Politics (page 1023)

Historian Niall Ferguson‘s latest Newsweek column offers some sobering thoughts about the capability of information technology to change “the global balance of power.” It is not only proponents of democracy who know how to exploit the power of online networking. It is also the…

In its latest issue, Newsweek asked 20 “leaders and experts” for ideas about policy fixes federal officials should pursue right away. Some are good, while others smack of nanny-state paternalism. Among the more interesting suggestions is that of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels: merit-based civil service.

Three years have passed since Jonah Goldberg wrote Liberal Fascism, but he explained Wednesday night to a Chapel Hill audience why the book is still relevant to current American political debates. Click play below to watch Goldberg’s 1:03:15 presentation on the University of North Carolina campus.

Anthony Greco’s latest Carolina Journal Online report focuses on a Republican legislative plan to tie unemployment benefit extensions to a budget resolution. John Hood’s Daily Journal rebuts exaggerated arguments against N.C. House Republicans’ budget proposals.

Live Blog House Appropriations subcommittees started debate yesterday on the specifics what it means to balance the budget in a pro-family, pro-growth way. Proposed savings in primary and secondary education of $694 million are midway between Gov. Perdue's $351 million and the John Locke Foundation's $1 billion. Community College…

Michael Barone has a bone to pick with fellow political pundits. He explains in his latest Washington Examiner column: Let’s ban the verbs “bicker” and “squabble,” not for a month but forever. You’ve seen those verbs often if you’ve been reading about…

David Bass’ latest Carolina Journal Online report focuses on a bill that would remove redistricting power from state lawmakers and create an independent commission for that process. John Hood’s Daily Journal makes a case for redistricting reform.

Robert J. Samuelson’s column that Joe Coletti posted contains the following: “Once politics was about only a few things; today, it is about nearly everything,” writes the eminent political scientist James Q. Wilson in a recent collection of essays (“American Politics, Then and Now”). The concept of “vital national…