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Kevin Bleyer

An eight-year Emmy-winning veteran of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Kevin Bleyer is the bestselling author of Me the People: One Man’s Selfless Quest to Rewrite The Constitution of the United States of America, and the co-author, with Governor Bill Richardson, of How to Sweet-Talk a Shark. Follow him on Twitter @kevinbleyer.

NEW YEAR’S DECLARATIONS

Here’s to a ‘More Perfect’ You in 2015

Want a “more perfect” you? Look to those who sought a more perfect union.

Kevin Bleyer

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Intellectual Impropriety

Should the US Really Pay a Kim’s Ransom?

Sony, this isn't complicated. Really. Just follow Alexander Hamilton's example.

Kevin Bleyer

articles/2014/12/14/the-time-i-visited-north-korean-computer-school/141213-bleyer-sony-hack-tease_olzjpv
A Little Hack-Checking

Sony Hack: A Dictator Move?

Did North Korea hack Sony to punish them for a Seth Rogen movie that taunts Kim Jong-un? Having seen its computer operation in action, Kevin Bleyer suspects not.

Kevin Bleyer

articles/2014/12/01/justice-ginsburg-shouldn-t-quit-just-yet/141201-bleyer-ginsburg-tease_cwe9ah
Supreme Tenure

Justice Ginsburg Shouldn’t Quit Just Yet

‘Til death do us ex parte: Despite her recent heart surgery, it isn’t time for Ruth Bader Ginsburg to hang up her doily. PQ: The Constitution establishes a system of laws to be followed, not rules to be gamed. If it takes a 90-pound Jewish grandmother bedecked in a doily to make that self-evident, so be it.

Kevin Bleyer

articles/2014/11/22/why-we-can-t-quit-calling-presidents-kings/141121-bleyer-king-obama-tease_ngt1mn
Tears of a Crown

It’s Good to Be King

Tearing up the Constitution? Certainly sounds like something people would accuse a king of doing.

Kevin Bleyer

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Hermit Diplomacy

Pyongyang Primer: Kenneth Bae Comes Home

An inside look at how the American government negotiates to free its citizens from North Korea.

Kevin Bleyer

articles/2014/11/08/the-booze-that-saved-america/141107-bleyer-politics-tease_uipucr
LIQUOR LAWS

The Booze That Saved America

If the President is seeking a way to court Republicans, alcohol is a slam-drunk.

Kevin Bleyer

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Midterm Mixology

Founding Fathers Loved Drunk Voters

The Founders had a sure fire way to get out the vote: get out the beer.

Kevin Bleyer

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FEVER

Disease History Vs. Disease Hysteria

America has a long history of confronting and beating back pandemics, so let’s maybe not lose our heads over Ebola?

Kevin Bleyer

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Un-Known Whereabouts

Kim Jong Un: Is He So Lonely?

Just where did the Supreme Leader go? An undisclosed location? Or that great Sun Palace in the sky?

Kevin Bleyer

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