Democracy, Truth, and the Doomsday Clock: The Danger of 2024
Daniel Melia Photo by Evan Vucci *** The proverbial temperature rose in the still-young United States of America in the…
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Who Cares What You Think? A Challenge to the Economic Paradigm of Consumer Thought
How’s the economy doing these days? It depends on who you ask. A poll jointly conducted by the…
America’s Teenage Social Media Problem
“You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.” So reads the tagline for David…
Expectation versus Reality: Examining the Polls and Models’ Performance in the 2022 Election
The dust is settling on the 2022 elections, with many races yet uncalled as mail-in, provisional, and military…
Is a Global Recession Inevitable?
A quick glance at the news would likely leave one strongly concerned, if not thoroughly convinced, of the…
All Eyes on France for Another Pivotal Presidential Election
Only a few days (four as of this writing) stand between France and another potential turning point in…
What is Vladimir Putin Thinking?
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine closes out its first full month, the erratic, irascible behavior of Russian…
Capitol Hill Democrats Aren’t Making the Most of Their Fast-Closing Window
We are just over a year into Joe Biden’s presidency, which has seen the Democratic Party assume control…
Virginia Gubernatorial Election Autopsy
As this article is written (Nov 8), the 2021 election day is just over a week in the…