What’s Behind Romney’s Sincerity Problem
In a previous post, I wrote about a very revealing video of Mitt Romney. This video was filmed without Romney's knowledge during an off-the-air conversation. In it, Romney talks sincerely and frankly...
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Could Mike Huckabee Have Beat Mitt Romney?
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/The Republican Primary race is essentially over. Rick Santorum, having finally hit the end of his rope, has announced a suspension of his campaign. It’s going to be...
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What Flags Do Russia’s Protestors Use?
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/Russia has recently had a number of protests against President Vladimir Putin. The protests constitute a challenge of urban Russians against Putin’s rule.If you’ve...
View ArticleA List of Female Dictators
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/One of the phenomenons of the twentieth century has been the rise of the dictator. Dictators rule countries undemocratically and usually until death, crushing the...
View ArticleThe Right’s Dominance of France
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/The story of the 2012 French presidential election is quite interesting. Right-wing incumbent Nicholas Sarkozy entered the election deeply unpopular. Opinion polls...
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Eduardo Saverin and The Social Network
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/In a piece of recent news, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is renouncing his American citizenship and staying in Singapore. Presumably he is doing this in order...
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The Gender Imbalance in People Fleeing North Korea
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/In the past decade an interesting phenomenon has occurred in South Korea: a small but steady flow of refugees from the northern end of the peninsula.Here’s a...
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How Enrique Peña Nieto Won Mexico’s Presidential Election
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/Mexico has recently elected as president Governor Enrique Peña Nieto. The handsome new president won 38.2% of the vote, 6.6% over Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the...
View ArticleHow the Media Portrays Africa, China, and India Differently
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/I recently had the pleasure of listening to a fascinating presentation in my Introduction to International Relations class. The professor showed the class pictures...
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Why These Olympics Were So Much Less Interesting Than the Last Ones
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/The 2008 Summer Olympics were some of the most exciting Olympics ever. Riots in Tibet, protests on the Olympic torch relay, an earthquake in Sichuan – for reporters,...
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Colonialism As Portrayed By the British Media
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/British news is quite influential in the United States, especially with respect to international affairs. British news about international affairs also quite...
View ArticleObama Debating Before He Was Famous
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/Before Barack Obama was president of the United States, he famously lost a congressional primary against Congressman Bobby Rush. In this race, as in many other races,...
View ArticleThe Demographics of America’s Governors: Religion
This post will look at the demographics of America’s governors by age, as of August 2012. All in all, this series on the demographics of America's governors examines:AgePlace of BirthRace and...
View ArticleMilitary Spending Doesn’t Equal Military Strength
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/One of the great themes in American politics involves national security. Right-wing hawks argue that America must increase military spending to protect itself from...
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Why Are All the Females at Fox News Blonde?
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/Fox News is the most popular cable news channel in America, and it’s quite unique. Most obviously, there’s Fox’s conservatism. Other differences are more stylistic. A...
View ArticleHow The News You Read About Africa Gets Made
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/While scouring the news around the world, I recently came across a fascinating article. Written by Laura Seay of Foreign Affairs, it criticizes the West's media...
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The Real Meaning of Labor Day
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/Today is Labor Day. When I was younger, I didn't understand what that meant. A day to celebrate labor? It was a strange concept. It didn't mean much to me.That was...
View ArticlePaul Ryan’s Cuts to Student Aid
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate, is famous for his Ryan budget, a Republican vision changing America into what he would like it to be.One of the...
View ArticleMitt Romney: Bad For At Least One Business (Bain & Company)
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/Whilst browsing through my e-mail list, I recently read an extremely interesting e-mail.You see, apparently Bain & Company is recruiting at my college. The e-mail...
View ArticleVote Yes on Proposition 30: Jerry Brown's Budget Plan
This is the first part of a series of posts analyzing California's propositions.Vote Yes on Proposition 30 - Jerry Brown's Budget PlanVote No on Proposition 31 - Changes to State BudgetingVote No on...
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Why Joe Biden Will Probably Win the Vice Presidential Debate
On Thursday the Vice Presidential debate will occur, testing Vice President Joe Biden versus Republican hopeful Paul Ryan.Joe Biden will probably win that debate.More below.
View ArticleVote No on California Proposition 31: Changes to State Budgeting
This is the second part of a series of posts analyzing California's propositions:Vote Yes on Proposition 30 - Jerry Brown's Budget PlanVote No on Proposition 31 - Changes to State BudgetingVote No on...
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Vote No on California Proposition 32: Union-busting
This is the third part of a series of posts analyzing California's propositions:Vote Yes on Proposition 30 - Jerry Brown's Budget PlanVote No on Proposition 31 - Changes to State BudgetingVote No on...
View ArticleVOTE NO ON CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 33: CAR INSURANCE
This is the fourth part of a series of posts analyzing California’s propositions:Vote Yes on Proposition 30 - Jerry Brown's Budget PlanVote No on Proposition 31 - Changes to State BudgetingVote No on...
View ArticleVote Yes on California Proposition 34: Death Penalty
This is the fifth part of a series of posts analyzing California’s propositions:Vote Yes on Proposition 30 - Jerry Brown's Budget PlanVote No on Proposition 31 - Changes to State BudgetingVote No on...
View ArticleVote No On California Proposition 35: Human Trafficking
This is the sixth part of a series of posts analyzing California’s propositions:Vote Yes on Proposition 30 - Jerry Brown's Budget PlanVote No on Proposition 31 - Changes to State BudgetingVote No on...
View ArticleVote No on California Proposition 36: Three Strikes Law
This is the seventh part of a series of posts analyzing California’s propositions:Vote Yes on Proposition 30 - Jerry Brown's Budget PlanVote No on Proposition 31 - Changes to State BudgetingVote No on...
View ArticleVote No on California Proposition 37: Genetically Engineered Food
This is the eighth part of a series of posts analyzing California’s propositions:Vote Yes on Proposition 30 - Jerry Brown's Budget PlanVote No on Proposition 31 - Changes to State BudgetingVote No on...
View ArticleVote No on California Proposition 38 – Molly Munger’s Tax Initiative
This is the ninth part of a series of posts analyzing California’s propositions:Vote Yes on Proposition 30 - Jerry Brown's Budget PlanVote No on Proposition 31 - Changes to State BudgetingVote No on...
View ArticleVote No on California Proposition 39: Multistate Business Taxes
This is the tenth part of a series of posts analyzing California’s propositions:Vote Yes on Proposition 30 - Jerry Brown's Budget PlanVote No on Proposition 31 - Changes to State BudgetingVote No on...
View ArticleVote Yes on California Proposition 40: State Senate Redistricting Referendum
This is the last part of a series of posts analyzing California’s propositions:Vote Yes on Proposition 30 - Jerry Brown's Budget PlanVote No on Proposition 31 - Changes to State BudgetingVote No on...
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The Advantages of Absentee Ballots
This is part of a two-part series evaluating absentee ballots, which are being used more and more often. The first part will focus on their advantages. The second part will focus on their...
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The Disadvantages of Absentee Ballots
This is part of a two-part series evaluating absentee ballots, which are being used more and more often. The first part focused on their advantages. This second part will focus on their...
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How North Korea Fell Behind South Korea, Part 1
This is the first part of two posts examining how North Korea fell behind South Korea. The second part can be found here. The story of the two Koreas is a common American tale amongst the educated...
View ArticleHow North Korea Fell Behind South Korea, Part 2
This is the second part of two posts examining how North Korea fell behind South Korea.As the previous post found, for several decades North Korea kept up with South Korea. Then, during the mid-1970s,...
View ArticleHow 2012 Helps Prospects for Reforming the Electoral College
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/The electoral college is one of the lingering undemocratic parts of American politics. Unlike almost every other country in the world, America elects its presidents...
View ArticleThe Myth that Hugo Chávez Controls Venezuela’s Media
One belief that many well-educated Americans have is that Venezuela's government controls its media. According to this belief, this is the reason why Hugo Chávez continuously wins elections. Since all...
View ArticleTourism in the United States
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/A lot of people visit America. According to the latest estimates, about sixty million people came in 2011.One interesting way to track tourism in America, and by...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy Helped Obama, So Why Didn’t Hurricane Katrina Help George W....
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/A number of political analysts have labeled Hurricane Sandy as one of the factors that helped Barack Obama win re-election. Here, for instance, is a typical news...
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A History of the United States Economy (in Pictures)
The United States economy is a subject that is very much on the mind of Americans today. It’s also a very obviously influential part of the world; the American consumer market, for instance, often sets...
View ArticleThree Important Moments in America’s Economic History (in Pictures)
The previous post looked at the economic history of the United States over the past two centuries. In that post, what stood out most was the fact that the economy of the United States has always been...
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Idiocy at the State Department
I recently had the opportunity to watch a presentation by the State Department. Making the presentation was an intense, broad-shouldered diplomat. He talked about his recent posting in Pakistan and the...
View ArticleWhat Exactly Was the Popular Vote in 2012?
I was recently writing a post on how news organizations still haven’t updated their election results. As part of that post, of course, I tried to track down the “real” popular vote. That is, how many...
View ArticleWhat Foreign Language Do North Koreans Learn? English!
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/North Korea has been in the news in the past few days and weeks. Most of the attention has been negative; tensions have risen between North Korea and the United...
View ArticleThe Hillary Clinton Gender Gap
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/Four years before the 2016 presidential election, and before we even know who is running, some enterprising pollsters have released polls matching Hillary Clinton...
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Japan’s Strange Isolation, and How It Hurts Us and Japan
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/Japan is one of the world's most advanced economies. In some ways, however, its economy is quite isolated. This is a result of both geography and history. Japan is...
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Did You Know that the United Kingdom Censored Animal Farm? Here’s Why:
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/Animal Farm is one of the most famous tracts of the 20th century. It’s a prescient warning against totalitarianism. Its influence is such that phrases such as “All...
View ArticleDo Tourists Get Sick When They Visit the United States?
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/It’s a common thing when Americans visit other countries. They get sick. An American visits a friend in a foreign country, consumes everything on the plate her friend...
View ArticleHow Japanese and Americans Save Differently
By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/In America a dollar today is worth much less than a dollar in 1980. Americans marvel at how much cheaper things used to be in the past, when Coca-Cola and movies only...
View ArticleEarly Vote Summary
We all know what the election result will be in several days, but I think a lot of us are too nervous and can’t wait.I tried to look up the early vote statistics to see exactly what was going on, since...
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