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Robert David Sullivan is the production editor at America magazine.
States shaded green get most of their revenue from individual and business income taxes. States shaded yellow get a majority of revenue from sales taxes.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Soak the rich, the sinful, the spendthrifts or the tourists
Keeping welfare recipients away from nail salons (a quintessential neighborhood-based small business) does nothing to foster independence.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Keeping welfare recipients away from nail salons does nothing to foster independence.
Because the Earned Income Tax Credit benefits only wage earners who file taxes, it does not carry the stigma of assistance programs such as food stamps (Image from irs.gov.)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Taxpayers should shift anger from person using food stamps at Walmart to Walmart itself
Hillary Clinton is going to meet some resistance to giving the Democrats another four years in the White House, but the polarized electorate is her friend. (Image from HillaryClinton.com.)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Eight years of a Democratic White House is a disadvantage, but not necessarily a fatal one
New York's Houston Street thrives because of immigration; native-born Americans are more likely to move to the Texas city of the same name. (Image from Jewish Women's Archive/jwa.org)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
New Census Bureau data reveal where people are moving—and why.
If food stamp recipients in Missouri are lucky, they'll still be able to buy canned tuna fish.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Politicians don’t see the need for care when shaming recipients of public assistance.
Indiana's "religious freedom" law was initially hailed by opponents of same-sex marriage, but it has backfired in a big way. (CNS photo/Marvin Gentry, Reuters)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
The ldquo religious freedom rdquo law signed last week by Gov Mike Pence was an act of defiance against the inevitability of same-sex marriage in Indiana and across the United States It was a face-saving gesture a nearly toothless victory for the gay marriage opponents invited to the bill-signi
Anti-austerity demonstration in front of the Greek parliament (Photo via Wikimedia)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Why do Americans prefer to keep their politics out of the streets?
California Attorney General Kamala Harris will find it easier to raise money without real competition. (Image from Attorney General's Office website)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Person likely to get the third most votes in 2016 is running virtually unopposed.
A magazine cover with a boyish image of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev infuriated many in Boston in 2013, but his youth is a major factor in his trial.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Tsarnaev’s immaturity complicates the desire for swift and brutal punishment.