While New York City may have flattened the coronavirus curve, swaths of the once vibrant and bustling Big Apple remain boarded up. Crime is running rampant. A mass exodus of both people and businesses has left buildings dark, and the uncertain future of what used to be the seeming center of the world has both the left and right pointing fingers at Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio.
How and why did the 59-year-old mayor become
Political parties in the U.S. have become increasingly polarized in an attempt to get more votes — not because voters themselves are becoming more extremist.
The research team led by Northwestern University found that extremism is a strategy that has worked over the years even if voters’ views remain in the center. Voters are not looking for a perfect representative but a “satisficing,” meaning “good enough,” candidate.
“Our assumption is not that people aren’t trying
The US presidential elections have the feel of the popular talent competition, America’s Got Talent (AGT).
Like the reality TV show, they are entertaining, emotional and highly competitive, and focus exclusively on the candidates’ talent and character or lack thereof, rather than anything that resembles political substance or agenda.
This is reinforced by the mainstream media’s “horse race journalism”, focusing mainly on the odds, through daily broadcasts of polls throughout.
The elections not only provide
When one looks at the data, it becomes clear that the
world is dramatically improving over the long term. So why are people so
pessimistic about the future? Ronald Bailey recently joined the Political
Economy podcast to explore this question.
Ronald is the science correspondent for Reason magazine and Reason.com. He’s the co-author — along with Marian Tupy — of the upcoming book, “Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know: And Many Others You
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(Reuters) – Facebook Inc is considering halting political advertising after U.S. Election Day to curb post-election misinformation, a source who has had discussions with the company said Friday.
The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak for Facebook, said the company has talked
The question of how to formally nominate a president and vice president during a pandemic has been answered.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, at right, wave to supporters onscreen along with Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, at left. (Associated Press)
Throw an unconventional convention, as the Democrats did this week for former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen.
The “VOTE” necklace is just the most recent link in a long chain of politically charged statement jewelry that has helped shape history. Traditionally perceived as being decorative, expensive and feminine — even patriarchal — jewelry may seem like an unlikely canvas for expressing dissent. Yet women have long used their jewelry choices as a form of political messaging.
Jewelry has always been political in the broad sense. Historically, engagement and wedding rings symbolized a
Last week, Japan marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II. It was a war whose impact was felt far and wide, including in Uganda.
Then governor Philip Mitchel had told Ugandans at the start of the war not to worry as they were far from the battle area.
“Do not be afraid. There are Italian forces in Abyssinia but it is a very long way from you people
In such an important election year, arguments will undoubtedly emerge that President Donald Trump is somehow “pro-life” because of his two Supreme Court appointments and various other symbolic and largely rhetorical “pro-life” statements. This would be a terrible mistake to make, and Catholic voters should know the truth. While unborn life is and always will be precious in the eyes of the Catholic church, all life is precious, and so much of that life is
I had been afraid that COVID would kill the political speech, an institution already weakened with some chronic underlying conditions.
For decades now, political ads have become the main messaging vehicle for candidates running for statewide or national office, making fundraising a candidate’s most important job, not the ability to move and inspire a crowd.
And televised debates have supplanted the stump speech as the spectacle that grabs voters’ attention in the final stretch of
Cai Xia is no stranger to defying expectations. During her years at the Chinese Communist Party’s top training center and think tank, the outspoken professor had surprised many with her liberal ideas and support for democratic reform.
More recently, she caused a stir with a spate of scathing denunciations of China’s ruling elite and the country’s leader Xi Jinping — a rare rebuke from a longtime insider that led to her expulsion from the Party
CHARLESTON, WV – Call me old school, but I hated most of this Democratic National Convention, and suspect the same for next week’s Republican National Convention. I have watched every convention since 1964, and have attended ten of them as a reporter. I love the excitement and electricity. I love when you hear in the roll call vote, “The great State of Idaho, the potato capitol of the world, proudly casts its 19 delegates for
Some years ago I predicted that those who would lead the Republican Party back to sanity would be the political consultants, because they would see that the GOP was on a path to defeat, and victory was all they cared about. The
In a historic move, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate. What does that mean for November? Hitting pause on college football. And an update from Beirut.
I can barely describe how much I wanted to like Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley’s May 6 op-ed piece in The New York Times calling for a U.S. withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO). That’s why I can also barely describe the growing disappointment I felt as I read through it. At best, it deserves only an “A for effort” grade.
First, let’s give Hawley (considerable) credit where it’s due. As I’ve been arguing
Boy! I thought Michael Bloomberg’s business’ dependence on China was worrisome when I first read this early January Financial Times report on the billionaire Democratic presidential candidate’s lucrative conference-holding business in the People’s Republic!
Then thanks to a segment last week on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News cable talk show, I checked out this Washington Post piece on the same subject – which I somehow missed – and I’ve gotten even more worried. And since Bloomberg
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Pengertian politik secara etimologis adalah dari bahasa Yunani, yaitu “Polis” yang artinya adalah Negara Kota. Pada penggunaannya kata tersebut kemudian berkembang, diantaranya:
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