The State Of the Races; Polls Show Obama Leading in States Whose Electoral Votes Total Nearly 300, and the Democrats Heading Toward Expanded House and Senate MajoritiesDavid S Broder Dan Balz
are complemented by hundreds of billions in tax concessions, leading to unprecedented fiscal deficits and the growth of massive social inequalities. The pay of CEO’s as a multiple of the average worker went from 24 to 1 in 1965 to 325 in 2010 (FT 1/9/12, p.5). The ruling class flau...
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David Crystal, one of the world’s leading experts on the language and author of more than 100 books on the subject, estimates that 1.5bn people – around one-quarter of the world’s population – can communicate reasonably well in English. © Financial Times Latin was once the shared lan...
Advent believers use this short liturgical season to reflect on a central theme for the four weeks leading up to Christmas Eve:hope, peace, joy, and love.Many churches light a candle on a prominent wreath each Sunday of Advent, symbolizing one of these profound and transforming themes. ...
The TED AI Show host Bilawal Sidhu talks with journalist Vittoria Elliot, who’s been leading on WIRED’s AI Elections Projects, to discuss how AI is reshaping the political landscape in surprising ways. The two explore the good, the bad, and the downright bizarre – and share what the U...
But this year, with President Bill Clinton careening to the center in his quest for re-election, Truman's folk wisdom could hardly be more wrong. Clinton is leading in the polls in large part because he has been so effective in co-opting key Republican issues like crime, fiscal ...
By simplifying the system, increasing voter turnout, making all votes equally meaningful and leading to a more representative electorate, a national primary would eliminate many of the serious flaws of the current system and therefore should be more seriously considered than it has be...