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The Massachusetts State House has produced some innovative policy ideas, but it hasn't been a steppingstone to the White House, to the chagrin of several candidates.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Political success in Massachusetts doesn’t translate to rest of the country.
Hillary Clinton attends the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting at The Shertaon New York Hotel on September 25, 2013 in New York City.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Sanders’s reservations about growth at any cost echo Pope Francis' economic thinking.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Beware of headlines based on politicians’ feelings rather than their actions.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Will the upcoming election be the most important of our lifetime?
Andrew Jackson would have been appalled to see Barack Obama lead the Democratic Party, but he wouldn't have been crazy about JFK either.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Jackson would hardly prefer “big government” solutions to poverty and inequality.
Connecticut became reliably Democratic only when affluent suburbs like Westport started supporting the party. (1937 postcard from Wikimedia Commons)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
The state’s relative affluence may promote political stability.