elections

Washington D.C. – October 11, 2008 -We are disturbed by the degree to which ‘Arab’ has become the metaphorical mud to sling against your opponent. Last week, for example, the [...]

McCain and Obama are both calling for more troops in Afghanistan. But the Rand Corporation (the Pentagon’s largest think-tank) has published a study showing that a military response to [...]

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The disaffection of Ohio’s working class. by George Packer October 13, 2008 “You can’t make the assumption that because people are suffering economically,” a union official said, that “they’ll [...]

I CAN SEE RUSSIA FROM MY HOUSE! as alaska slathers on lipstick and hits the street and McPalin oil pimps draw maps for drilling her body as tundra goes tropical, glaciers cry cracks in gaunt [...]

[The simplest and — we would hope! — most nonpartisan issue in the coming elections is whether voters who are entitled to vote will be allowed to, and whether votes legitimately cast [...]

The Cabinet: Defense Secretary By John M. Donnelly, CQ Staff Under the unusual system of civilian control of the United States military, the person with the best office in the Pentagon’s “E Ring” [...]

The Cabinet: Secretary of State By Adam Graham-Silverman, CQ Staff For McCain Joseph I. Lieberman Senator from Connecticut Taking the most prestigious post in a Republican Cabinet would complete [...]

The Cabinet: Energy Secretary By Coral Davenport, CQ Staff Energy policy is at a crossroads, considering the major strategic and economic decisions ahead for the next Congress and administration. [...]