political futures
15 pieces tagged “political futures”, newest first.

The Summer of Our Discontent
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders represent two sides of the same coin. Both men have tapped into a deep anger — a discontent — in the public mood. Little seems to be going right. America appears in decline under a disengaged president. We can't seem to win wars, or know why we are fighting them. People are afraid of losing their jobs or unable to find one. While the treasury takes in record amounts of money from working people, it outspends its income. Sanders and Hillary Clinton want to spend (and borrow) even more.
Sowell on Tea Party Tactics
"Preserving my principles unshaken, I reserve my activity for rational endeavors."
Put Less Faith in Politicians
"[T]he only solution to the problem of faithless politicians is to put less faith in politicians."
Countering Career Politicians
"We have to oppose the creation of a permanent class of long-serving politicians."
Political Infighting
"That new progressive era liberals promised in 2008? It never happened."
Our Biggest Problem
"Voters view gov't as having too much power when gov't is being run by someone else."
The Civil Rights Political Coalition
"[T]hey must give political support to what these groups want."
Racial Trade-Offs
Black politicians "see their children as too precious to be sacrificed in the name of public education."
Social Networking as a Cop Out
"Used to be that politicians faced off their opponents in the fine art of debate."
Radical Footsteps
"The president's tactics are straight out of his intellectual mentor Saul Alinsky's rulebook."
Exposing Obama's UN Rhetoric
"Humility and retreat are not a policy, unless we plan to surrender to Islamists."