Ecuador's conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer are leading early presidential voting results Under Correa’s shadow Correa was among the leftist politicians who ruled across Latin America in the 2000s and whose populist policies were benefitted by a commodities boom as well a...
Shortly after he was elected, Emmanuel Macron mused about “successful people” and “people who are nothing.” To his critics, these remarks—made before an audience of entrepreneurs at the inauguration of a “start-up” campus—distilled everything they disliked about France’s new pres...
“In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved his title. Do not ...
Partisan accountability models predict greater sanctions for politicians who fail to deliver on issues they “own.” According to this logic, right-wing incumbents should suffer more from crime spikes. Contrary to this expectation, we show that right-wing governments are not always punished for ...
She repeatedly called for a “new generation” of Republican leadership, while proposing mandatory cognitive testing for all politicians over the age of 75 – a thinly veiled shot at both Trump and Biden. After dropping out, Haley said in May that she would vote for Trump in the November ...
Italian playwright Dario Fo (March 24, 1926-October 13, 2016), best known for “Accidental Death of an Anarchist,” was author of more than 70 plays whose energetic mocking of Italian political life, social mores and religion won him praise, scorn, and the Nobel Prize. A staunch leftist,...
In the first half of the campaign period, public demand was strong for the drastic reform of conglomerates, called chaebol here, and for the severing of long-standing collusive ties between chabol families and politicians. The super-high unemployment rate among youths led the younger generation to...
Big Dumb Lie: Journalists Who Insist There Is No Media Bias Problem Are Just Cutting Themselves off from the American PublicIf you listen to a growing chorus of liberals and leftists, you might think that one of America's biggest problems today is, hold onto your hats, "conservative media ...
On that day, Garner was suspected of selling untaxed cigarettes, often aClass A misdemeanorin New York. The police did not create this law; society did, via the legislative processes of New York State. Of course, elected officials are seldom present to prevent or address the (unintended) con...
“I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians,” he wrote. “My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics.” While governor, Schwarzenegger was a strong proponent of investing in tools to slow climate change, c...