Paul Ryan wants the Republican Party to talk more about poverty The Wisconsin congressman a possible presidential candidate in 2016 ldquo hopes to roll out an anti-poverty plan rdquo next year according to a profile by Lori Montgomery in the Washington Post Ryan is best known for preaching au

It rsquo s almost enough to make you wish for more sports metaphors in political reporting In October ldquo brinkmanship rdquo was the word of choice in describing the stand-off in Washington that nearly resulted in a default on the national debt In November the confounding inconveniences asso

The quadrennial focus on “swing” voters notwithstanding, few Americans bounce back and forth between the Democratic and Republican parties.

The 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy brings many thoughtful pieces on how the United States has changed since that horrible day such as fellow America contributor Francis X Clooney rsquo s ldquo JFK and Me rdquo I rsquo m struck by how political discourse has changed sin

If someone can sign up for health insurance on Healthcare gov as easily as he or she can cast a vote the website will still be an embarrassment Voter ID laws can be as frustrating and time-consuming as anything related to Obamacare as noted in an earlier post about the problems for some married wo

Even conservative voters support federal aid to their communities when the program predates the Barack Obama administration And taking the nomination process away from political parties may lead to more kinda-sorta moderates in Congress Those are two interpretations of the upset in a special congre

So Washington has come up with a news story even more protracted and complex than the government shutdown and default threat of October It rsquo s going to take me all weekend to catch up on all the developments on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act ldquo Obamacare rdquo which means

It rsquo s common sense that voters prefer good-looking candidates This rule is why John F Kennedy beat Richard Nixon in 1960 by the narrowest of margins at the same time that his party captured large majorities in both houses of Congress and Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter in 1980 during one o

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

The child-free movement in the United States has not yet become a visible lobby in Washington The Wikipedia entry on ldquo voluntary childlessness rdquo ends with a dismissive ldquo the movement has not had significant political impact rdquo This is frustrating to those who view childless ad