, you know, I committed to Tech twice, coming out of high school and out of JUCO, and the reason I committed was because of the people. Getting recruited here, one of the things I looked at was, if I'm going to be that far away from home it has to be people I can live with."
"I love it here. I love the people, and everything is good."
As Tech fans get better acquainted with Antonio Huffman on and off the field, that love will be flowing in both directions.


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Mario Chalmers was known as Super Mario when he arrived at Kansas in 2005. But after his heroics in KU's heart-stopping 75-68 overtime victory over Memphis in the national championship game, it's time for a new nickname.
How about Miracle Mario?
Chalmers' dramatic three-pointer from the top of the key with
two seconds left in regulation capped off an incredible nine-point
comeback with 2:12 remaining and sent the Jayhawks into overtime. That
gave KU much-needed momentum in the extra period, where the
'Hawks never trailed in capturing their first national
championship since Danny and the Miracles cut down the nets 20 years
ago in Kansas City.
"It will probably be the biggest shot in Kansas
history," KU coach Bill Self said. "Just remarkable
that a guy can have that much poise when the pressure's on
like that."
After Memphis freshman star Derrick Rose made a free throw to give the
Tigers a 63-60 lead with 10 seconds remaining in regulation, KU indeed
needed the "biggest shot in Kansas history" to send
this classic into overtime.
And Chalmers delivered.
Sherron Collins rushed the ball upcourt and found Chalmers, who took
one dribble to his left and let the fade-away trey fly from the top of
the key.
"I thought they were going to keep us from shooting the
three," Chalmers said. "It was just a lucky shot. I
thought it was going in when it left my hands. It felt pretty good when
I released it."
"I think the play was just go flat and have a penetration
pitch," Chalmers added. "I saw that Sherron kind of
fumbled the ball. I was able to get a good look at it."
Kansas was juiced in overtime, and Memphis seemed deflated after
letting its nine-point lead slip away in regulation. The Tigers went
one of eight from the field in the extra period and committed two
turnovers. KU, meanwhile, hit four of six shots and went four of four
from the free-throw line.
After the final buzzer, it was party time in the Alamodome. Self pumped
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in the air, and embraced each other. Self walked over to Collins and
gave him a long, tight hug. Confetti came falling down on the court and
Jayhawk fans here in the dome and in Lawrence celebrated like it was
A KU fan even held up a sign: "1988: 20 Years In The
After all the celebration, after all the hugs, after all the love, Self
addressed the fans from the podium on the court.
"This couldn't have been scripted any
better," said Self, referencing the 20-year anniversary of
the Danny Manning-led national championship team and adding that
assistant coach Manning had just been selected for induction into the
College Basketball Hall of Fame yesterday.
After the players and coaches cut down the nets and watched the showing
of "One Shining Moment on the video board," Self
talked more about the significance of 1988 at his press conference.
"I told our staff at pregame that Danny's part of
it now; he was a huge part of it then," Self said.
"(We) went through Nebraska. Went through Detroit (like the
1988 team in the NCAA tournament). And then when I saw the official
line, Ed Hightower's refereeing.
"I thought to myself, 'The stars are aligning for
whatever reason.' There were so many reminders that this was
gonna be a special night."
It almost wasn't for Kansas, when the 'Hawks found
themselves down by nine points with over two minutes left in regulation.
But there was Self to remind his players the game wasn't
over, to be tough, to fight like champions.
"Coach said, 'We got to believe in
ourselves,'" Darrell Arthur said. "We
stayed in the attack mode. We never gave up."
A key play in the comeback came with Memphis in possession and up
60-53. Collins then stole the ball and quickly drained a three-pointer.
After Chris Douglas-Roberts made two free throws, Chalmers hit two
charities himself to cut the lead to 62-58 with 1:23 remaining.
Douglas-Roberts promptly missed a free throw, and then an Arthur jumper
put KU within two.
Douglas-Roberts gave KU a huge break by missing two more free throws
with 16 seconds left, but Darnell Jackson missed a block out and Robert Dozier grabbed the offensive rebound. Rose was fouled six seconds later
and went to the line with a chance to ice the game.
After the Jayhawks called a timeout, Rose missed the first free throw
and made the second charity. That set the stage for Chalmers'
"I just knew we had the game after that," Jackson
said about overtime.
KU started the game tight, turning the ball over three times in the
first 3:10 as Memphis jumped to a 9-3 lead. But the Jayhawks stormed
back and got their first lead of the game (15-13) on a layup by Brandon Rush at the 10:58 mark. Chalmers scored five straight points and an
Arthur dunk gave KU a 22-15 lead. The Tigers went on a 13-6 run before
Kansas closed the half with a 5-0 run to lead 33-28 at intermission.
Kansas seemed to want it more than Memphis in the first half, beating
them to loose balls and rebounds. The Jayhawks out-rebounded Memphis
19-11 and held the Tigers to just 39.3 percent shooting. KU dominated
the paint as well, outscoring the Tigers 24-8 and getting big men
Dozier and Joe Dorsey in foul trouble with two each. Arthur led the way
with 10 points, while Douglas-Roberts carried the load with 13.
Memphis, though, picked up its intensity in the second half. Rose (18
points) led the attack with 15 points after halftime and even hit a
desperation, off-balanced 19-footer from the left wing with the shot
clock expiring to give Memphis a 56-49 lead with 4:14 left in
But the Jayhawks wouldn't die.
"We competed hard on every possession," Self said.
"You know, it's one thing to win; it's
another thing to win the way we won. Just no quitting (with) these
Chalmers scored 18 points and added three assists and four steals in 40
minutes. He was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player. Rush
scored 12 points and Collins added 11. Douglas-Roberts was high scorer
for Memphis with 22 points.
In a game expected to be high scoring, KU managed just eight fast break
points, compared with four for Memphis. KU won the national title with
toughness, resiliency, and defense. While Memphis shot 50 percent in
the second half, KU held the Tigers to just 40.3 percent shooting for
the game (KU shot 52.7 percent) and out-rebounded them 39 to 28. Led by
Arthur's game-high 20 points (he also added 10 boards), KU
also outscored Memphis in the paint, 44 to 26.
"Both teams take great pride in not giving up easy
baskets," Self said. "Regardless of what anybody
thought, I knew it would not be one of these games because I felt our
guys were so in tune of understanding if you let Memphis get out in the
open court and run, their execution just goes to another level.
I'll be honest, I was kind of hoping it would be a
grind-it-out game. We didn't execute for the longest, but we
certainly executed for the last seven minutes."
And now the Jayhawks are on top of the college basketball world.
"I'm a little overwhelmed now," Self
said. "I'm totally humbled to have an opportunity
to coach where I coach and coach a group of men that I get an
opportunity to work with every day. I thought tonight, although I know
they missed of couple of free throws and we caught a couple of breaks
late, I don't know if a coach really deserves what happened
to me tonight because I can't imagine it being any
And the Jayhawks couldn't have won the title without Miracle
Mario. So can Chalmers now run for Mayor of Lawrence?
"If he can, he'll win," Collins said in
the locker room.
Injured senior Rodrick Stewart would certainly vote for him after the
biggest three-pointer of Chalmers' life.
"That has to be one of the biggest shots in basketball
history," Stewart said. "To be down by eight with
two minutes to go and make that type of shot."
And now these Jayhawks (37-3) have left an indelible mark in KU
basketball lore.
"This is the winningest team ever in the history of the
program," Self said. "I told them (before the
game), 'You'll remember it as the best team ever in
the history of the program if we take care of business.' That
to me is very humbling to think of all the great players and all the
great teams, and this one will go down as the best ever."
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Only thing I've seen is that LVS announced a secondary offering, but I only saw a short tweet of that. have not seen any news articles anywhere.
Seeing now that LVS announced a secondary offering. Not sure how reliable that info is, but I'm not liking this.
What's happening? Why are we NOW down 1.50 after hours? Did one of the other casinos report? Anyone know what's up???
Hack, have you seen the new "Tony-Free" message board, with all of the great posters from here? Check it out. lvs dot freeforums dot net
No Tonies Allowed!!!
Typical #$%$. :(
I know we will get our day where they want to bring us back up, but this is brutal, disgusting, and hard to stomach in the meantime. Ggrrr.
He DID sell last year in April or May, and DID lose out on a LOT of money. This "casino" guy is a complete dweeb. Pretty much just a guy to ignore. Better yet, go to the new LVS website, and don't deal with the "tony"s and "casino"s of this board at all.
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I've tried and tried to understand options, but I don't understand them at all. Could you tell me in simpler terms what you're saying? Just curious, because I still try to have something sink in here and there for options. Are you saying that you see LVS closing ABOVE 75, or BELOW 75?
TIA for any serious answers!
I've been trying to find that info, too. The best I could pin down was some time in Q2. But I'm not sure that was even a definite.
There is a big gaming conference in Japan this Wed-Friday, I believe.
I hear ya. I think we're all feeling a bit bruised. :( I know we've been even more oversold in the past, but we sure are oversold here. Geez, you'd think we're making no money in Macau...
I think you did good, Dab. I'm holding out to buy a bit lower, but not sure if it will get there. Around 72, or even 71.50ish...
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Come check out the new board, too, if you have a chance. I hope Yahoo lets me post the address. It's lvs.freeforums.net. It's Tony-free!
Take care, Echo. :)
Bump. And thanks braindamage!!! :)
Thanks braindamage! :)
I will be checking this out some tonight, and in the coming days. Looking forward to a sane venue again. Sigh of relief...
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If the legislation passes next year, as the lawmakers hope, the government would have to come up with concrete regulations within a year. That could mean the first casino would open in Japan in time for the 2020 Olympics.
Property developer Mori Building Co Ltd, which controls land in the Odaiba area, has also been working on plans to develop a casino resort with other companies, people with knowledge of the matter said.
A Mori Building spokesman said the company supports the move to legalise casinos and declined to comment further.
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That plan hinges on the passage of the law and Tokyo being chosen to host a casino. Japan's biggest city is seen as a prime location for an integrated resort, but it is likely to face competition from more than a dozen other locations across the country.
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Japan is widely viewed as one of the last great untapped markets due to its wealthy population and proximity to China. Union Gaming, a U.S.-based investment bank, has predicted Japanese gaming revenues could top $15 billion a year, making it the second-largest market in the world after Macau.
International casino operators like MGM Resorts International, Las Vegas Sands Corp, Melco Crown Entertainment and Wynn Resorts Ltd have also shown interest in developing casino resorts in Japan.
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