Political Parties

What You Should Always Bring Up On A First Date

Cristen Conger | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Marriage, Politics, Political Parties, 2012 Presidential Election, Relationship Advice, Love and Relationships, Romance, Dating Advice, Sociology, Dating, Social Science, Online Dating, Dating Tips, Etiquette, Democrats, Love, Republicans, Women and Politics, Women News

Politics is one of the four topics -- alongside money, sex and religion -- Emily Post says young ladies must never, ever broach on a first date. Here's why women should ignore that advice.

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Americans Elect's Failure Is Our Victory

Murray Hill Inc. | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Political Parties, Murray Hill for Congress, 2008 Presidential Race, Americans Elect, Citizens United, John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court, Campaign Finance, Satire, Political Satire, Politics News

Isn't it clear by now that flesh and blood humans have made a complete mess of things? We trust corporations with what we eat, watch, drive, and do online -- so why not complete the circle and give corporations our vote?

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The Balance of Power

John Conway | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Two Party System, Political Parties, Democrats, Partisanship, Republicans, Politics News

Political fortunes ebb and flow over time; we pull to the left and then the pendulum swings to the right and then back again.

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Divided Politics and Bad Marriages

Deepak Chopra | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Tea Party, Political Compromise, Congress, Political Parties, Democrats, Partisanship, Republicans, Politics News

Whether the Democrats and Republicans like it or not, they are in bed together and may as well be married. Since the Democrats and Republicans can't divorce, our only hope is that reconciliation is possible.

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In the Political Game Today, Divided We Fall

FSView | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Florida State University, Reality Television, Reality TV, Political Parties, Political Discourse, Political Party, Fsu, Political Discussion, Bipartisanship, Media Critique, Partisanship, Bipartisan Politics, Partisan Politics, College News

Somewhere amongst the blob of partisan political analysis, reality television contests and mass commercialization that makes up our popular culture, is a world of politics that attempts to fit in. The problem is, real political discussion cannot exist in such a setting.

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A Twisted Tale of Partisan Politics

Harry Kresky | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Independent Voters, Political Reform, Political Parties, Harry Kresky, Nonpartisan Elections, Politics News

A strange case in Tennessee got my attention. Now it's before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, as the judges consider whether a politica...

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The Occupy Movement: Tactics for an Election Year

Ali Hayat | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Evictions, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Steet, Tactics, 2012 Election, Political Parties, 2012 Occupy Wall Street, Politics News

2012 being an election year provides an opportunity to the Occupy movement to translate its general appeal into electoral success and in turn to representation within the American political system.

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Examining the Democratic Mechanisms of Political Parties

Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Politics, Political Parties, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Elections 2012, Electoral Map, Partisan Politics, Black Voices News

One could argue that the existence of different political parties makes little difference. This is because regardless of the initial political stance of the winning candidate or party, in most cases they will identify the same electoral issues and often adopt similar measures in response.

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The Delusion of a Radical Center

Robert Kuttner | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Third Party, Third Party Candidates, Political Parties, 2012 Presidential Election, Centrism, Americans Elect, 2012 Third Party, Americans Elect Third Party, Politics News

A well-funded, faux-reformist group known as Americans Elect is promoting a third party presidential candidacy and anticipates qualifying its candidate to be on the ballot in nearly all states.

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Coming Soon to a Congress Near You

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Politics, Congress, Democrats, Republicans, Political Parties, Politics News

Do these sound like any political parties you know? Onepercentocracy (one-per-cent-oc'-ra-cy) -- a system of government where the most fixated on pow...

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Occupy Wall Street and the Crisis of Choice

Gabe Zichermann | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Politics, Political Parties, Behavioral Economics, Occupy Wall Street, Free Market Capitalism, Occupy-Wall-Street-Capitalism, Occupy Wall Street Consumer, Occupy Wall Street Protesters, Politics News

When we start to think of politics as a market-driven activity, and political parties as products we choose to "buy" with our votes, the U.S. system starts to show some basic econometric flaws.

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The Day the Parties Died

Krist Novoselic | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Third Party, Republican Party, Political Parties, Democratic Party, Voters, Democracy, Digital Democracy, Voting, Politics News

Our country is founded on great moments. A great moment is now upon us to leverage technology and change politics to accommodate the demands of the emerging digital democracy.

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The Kinde Durkee Scandal and Political Reform

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 12.05.2011

Durkee may be the Bernie Madoff of California Democrats, having allegedly embezzled from hundreds of campaign accounts. While it might be tempting to view this as an isolated case, the problem cuts much deeper.

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Crash The Parties

Rich Tafel | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Two Party System, Daschle, 2012 Election, ruck.us, Political Parties, Party Politics, Third Parties, American Politics, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News

If Americans were told to choose between two cars, shirts, colors or family sizes, we'd rise up in revolt. Tell us we have only two parties, however, and we accept it as though any alternative is unimaginable.

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Party of Patriots

Gary Hart | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Elections 2012, Patriotism, Political Parties, Politics News

Our purpose: to bring Americans together; to achieve a just society; to care for the wounded in and out of uniform; to help America stand tall and deserve respect; to be a leading nation in the international community.

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Will Billionaire Art Collector Be Egypt's Next President?

Posted 10.29.2011

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Naguib Sawiris is the second richest man in Egypt, right behind his father and just ahead of his younger brother. He used to work his father's company...

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The Ties That Blind: How The Most Powerful American Entities Have Brought The Country To Its Knees

Pete Subkoviak | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Corporate Interests, Globalization, Congress, Reform, Political Parties, Debt Ceiling, Spending Cuts, American Dream, Campaign Finance, Politics News

The very real benefits that corporations, unions, political parties, and the individuals within them have brought to our country, these are the ties that blind the American people from the true cause of our unrest.

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Don't Like Our Current Politics? Become a Christian Independent

Rev. Jim Ball | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Robert Putnam, Christian Independents, Independents, Debt Ceiling, Partisanship, Christian Independence, Religion and Politics, Political Parties, Religious Identity, Christianity and Politics, Religion News

Being a registered Independent is a practical, tangible way to declare our independence from poisonous partisanship; it can also be an opportunity to consciously reaffirm our allegiance to Christ in all things.

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Very Religious Americans Still Align More With GOP

gallup.com | Posted 08.27.2011

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PRINCETON, NJ -- Very religious Americans remain significantly more likely than those less religious to identify as Republicans or lean Republican, an...

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Wanted: New Palestinian Political Parties

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Mustafa Barghouti, Political Parties, Communists, Fateh, Islamic Jihad, Fatah, Plo, Hamas, World News

If the coming year will witness the birth of the state of Palestine, we need to see from now what kind of state it will be. Programs that can give concrete answers to this question will undoubtedly do better than generalities.

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Travelers of the World Unite: Stop the Wars

Judie Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In short, we are opinion leaders, opinion makers, the vanguard of the modern wave of exploration.

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The GOP's Latino Suicide Watch

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latino, Illegals, Congress, Political Parties, Mitch McConnell, Political Suicide, Latin America, Hispanic, Immigrants, Obama, Lame Duck, Reid, 2012, Elections, Politics, Education, College, DREAM Act, Gop, Nativists, Immigration Democrats, Undocumented Workers, Republicans, Kay Bailey Hutchison Richard Lugar, Olympia Snowe, Bob Bennett, Richard Durbin, Susan Collins, Sam Brownback, Orrin Hatch, Politics News

Republicans, you have been warned. The future of your party is at stake. Your unrelenting attacks against American Latinos are the path to ruin.

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Pessimism Porn

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Media, Environmentalism, Political Parties, Media, Economic Crisis, Liberalism, Chris Hedges, Internet, Economic Policy, Middle Class, Free Trade, Globalization, Immigration, George W. Bush, Books News

Chris Hedges's new book, The Death of the Liberal Class (Nation Books, November, 2010) exemplifies the limits of the liberal elite in critiquing itsel...

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A Party for the Middle Class

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2012 Presidential Election, Political Parties, Democratic Party, Middle Class, 3rd Parties, Politics News

The Democrats' mushy sometimes-with-the-bankers, sometimes-with-the-middle-class thing isn't working, and the real swing voters are populist working class folks.

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Manning Up to Sharing Our Testimony as Democrats

Burns Strider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elections, Strategy, Political Parties, Faith and Politics, 2010 Elections, Political Races, Elections 2010, Narrative, Democracy, Republicans, Faith, Democrats, Testimony, Politics News

Faith plays a central role in American elections. Another term I often use and hear being used is "authenticity." It's not about being of a certain religious belief, but it is about not hiding that belief under a bushel.

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