While many news outlets received good political mileage Wednesday, flaunting the fact that President Obama was met at the airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by a low-level official (the
The folk theory of democracy
The common perception holds that the people elect their leaders at the polls and then hold them accountable for representing their will. The folk theory
Horror stories abound in New York after the Tuesday primaries as voters report being dropped from rolls, turned away by poll workers, and subjected to long lines in understaffed polling
Twenty-nine seconds: according to Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani of
The Intercept, this is how much time cable news networks Fox News and MSNBC devoted to daytime and afternoon
An on-going philosophical tug of war exists between disgruntled taxpayers and legislators who on the one hand, are working hard for their constituents, while on the other, suddenly find
With overwhelming victories in the New York primary by Donald Trump (89-3; with 3 delegates yet to be declared) and Hillary Clinton (175-106; with 10 delegates outstanding) the
A persistent theme in the Democratic primary contest is that the race is between Hillary Clinton, the pragmatist, and Bernie Sanders, the purist – images that the candidates have both acquired
As the nominating contests wind down, a new poll suggests that a majority of Republicans would prefer the top vote-getter obtain the GOP presidential nomination.
The poll, from NBC
Since last week over twelve hundred protesters have subjected themselves to arrest outside the U.S. Capitol building, with thousands more pledging their willingness to join them.
Their goal? To
Let’s suppose there is this man in America. He is wealthy. He considers himself a “conservative guy” but he is not ideological. At one time or another in his
Jane Sanders, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, called the closed primary system in New York “silly” on MSNBC's Morning Joe. During the interview, she advocated
