THE RACE: US presidential politics is lurking just offstage as Obama hosts 2 world summits
President Barack Obama has trouble closing his umbrella as he prepares to board Air Force One before his departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, May, 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP / May 14, 2012) Possibly Related Posts: Politics stall West Virginia’s invitation to Big 12 Politics in the [...]
Politics stall West Virginia’s invitation to Big 12
The expected invitation of West Virginia to the Big 12 Conference appears to have been put on hold by political football. One day after the Big 12 reportedly approved West Virginia to replace Missouri, multiple media outlets reported that a high-ranking politician may have stalled the conference’s expansion plans. Big 12 officials were expected to [...]
Politics in the Diagnosis of Addiction
The New York Times’ Ian Urbina — who was previously known for his work on fracking — has cast his eye on the politics and economics of the redefinition of addiction currently taking place in the revision of the psychiatric “bible,” the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM 5, due out in [...]
Religion and politics
If you’re attuned to national politics — or read our letters to the editor — you might get the impression that America is overwhelmingly Christian and getting more so by the day. Not so, according to a new book by Mark Chaves, a Duke University professor of sociology and religion. Using data collected between 1972 [...]
The Politics of Anambra Central Senatorial Zone [analysis]
The Politics of Anambra Central Senatorial Zone [analysis] Apr 20, 2011 (Daily Independent/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) – Anambra State is of strategic importance to Nigeria. The state has the largest market in West Africa, which boosts our oil-based economy. In addition to this, the state produced political icons who helped to positively shape [...]
Politics 2012: Nebraska, Oregon next stops for train to RNC
The dance before the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., in August has become more of a cakewalk for Mitt Romney. With U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas remaining as the lone major challenger, Romney has become the presumptive party presidential nominee, needing fewer than 200 delegates to reach the required 1,144 votes necessary to [...]
Iowa’s politics-free redistricting faces test
Click photo to enlargeDES MOINES, IowaIowa residents figure they’re immune from the bare-knuckles, once-a-decade redistricting fights of other states, where incumbents use the process to solidify their re-election chances while parties scramble for any advantage. But in this rural Midwestern state, politically relevant on the national level mostly for hosting the first caucuses of each [...]
Explain Life
On the first day, God created the dog and said: ‘Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.’ The dog said: ‘That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten [...]
Politics of Gay Marriage: Top 9 Things to Watch For
President Obama made history at the White House yesterday when he told my GMA co-anchor Robin Roberts that he supports same-sex marriage. But how will the politics play out come November? That’s the question we’re tackling today on the Bottom Line. Strategists on both sides of the issue – and from both Presidential campaigns – [...]
Mel Martinez’s move changed face of Florida politics
Republican Martinez’s December 2008 announcement that he would not seek a second term created a domino effect that led to an election year unlike Florida had seen in more than a century. If Martinez had just stayed put, Gov. Charlie Crist probably would have run for re-election. Same with Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and [...]
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