Topic: Politics

Tony Blair on Political Ignorance

(Ilya Somin) . David Bernstein's post referencing a commenter who greatly overestimates the extent to which the public pays attention to politics...

Democratic Panic?

(David Bernstein) . Earlier today, I received a robocall from a DNC-affiliated pollster asking whether I plan to vote for the Republican or...
West Middlesex, Pa. Traveling companions: None. Event: Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper speaks to the Shenango Valley chapter of the American...

Polling and Political Wrap, 9/8/10

Yeah, I know...I made a big deal Monday night about how I'd be out until Thursday because of a little trip to the surgeon. But, heck, how was I to...
Military bases across the U.S. have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and "shoot" U.S. troops ...
Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews with the former ...
The huge U.S. budget deficit poses a national security threat and projects a "message of weakness" internationally, Secretary of State Hillary ...
CNN's found a man fit to fill Larry King's suspenders. . . Today, the cable news network announced that Piers Morgan will replace veteran ...
The leader of Kazakhstan used a meeting with Russia's President Medvedev this week to revive an old Soviet-era idea to divert Siberian rivers...

Obama To Pitch Economic Proposals In Ohio

Seeking to give anxious Democrats a boost ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama is pitching a trio of economic initiatives ...