Donald Trump claims credit for ‘miracle’ of overturning right to abortion Ex-president tries to walk fine line on issue, saying Republicans with extreme positions have been ‘decimated’ in elections The Guardian - US · Jan 11, 2024
In debate, GOP candidates for Texas House special election mirror statewide intraparty tensions The two feuding Republicans were the top two finishers in a November special election to succeed expelled state Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City, in House District 2. The Texas Tribune · Jan 10, 2024
Assessing the GOP Presidential Candidates Ten Days Before the Iowa Caucuses Nikki Haley is libertarianism's best bet. Reason · Jan 6, 2024
How religion and politics will mix in 2024 – three trends to track Religion is likely to play a big role in voters’ choices in the 2024 presidential election – much as it did in previous years. Despite an overall shift away from participation in organized religion in the U.S. populace, religious rhetoric in the political arena has intensified. The Conversation · Jan 3, 2024
Survey Reveals Most Overrated and Underrated Political Figures in US History Find out who America's conservative leaders think are the most overrated and underrated political figures in history. The results may surprise you. Top News · Dec 31, 2023
Nelson Mandela taught me this: hope survives wherever people come together Even amid the despair that haunts our world, good can come out of evil. We need to believe that, for the sake of our future, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2023
Ronald Reagan married Nancy because she was pregnant, daughter writes in new book ‘Traveling back, you realize that the whole story of your family is bigger, messier, and often more tender than you once believed,’ Patti Davis writes The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2023
Whoops! Mistakes, we’ve made a few in our 75-year history The Sun-Times has had its share of doozies, from wrongly declaring Ford would be Reagan’s running mate to accidentally publishing an obituary for the Chicago Teachers Union president before she died. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 29, 2023
Gen X and President Biden: Reality bites The president is most unpopular among members of Generation X, who lean more conservative than those in other generations. WEKU · Dec 27, 2023
2023's historic Hollywood and UAW strikes aren't labor's whole story – the total number of Americans walking off the job remained relatively low More than 492,000 workers – including nurses, actors, screenwriters, autoworkers, hotel cleaners, teachers and restaurant servers – walked off their jobs during the first 10 months of 2023. The Conversation · Dec 20, 2023
Can Porn Ever Be Ethical? The new owners of one of the world’s largest adult sites are determined to make the company—and the rest of the industry—safer The Walrus · Dec 19, 2023
Hollywood's last religious liberal Lear was the last member of a dying breed — and now his legacy is being squandered Salon · Dec 17, 2023
The Californication of the country’s housing market Record homelessness, sky-high rents, and homes affordable only to millionaires: A case study in how local control and a shifting national economy created today’s perverse housing market. Fortune · Dec 16, 2023
'College for all' has failed America. Can the education system be fixed? Without good career pathways besides the bachelor's degree, Americans will continue to struggle for economic security. Fortune · Dec 14, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023 Boris Johnson is gone for good, but his brand of empty populism is still very much alive There’s no coming back from the Covid inquiry for the former prime minister. But something more sinister may be brewing in his wake, says journalist and author Peter Oborne
The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023 When are the Iowa caucuses and why are they so important? Prominent Iowa pollster tells Gustaf Kilander, ‘it should be impossible to poll caucuses accurately because they’re designed for things to change at the very last moment’
Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 7, 2023 Presidential debates are no longer must-see TV As the next 2024 Republican primary debate approaches, it’s worth asking: Are we just looking for zingers and gaffes? What are we learning about the candidates, other than who can score more points?
Ballotpedia · Dec 6, 2023 Biden has successfully appointed 159 federal judges through December 1 of his third year President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 159 Article III federal judges through December 1, 2023, his third year in office. The Senate had confirmed 164 of President Donald Trump’s (R) appointees at this point in his term.
The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023 Was Ron DeSantis lacklustre campaign doomed from the start? Ex-GOP strategist believes the governor’s mix of awkwardness and nastiness will end his campaign, while a pollster says nothing can be predicted when it comes to the Iowa caucuses where it comes down to what happens in the room on the night, Gustaf Kilander reports
The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023 Was Ron DeSantis lacklustre campaign doomed from the start? Ex-GOP strategist believes the governor’s mix of awkwardness and nastiness will end his campaign, while a pollster says nothing can be predicted when it comes to the Iowa caucuses where it comes down to what happens in the room on the night, Gustaf Kilander reports
The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2023 ‘Forty years on, nothing’s changed’: Fun Boy Three on The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum ‘Terry Hall was writing about nuclear war and Ronald Reagan, then the US president, the idea being that the world was being run by lunatics’
The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2023 Was Ron DeSantis lacklustre campaign doomed from the start? Ex-GOP strategist believes the governor’s mix of awkwardness and nastiness will end his campaign, while a pollster says nothing can be predicted when it comes to the Iowa caucuses where it comes down to what happens in the room on the night, Gustaf Kilander reports
Reason · Dec 1, 2023 Sandra Day O'Connor, RIP She was the first woman Supreme Court justice, and played a key role in changing the Court's jurisprudence for the better on several issues.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023 Sandra Day O’Connor obituary First female justice of the US supreme court who cast the deciding vote in many of its most controversial cases
Roll Call · Dec 1, 2023 Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93 - Roll Call Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died Friday at age 93, according to a statement from the Supreme Court. O’Connor, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, served more than two decades on the court before retiring in 2006. The announcement from…