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Showing posts with label elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elections. Show all posts
Monday, September 28, 2020

Death of the working class... and of Capitalism, as we knew it?

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How fighting one pandemic can deepen another Review of “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism” by Anne Case and Angus Deaton By C...
Monday, October 26, 2015

"Demographics tend to be political destiny"

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Republicans’ 2016 math problem, explained in two charts It's easy to overthink elections. I do it all the time. But at its most basic ...
Monday, September 07, 2015

Is the Republican Party Dying, or Morphing?

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America, you're watching the beginning of the end of the Republican Party The beginning of the end of the Republican Party has started...
Monday, November 03, 2014

Is the nearly extinct Northeast species of Republicans being brought back from the brink?

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I once did a post about the demise of New England Republicans . It seemed like they were gone for good. But could it be they are making a c...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

What South African Taxpayer's Money Buys

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Really nice chicken coops, among other things: Nkandla style – don’t worry, it is for security In March 2014, public protector Thuli Mad...
Thursday, April 03, 2014

GOP must "Get Beyond Deportation"

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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul Says GOP Must Appeal To Hispanics, Get ‘Beyond Deportation’ [...] This certainly was not the first time that Paul, ...
Saturday, February 01, 2014

South Africa's Next President?

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She is the candidate of the country's largest opposition party: Famed S. African Activist to Run for President South Africa’s main o...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

The real, post-election Mitt Romney

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The New Mitt Romney Documentary Is Fantastic, And It Exposes The Fundamental Flaw In A Lot Of Campaigns [...]  One of Mitt's sons, Josh...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Where "Liberal Democratic" means "Conservative"

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San Francisco? Yes, there too, but I'm talking about Japan: Japan's Governing Party Resoundingly Ousted in Shift to Right TOKYO...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

EU Member Nations to Sacrifice Sovereignty?

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They may find it difficult not to: Euro crisis: It's still not over [...] Banking union: European Union leaders are expected to discuss ...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

Do "Feelings" win elections more than facts?

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How Obama could win in a landslide [...] In his book "The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation,...
Monday, March 22, 2010

Remember in November? Sure, but don't hold your breath. The Dems have launched a Putsch

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Sara Palin made a nice speech on her facebook page: Out-of-touch Congress Sounds Our Clarion Call to Take a Stand We’ve been reminded many t...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

British Conservatives: where are the real ones?

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Where Have All the Conservatives Gone? Britain will hold a general election within the next five months. And after more than a decade of the...
Monday, November 02, 2009

Will Republicans make gains by default? Or...

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Obama's vanishing majority The 2008 election didn't exile Republicans to the political wilderness. Today, the party has already star...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Iran's Opposition Leaders prefer a public death?

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It's preferable to die in public as martyrs, rather than be liquidated in secret by Amadinejad's goons? That's what is being cl...