It’s official. Time magazine recently anointed Barack Obama as the 2012 Person of the Year. With all due respect to the editors of Time—and
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Tax dollars at work: American foreign aid to Israel
While waiting for a connecting flight in the Dallas, Texas, airport, I witnessed a woman turn to a man and ask him to watch
10 ways to stay politically engaged, even after winning the 2012 election
Obama won. But we’re far from done. How long did it take after President Obama won the popular vote and the electoral college for
Israel: One person’s inner conflict
The real-world, political/military/cultural conflict between Israel and its neighbors is bad, and the war inside my head is getting worse. Israel and I are
To limit filibusters, invoke NFL challenge rule
As a number of pundits, such as John Nichols of The Nation are saying, we need to reform the filibuster system in the U.S.
What if electoral votes were awarded proportionally?
The record shows that President Barack Obama was reelected in 2012 by defeating Mitt Romney with 332 electoral votes to 206. Even though Obama
Obama: Calm, cool, and hated for it
Back on August 8, 2012, I published a piece on Occasional Planet in which I pondered the intense hatred that President Barack Obama inspires
No apologies in the so-called “apology tour”
In tonight’s third 2012 Presidential debate, Governor Romney once again referred to President Obama’s diplomatic tour in Spring 2009 as an “apology tour.” He
Study debunks Romney myth of makers and takers
Political scientists Suzanne Mettler and John Sides provide the numbers that debunk the Romney view that 53% of the population are hardworking, independent, and
Facebook + Peer Pressure = Voting
Researchers are using Facebook. Not just for posting pictures and playing Farmville though. They’re using the social networking giant for social experiments. And in