On 3 September 2008, the Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin made “community organizing” part of mainstream political…
Indeed, if we were drafting a constitution today, few people would even consider a presidential electoral system like the
In a…
The 2012 election campaign—for Congress as well as the presidency—promises to be bitterly fought, even nasty. Leaders of both major parties…
Compromise is difficult, but governing a democracy without compromise is impossible. Anyone who doubts either the difficulty or the…
We show that isolated capital cities are robustly associated with greater levels of corruption across US states. In particular, this is the…
Political arithmetic is always suspect, and one should always examine carefully the claims of those seeking votes. Smart observers have…
After nearly 40 primaries, Mitt Romney has more than twice as many delegates as Rick Santorum and more than four times Newt Gingrich’s…
While former governor Mitt Romney has not had an easy time convincing hard core Republican primary voters that he is the 'real deal' and…
The essay discusses the negative effects of the politicization of
religion in the U.S. The authors note that modern U.S. partisan…
Amidst the welter of election results from voting yesterday, two conclusions seem pretty clear:
First, an ancient rule of American…