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richard falvoRichard Falvo writes for Democracy Chronicles from New Hartford, New York. He first became interested in politics during the summer of 2015 and after realizing the ability he had as a writer, decided to merge his interest in politics with his writing capabilities. His goal is to become a political commentator and bestselling author.

America Has Lost Its Moral Compass

December 1, 2017 by Richard Falvo 2 Comments

Moral Compass

If, as a society, we are going to adjust our moral compass based solely on the letter at the end of a politician’s name, Americans are just proving that our country has no moral compass altogether.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Civil Rights, Feminism, Journalism and Free Speech, Religion and Democracy

Why Election Day Should Be A National Holiday

July 14, 2017 by Richard Falvo 2 Comments

Election Day Should Be A National Holiday

The change to make Election Day a national holiday must be implemented in order to not only increase voter participation, but also to ingrain the very concept of democracy into the American people.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Voter Access, Voter Turnout

How Karen Handel Defeated Ossoff In the Georgia Special Election

June 21, 2017 by Richard Falvo Leave a Comment

Karen Handel Defeated Ossoff

On Tuesday, Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the Georgia 6th Congressional District special election in what was the most expensive House race in the history of American politics.

Filed Under: DC Authors

The Preventable Grenfell Tower Tragedy

June 19, 2017 by Richard Falvo Leave a Comment

Grenfell Tower Tragedy

If proper procedure had been taken in placing the correct cladding on the building, regardless if it may have been more expensive, I suspect far less than 79 people would have lost their lives on June 14.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: England, Europe

Gunman Opens Fire At GOP Congressional Baseball Practice

June 14, 2017 by Richard Falvo 1 Comment

GOP Congressional Baseball Practice

Both Republicans and Democrats were able to come together as one united party after the incident. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi both gave statements on the House floor.

Filed Under: DC Authors

Lessons From the History of New York’s 22nd Congressional District

June 13, 2017 by Richard Falvo 2 Comments

New York's 22nd Congressional District

As a resident of New York’s 22nd Congressional District, I thought an article discussing the voting tendencies of the district would be a fun, yet interesting way of fitting the Democracy Chronicles image.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: New York City and State Elections, Redistricting

Black Lives Matter Shows Off a Hypocrisy on Race

June 9, 2017 by Richard Falvo 1 Comment

Black Lives Matter Shows Off a Hypocrisy

Throwing and celebrating a ‘black-only’ Memorial Day party not only further discredit the organization as a whole, but continue to support the claim that BLM activists are a problem when it comes to deteriorating race relations

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: African-American Voting Rights, New York City and State Elections, Racism and Prejudice

Standing Against Political Violence Should Be A Bipartisan Issue

June 5, 2017 by Richard Falvo Leave a Comment

Standing Against Political Violence

Once we lose intellectual honesty on issues such as violence in politics, that is when it has been determined that we as a nation are on the road to destruction. We cannot be divided along party lines when it comes to political violence.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Civil Rights, Journalism and Free Speech

No, Being Conservative Does Not Make You A Bad Person

June 1, 2017 by Richard Falvo 2 Comments

Being Conservative

Donald Trump did not meet my requirements to be President of the United States. That being said, to consider Trump voters acting in a ‘white lash’ against both the country and Obama is ignorant

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democrats, Racism and Prejudice, Republicans

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