This is a "links" page for an article I recently wrote for my "Brain Candy" column in the East Central Ohio Brægen, my local Mensa group's monthly publication. You can read it at http://home.neo.rr.com/catbar/brain_candy/brncdy50.htm. Please note: if you read the original printed version of the column, I've expanded it a bit in the web version, since I lacked the space in the original version to say quite everything I wanted to say. It's a bit more balanced now.
George Will's January 16, 2001 editorial "Numbers in House should be raised"
National Center for Policy Analysis article "One Way to Reduce Campaign Costs". There are a few related links here.
Bruce Bartlett's National Center for Policy Analysis article "Increasing the Size of the House of Representatives"
Andrew Cohen's CNN.com article "Increasing the size of Congress could limit campaign spending"
Center for Voting and Democracy's "Commentaries and more information on Increasing U.S. House Size"
Learning Network's "First Results of Census 2000 Released". Pertinent links to Census, population and apportionment issues, as well as a "Congressional seats gained/lost" table.
"Apportionment Methods", part of the classroom notes for a former University of Alabama Math 103 class. Here's a link to the Apportionment page and a link to the Math 103 page. Very interesting.
U.S. Census Bureau Congressional Apportionment Page. Many links of interest.
Election Data Services"2000 Census Counts Produce Surprises in Congressional Delegations. Lots of "what if" discussions based on the statistics of assigning seats to the House. Also discusses implications of the current apportionment process.
Center for Voting and Democracy article"The Battle of Hastings" by Amy Keller, detailing Rep. Alcee Hastings' (D-Fla) H.R. 506 (107th Congress) to form a commission to study the size of the House and how members are chosen. There is also a "Dear Colleague" letter written by Rep. Hastings posted at this site. His letter compares U.S. representation levels with other democratic countries, and is quite interesting. There is also a link with a little commentary and history, along with the Congress 2004 Commision Act itself; this link also briefly tells how to use "Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet", so that you can look up pertinent legislative information.
Bruce Walker's "Shake up the House (and restore a Republic) article on Enter Stage Right - A Journal of Modern Conservatism web site. Good article, even if you don't share the idology.
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