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Do Supreme Court appointees vote the way Presidents think they will?

February 17, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Courts, Government, History, Obama, Supreme Court [SCOTUS] Leave a comment

How would a successor to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia vote? If President Obama manages to get a hearing on a nominee, will he

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Why I’m voting for Bernie Sanders

February 15, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Bernie Sanders, Corporations 3 comments

First off, let me be clear. I’m voting for Bernie Sanders in the primary and I hope he wins the nomination. If he doesn’t

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The case for the Sanders revolution

February 15, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Budget, Campaigns, Capitalism, Democracy, Demographics/Polls, Economy, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Survey 2 comments

Bernie Sanders is calling for a political revolution. Is there evidence to demonstrate that his “revolution” is needed? And why is the Sanders revolution

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Survey: Democrats and Republicans want different kinds of leaders

February 10, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democrats, Demographics/Polls, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Survey Leave a comment

Which two of the following characteristics best describes the kind of leader that you would want for the country? [You must select two]: A

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Campbell’s will label its products with GMO info

February 9, 2016 Renee Shur Activism, Food, Health Leave a comment

Maybe you’ve been following the long-simmering controversy about labeling food products for GMOs (genetically modified organisms). If you haven’t, now is a good time

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What Hillary Clinton might say to help herself

February 6, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Banks, Business, Campaigns, Economy, Financial reform, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Hillary Clinton finds herself on the defensive, doing rope-a-dope, against certain charges from both the media and Bernie Sanders. Where Sanders is concerned, Clinton’s

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Survey: Do you believe in science?

February 5, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Demographics/Polls, Education, Republican Brain, Republicans, Science, Survey 2 comments

How much of science do people believe? In our 2016 survey, we did not ask “What weighs more, a ton of steel or a

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Democratic [and Republican] caucuses are not very democratic.

February 3, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Civil Rights, Media, Voting/Elections 2 comments

What’s so [small-d] democratic about this year’s [capital D] Democratic and Republican caucuses? Not much. The first time I caucused–back in 1972, in Missouri–I

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Survey: Does our economic system favor the rich?

February 3, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Capitalism, Democracy, Democrats, Demographics/Polls, Economy, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Survey One comment

Conventional wisdom holds that Republicans are the party of the wealthy. But as Donald Trump’s campaign has clearly revealed, there are plenty of Republicans

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We need a new presidential primary system, ASAP

February 1, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Democracy, Ideas, Politics 6 comments

The 2016 presidential primary season has started for real–kicked off by the Iowa caucuses. But our current presidential primary system is a disaster for

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

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