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Jul 18 2016
News
Ted Cruz contemplates the unthinkable
One of these days, and maybe soon, Ted Cruz just might have to endorse Donald Trump. But he’ll never concede Trump could have beaten him in a fair fight — and he’ll never accept that Trump’s me-first philosophy represents a sustainable future for the GOP. Above all, Cruz wants to use the big stage in Cleveland to present a non-Trump alternative vision for his party’s future, one rooted in
Politico
Aug 11 2020
Perspectives Blog
When College Football Games Affect the Presidential Election
Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate did not have nearly the impact on the presidential race as other news that was breaking this week. If Donald Trump is not re-elected, he can blame Northern Illinois University.
That’s not because the state of Illinois is in play. Republicans haven’t won a presidential election in the Land of Lincoln for more than thirty years
Dan Schnur
Aug 20 2014
News
Why Obama can’t go there
It’s a paradox of Barack Obama’s presidency: The first African-American to run the country finds himself in the tensest racial confrontation of his tenure but is constrained from addressing the nation’s original sin in anything but the loftiest, most dispassionate terms.
Politico
Sep 24 2016
News
Facebook, Stop Messing With the Election
“You’re on CNN. The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls!” In 2004, that’s how ex-Daily Show anchor Jon Stewart famously rebutted Crossfire host Tucker Carlson’s allegation that he had gone too soft on John Kerry. Seven years later, Stewart would tell Chris Wallace that he was “a comedian first” after the Fox News host accused him of making a “political comment” about
Daily Beast
Jan 05 2015
News
Boston bombing trial lawyers fail to reach plea deal
As accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev goes on trial Monday few doubt the outcome of the first phase of the two-phase trial. It's the second, the sentencing phase, including a possible death sentence, that has been the subject of behind the scenes discussions.
CNN (Online News)
May 07 2017
Opinion
The ‘Right’ To Health Care
With the American Health Care Act dominating the week’s news, one conversation has been unavoidable: Someone — someone who pays attention to public policy — will suggest that we pursue policy x, y, or z, and someone else — someone who pays a little less careful attention, who probably watches a lot of cable-television entertainment masquerading as news — responds: “The first thing we have to
Guest Writer - Right
Jul 23 2019
News
Biden Seeks to Fix Criminal Justice Inequalities as Critics Attack His Record
The former vice president, who has been criticized for the 1994 crime law, wants to end mandatory minimum sentences and disparities in drug sentencing.
Joe Biden released criminal justice proposals that seek an end to mandatory minimum sentences and disparities in certain types of drug sentencing, confronting the legacies of the “tough-on-crime” laws he once supported in the Senate.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jun 02 2014
Opinion
EPA to seek 30% cut in emissions at power plants
The EPA will propose mandating power plants cut U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions 30 by 2030 from levels of 25 years earlier - an ambitious target that marks the first-ever attempt at limiting such pollution.
Wall Street Journal (News)
