Tag: politics
Brexit: ‘Taking farmers for fools’
Caught in the middle of Britain's possible exit from the European Union are UK farmers.
Putting the ‘con’ in econometric
While American farmers and ranchers were eyeball-deep in spring planting and first-cutting hay, their commodity groups and federal government were knee-deep in narrowly-focused studies.
Trade deals going nowhere
As the politics of this election year heat up, the chances of Congress debating — let alone passing — either of the White House’s marque trade deals continue to melt away.
Bring back some common sense
Every day, seemingly forever, we are being bombarded with politics, invading our homes and our conscious thought.
Calculator estimates your risk of poverty during next 15 years
Rather than just listening to politicians' sound bytes, Americans can judge for themselves how close they are to falling into poverty.
Surprise! The history of the speaker of the house repeats itself
The recent history of the third most powerful constitutional office in the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is so checkered that you have to seriously question the background of anyone who seeks it.
The dirty truth
The thing I love about political season is … nothing. Not a single blessed thing. How is this possible?
Slouching toward Election Day
There are facts on which the world operates and there are facts on which politics operate. Spoiler alert: The two are not the same.
God and country: Polarization on the rise in presidential politics, study...
A study of three decades of voter choice has shown that while the influence of religion on voter choice intensified in the years between the elections of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and Barack Obama in 2008.
Crude oil and crude politics
Like the weather, everyone complains about how slanderous politics has become but no one ever does anything about it.
