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Mike Edwards grew up the son of a Southern Baptist preacher in Minneapolis, MN. He holds political science degrees from Rice University, located in Houston, TX, and the University of California, San Diego, and he currently lives with his wife in Cambridge, MA.

As a writer, Mike Edwards' primary interest is in politics, particularly the intersection of politics and the media. When he's not writing, he keeps up with current events on cable news, the New York Times, and ESPN; he reads history, political theory, and fantasy novels; and he spends more time playing online computer games than he would care to admit. "Democracy Despite Itself" is his first book, he maintains a blog at www.leftfielder.org, and contributes to Huffington Post. ...more

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A Tale of Three Scandals

There are three “scandals” supposedly “rocking” the White House this week. Really, I think it just goes to show how silly we all are.

The first, and oldest, of these scandals is Benghazi. Four Americans were killed, including the Ambassador to Libya, when an Al Qaeda affiliate attacked a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya in September, 2012. Since then, the conservative media has been pushing tw

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	Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well by Danny Oppenheimer, Mike Edwards, Mike Edwards (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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