political science

Political centrism getting a second look
Commentary, Nation World
MICHAEL S. JOHNSON Chicago Tribune 
Oct 11, 2024
CHICAGO (TNS) — Political centrism has a bad name. In fact, it has a lot of bad names. Centrists have been denigrated as squishy, weak in the knees, g...
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Independents will decide the election
Commentary, Nation World
TYLER FISHER and CARLO MACOMBER The Fulcrum/TNS 
Aug 19, 2024
Whichever party wins independent voters will win the presidency and other key races this fall. A poll we at Unite America commissioned earlier this ye...
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Will Trump end elections? Anatomy of a failed hoax
Commentary, Nation World
FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
Aug 15, 2024
Apparently Saul Alinsky has been resurrected and is working as the chief propaganda coordinator for the Kamala Harris presidential campaign. Alinsky w...
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Let’s leave the Marxism on the Capitol steps
Commentary, Nation World
GORDON GRAY RealClearPolitics 
Aug 02, 2024
The United States has become the largest market in the world, and at the same time it delivers the highest standard of living to its citizens compared...
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The nuclear option(s)
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Jul 04, 2024
After President Joe Biden’s abysmal performance in the first debate, Democrats and progressives are sweating bullets. They have been in denial for fou...
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Small New York towns masquerading as democracies
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
RONALD FRASER Special to Olean Times Herald 
Jul 01, 2024
Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign pits Americans who favor a citizen-based, democratic form of government against those who seek to centralize...
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The empire has no clothes
Commentary, Nation World
BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Jul 01, 2024
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — That was a new low. Thursday’s presidential debate was a humiliating spectacle for President Joe Biden personally, and for the Unit...
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‘American Globalism’ versus ‘America First’
Commentary, Nation World
FRANCIS P. SEMPA RealClearDefense 
May 31, 2024
Hal Brands, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, has la...
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Beware ‘good government’ reforms
Commentary, Nation World
May 22, 2024
A recent court ruling highlights the dangers of forcing taxpayers to fund political campaigns. Progressives pushing such schemes under the guise of el...
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