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I asked two friends to read a recent article in Foreign Affairs on the relationship between income inequality and American decline. You can find the piece by George Packer here at http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136402/george-packer/the-broken-contract You might also appreciate the back and forth…
Tuesday, November 8 marked the surprising defeat of Mississippi’s “Personhood Amendment.” The ballot measure, also known as Initiative 26, which was widely expected to pass, was trounced by an overwhelming margin of 58 – 42. The Colorado-based group called Personhood…
For many political–minded Yale students, Tuesday, November 8 marks the date of the Ward 1 Aldermanic election, in which students will decide between Sarah Eidelson (JE ’12) and Vinay Nayak (DC ’14). But this election — while, of course, an…
Halloween for most people means jack-o’-lanterns and trick-or-treaters, “The Great Pumpkin” and the “Treehouse of Horror.” But for many politicians, it is simply another opportunity for a photo op, a feel-good article in the local paper or even a chance…
President Obama must have quite a lot on his mind. Indeed, the leader of the Western World is currently burdened with slumping poll numbers, an opposition Congress, a decidedly poor economy and a stubbornly high unemployment rate. Perhaps the President’s…
Liberals need to forget about the New Deal and think about what can work in 21st Century. http://breakthroughjournal.org/content/authors/ted-nordhaus-and-michael-shell/modernizing-liberalism.shtml
It is certainly an exciting time to examine Connecticut politics. By the end of 2012 the state will be, politically, unrecognizable from even a few years earlier. This process began in 2006, with the defeat of Senator Joseph Lieberman in…
