by Mark Angelides | Mar 12, 2019 | Articles, Politics
Every single week there are changes in how the American people see their political system. Whether President Trump’s approval ratings are going up or down, if House Democrats are more or less unpopular than Republicans, these views are flighty, oft-changing, and on...
by Mark Angelides | Feb 19, 2019 | Articles, Politics, The Left
It’s official, the independent senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders is running for the highest office in the land once again. The self-styled Democratic Socialist announced in an email to followers that he is officially seeking election; a move that will doubtless...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 18, 2019 | Articles, Politics
Who are the best and worst U.S. presidents of the last 100 or so years? Anytime a historian is asked this question, they will typically cite the most interventionist – foreign and domestic – chief executive as the nation’s greatest. This is evident in a myriad of...
by Tim Donner | Jan 21, 2019 | Articles, Politics, The Left, Trump Administration
If identity politics continues to define the Democratic Party, as it has in recent years, then the latest candidate to announce her candidacy for president might well be sitting in the catbird seat. Unlike previously announced candidates (e.g., Kirsten Gillibrand,...
by Joe Schaeffer | Dec 1, 2018 | Articles, International, International, Politics
On November 118, the Kyiv Post described the results of a new poll showing just how deeply unpopular Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is in his country. “Nearly 50 percent of Ukrainians won’t vote for Poroshenko under any circumstances [in upcoming...