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It Can Be Made Into a, Umm, Monster
If you'd always thought leadership of the country at the apex of world power was kinda important, here's a smidgen of evidence indicating others agree.
Desperation Defined: Quoting the American Spectator
Did the Clinton campaign really use a disgraced right-wing magazine from the '90s to go after Obama?
McCain Daughter's Media Haters
Is the media, sometimes accused of giving Sen. John McCain a "free ride," taking it out on his daughter?
Strength Plus Sensitivity Equals Leadership
Gender stereotypes influence our views of male and female leaders, according to a new study that has implications for the current presidential race.
Affirming the Benefits of Negative Campaigning
Now that Hillary Clinton's "3 a.m. insistently ringing red phone" commercial has achieved political advertisement hall-of-fame status, political scientists John Geer and Ken Goldstein argue in a Los Angeles Times op-ed piece that negative campaign ads — far from being the scourge that most commentators make them out to be — energize…
Preaching and Politics
Is God a Democrat or a Republican? At a time when the polarized views of preachers are getting much media attention, it's reassuring to learn that a huge majority of Americans consider the Almighty to be politically nonpartisan.
Book Review: An Activist Manual for the Davos Crowd
Views, Reviews and Interviews: The “megacommunity” approach to problem solving, with a dose of consultant-speak.
Absent Ballots
Long on promise, short on action, Latinos have never been a definitive force at the polls. Will immigration rhetoric and an unprecedented voter-outreach program make 2008 different?
Is the GOP in your DNA?
A new school of research suggests that our genetic makeup plays a role in our political behavior. But liberals don’t simply pop out of the womb.
In Setting Primaries, It's Better to Be First
Researchers suggest the rush to the front of the primary line may be the best strategy, while grouping together with your neighbors isn’t nearly as useful.
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- 2 A Prophylactic for Free Speech?
- 3 Baseball's Best Teams Are ...
- 4 Does Education Really Make You…
- 5 Caution: NAFTA at Work
- 6 The Lessons of Gloucester, or It's…
- 7 Environment Becomes Heredity
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