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Foreign policy certainly was underscored, if not neglected, this past presidential election. Even Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz recently called this negligence “heart breaking,” especially for a nation at war. …
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This has been a tough year for women, a year in which many states attempted to limit the availability of contraceptives and abortions and even repeal the Lily Ledbetter Fair …
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Skeezics is a weekly cartoon about the world at large. And American politics.
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Barack Obama will remain president for four more years. After winning 97 more electoral votes and roughly one million more popular votes than Mitt Romney, Obama will take on the …
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Audio QUADcast: Hey London, Obama or Romney? Fellow Quadling Jon Christianson and I are abroad in London right now, and from all the way over here, the election feels weird. …
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On Tuesday, American citizens will vote candidates, from judges to sheriffs to the president, into office. They will also decide on pressing issues from legalizing marijuana to the salary measures …
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I am voting for my first time in the upcoming election; my brother, Nathan (age 24, Georgetown ’10, BA in Japanese, registered in Washington, DC) is not voting. We are …
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On Election Day, most citizens of the United States will have two options: choose between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney, or break the mold and vote for one …
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Anyone who has regularly followed American political news over the last year knows that the economy is kind of a big deal–especially when it comes to the presidential election. Sometimes …
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I remember the presidential election of 2008 as I remember all of the past American presidential elections during my life: with a vague sense that something important was happening, but …
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The National Monitor recently reported that “Governor Romney was the butt of 148 jokes on late-night talk show monologues, which is more than twice as many as President Obama.” Moreover, “The …
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In an increasingly partisan country, one issue threatens both sides and the integrity of the democracy on which America was built. The messy and corrupt realm of campaign finance has been …
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