Partisan disputes among US policymakers seem to be growing by the week, whether on negotiations with Iran, immigration reform, or climate change. To what extent are these divisions unique to foreign policy leaders? How much do they also reflect polarization among the American public? To examine these questions, The Chicago […] Read more »
Rand Paul’s Risky Politics
Politics is always a risky business, with the odds of success the steepest for anyone running for president. So many factors have to line up just right to capture a nomination, and even then, the chances of winning the general election are roughly 50-50. But Sen. Rand Paul’s approach to […] Read more »
Americans Say They Want The Patriot Act Renewed … But Do They, Really?
… Fully 61 percent of Americans said they approve of renewing the Patriot Act’s provisions to allow for continued collection of phone data, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Monday, which had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. But, just months ago, a Pew Research […] Read more »
6 in 10 back renewal of NSA data collection
Americans overwhelmingly want to see Congress renew the law enabling the government to collect data on the public’s telephone calls in bulk, though they are split on whether allowing that law to expire increases the risk of terrorism in the U.S. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
What Americans think about NSA surveillance, national security and privacy
A key section of the USA Patriot Act, enacted in response to the 9/11 attacks 14 years ago, is scheduled to expire this weekend amid a debate in Congress over how best to balance the national security and privacy interests of Americans. Overall, Americans hold nuanced views on the issue: […] Read more »
Echoes of Iraq war sound in 2016 presidential race
Every war casts a long shadow, from the heroism of the Greatest Generation to the dark ambiguities of Vietnam. It was inevitable, then, that the 2016 presidential candidates would be confronted with the war in Iraq. Twelve years on, the broad questions raised by the invasion — about trust in […] Read more »