(Un)Conventional Wisdom on the year ahead from our politics blogger Robert D. Sullivan.

The latest from Robert David Sullivan at "(Un)Conventional Wisdom"

Journalists like political upsets; voters rarely accommodate them.

Kids and dogs We see a lot of them during the Christmas season thanks to family gatherings and annual visits to neighbors For many of us with no kids or whose children have grown up Christmas is one of the rare times when we come face-to-face with the youngest generation For most of the year ch

The minimum wage could be one of the biggest political issues in 2014 and it rsquo s surprising how many people would be affected by an increase in what society considers a barely acceptable pay rate We all know about workers at McDonald rsquo s and Walmart but how many would guess that ldquo ban

Solutions to long-term unemployment do not seem to be on the agenda for 2014.