When You’re Visited By A Copy Of Yourself, Stay Calm
You know Carl Linnaeus, right? The great Swedish naturalist who categorized plants and animals in the 1750s? He was a …
Stocks Fall On ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Fears
On the morning after voters returned President Obama to the White House and kept Democrats in control of the Senate …
California Rejects Genetically Modified Food Labels, Supporters Vow To Fight On
What a difference $46 million in TV ad spending can make. At least that was the consensus in the wee …
Reading ‘Dune,’ My Junior-High Survival Guide
Leigh Bardugo is the author of Shadow and Bone. Frank Herbert’s Dune was the first coming-of-age story that resonated with …
Media Circus: Fox Struggles With Obama’s Win
Imagine a ballot Tuesday that confronted you not with a choice between candidates named OBAMA and ROMNEY, but that looked …
Republican Response Likely To Be Tactical, Not Transformative
With President Obama’s defeat of Mitt Romney, the Republican Party finds itself in the same place it was four years …
For Obama, Vindication, But Not A Mandate
Winning matters. Having earned a second term, President Obama will attempt to build on and expand the agenda from his …
After Election, Congress Turns To ‘Fiscal Cliff,’ Other Money Issues
For months, Americans have been watching the presidential political drama play out nightly on the news. Now, with President Obama’s …
Black Voters Turned Out For Obama
Despite some pre-election speculation that enthusiasm might have dampened for President Obama among African-Americans, this key constituency is turning out …
How Third-Party Candidates Fared
In a highly polarized electorate, there’s not a lot of room for third-party candidates to make a strong showing. Still, …
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