Government and Politics
Proposition 8 and the Education DebateJanuary 27, 2009 Currently in California, heated debate after the November 4th referendum on Proposition 8 is ongoing and relentless. Proposition 8, which specif[ies] that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California 1, passed with approximately a 52% majority2. Opponents of the proposition are up in arms,...read more... The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad PoliciesSeptember 19, 2008 By Bryan Caplan. Princeton University Press; 276 pages Review by J.R. Leonard Orthodox theories of individual behavior in politics or economics tend to fall somewhere on a one-dimensional continuum between absolute rationality and total ignorance. That is to say, social scientists generally presume that people are either...read more... Richardson Flanks Opponents on War Strategy in Georgetown SpeechNovember 4, 2007 Bill Richardson has a controversial plan, and whether or not it’s a winning strategy in Iraq, it’s almost certain to help him in the polls. While his top tier opponents Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama are burdened with the intense scrutiny of those who have or could have...read more... Interview with Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive CaucusNovember 10, 2007 Interview by Henry Hensley read more... Still Second Class Citizens? The D.C. Voting Rights Act of 2007October 29, 2007 “Taxation without representation.” We see it on every Washington, D.C., license plate, seemingly declared with pride (or perhaps with a self deprecating nudge and a wink) like the Georgia Peach or New York’s Empire State Building. Yet what seems like a clever aside on our nation’s history has been a...read more... Dual Office HoldingJanuary 15, 2007 In early September 2007, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill making dual office holding illegal in |
