Opinion

“The sincere wish to be good is half the battle.” — Marmee, in Louisa May Alcotes “Little Women.”

“Where are you from? Russia?” the middle-aged woman asked matter-of-factly, as she walked toward her polling place in Seaside, California on Super Tuesday. She had been approached by a man wearing a Cossack Ushanka hat with a hammer and sickle pin, offering to buy her vote.

Florida is famous for botching elections. Iowa Democrats made a strong bid for that distinction in their caucuses last month. And now, for some reason, Texas is competing for the title.

The recent New York Times article “The Struggle to Mend America’s Rural Roads” used Wisconsin as a microcosm for the infrastructure crisis that either directly or indirectly affects all Americans.

Since 2007, Texas law enforcement agencies have been able to use a discretionary program known as “Cite and Release,” allowing officers to use their discretion to issue a citation, instead of arresting, for certain low-level, non-violent offenses.

After a commanding performance in Nevada last weekend, the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination sure does seem to be swinging Bernie Sanders‘ way.