Do you ken what a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE does? “Justice of the Peace” is one of those titles that sounds familiar even if you don’t actually ken the job. For me, it evokes old Westerns on film and TV: ...

Have you badgered your KITH & KIN to check their registration? You’ve checked your own registration. Great. Now, have you badgered your KITH & KIN to check theirs? Because getting yourself vote-read...

Do you ken your voting OPTIONS? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] Voting isn't necessarily something you can only do at your polling place on Election Day. Depending on where you live and your circu...

Is that a FACT, an OPINION, or somebody trying to SELL you something? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] Election season brings a flood of information with it. Candidates make claims. Campaigns run a...

While everyone is talking about “Lake America,” I have a less entertaining question: What consequential actions by the administration are receiving substantially less attention? I’m not saying the wh...

Do you ken what a NONPARTISAN race means? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] You've probably seen candidates on a ballot with a political party listed next to their names. But what happens when ther...

You know the BIG races. But do you ken EVERYONE on your ballot? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] You probably know who's running in the biggest races on your ballot. President (not this time, thoug...

Do you ken what a BALLOT MEASURE is? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] We've talked about researching the people on your ballot. But sometimes your ballot isn't asking you to choose a person at all....

Do you ken what a COUNTY COMMISSIONER does? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] We've been talking about down-ballot races and thinking about elections as a series of hiring decisions. But before you ...

What VERITAS found when I investigated Trump's campaign against election trust

Moved since you last voted? Is your registration still RIGHT? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] Last week, Ken the Honey Badger asked whether you KNOW you're registered or merely THINK you are. Thi...

Do you ken what ID YOU need to vote? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] You've checked your registration. You've found your polling place. You've researched your ballot. Now make sure you ken what i...

Someone made a claim. Do you ken where it CAME FROM? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] Every day, we're handed claims. A politician says something in a speech. A campaign puts something in an ad. A ...

Do you ken what an INCUMBENT is? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] When you start researching the candidates on your ballot, you're going to run across this word a lot: INCUMBENT. An incumbent is ...

Interesting perspective, but I think the far more important issue is sitting right there in Mike Johnson’s own words: “We got into this conflict with Iran.” We? The Constitution gives Congress, not...

Do you ken WHAT might be on your ballot besides candidates? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] When you think about voting, it's easy to think about candidates first. President. Senator. Governor. Ma...

Mechanisms of authoritarian governments include: Refusing assent to laws necessary for the public good. Preventing local governments from passing urgently needed laws. Conditioning represen...

I first heard about this this morning from Monte Mader's Yesterday's News. If you're not following her work, here's the post where she covered it: https://www.patreon.com/MonteMader/posts/yesterdays-...

Do you ken who’s running DOWN-BALLOT? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] When we talk about elections, a handful of races usually get most of the attention. President. Senator. Governor. Congress. B...

Do you ken what a SCHOOL BOARD does? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] You probably know your school district has one. You may even have voted for its members. But do you actually ken what you're e...

Do you KNOW you’re registered, or do you just THINK you are? Maybe you registered years ago. Maybe you voted in the last election. Great. Check anyway. Being registered before doesn't necessarily ...

Do you ken WHERE and WHEN you can vote? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] Knowing who and what are on your ballot matters. But none of that does you much good if you don't ken where and when you can...

I have a modest proposal for improving political discourse: If you're going to insult someone, PUT SOME FUCKING EFFORT INTO IT. “Idiot”? “Moron”? “Douche”? Come on. That's just lazy. We have inher...

How do you ken if what you’re being told is TRUE? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] That can be harder than it sounds. Every day, we’re surrounded by claims about candidates, elections, laws, polic...

Do you ken who is on your ballot? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] Great! But do you know what offices those people are actually running for? Knowing the candidates is only half the job. Before ...

You’ve probably heard the phrase “down-ballot.” But do you ken what it actually means? [ken, v.: to know; to understand] The races at the top of a ballot usually get the headlines, the advertising, ...

Flock Cameras Have a Safety Problem A surveillance system can be useful and still be inadequately protected against abuse. If a product has a foreseeable design risk capable of causing serious harm,...

I've been thinking about Matthew 25:40: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. We usually hear that verse discussed in terms of doing good for...