One year, two races: Inside the Republican Party’s bizarre, tumultuous 2015

The year 2015 will be remembered as one of the most bizarrely compelling and yet genuinely unnerving in the nation’s modern political history. It is clear now that there were two halves to the year for the Republican Party: BT and AT, Before Trump and After Trump. From January to […] Read more »

What’s the biggest problem facing the country? Democrats and Republicans disagree.

As they barnstorm across the caucus and primary states, the Republican and Democratic frontrunners for the presidential nomination often sound as if they’re from different countries, not just different parties. … They’re not just offering different answers to the nation’s problems; they’re asking different questions. CONT. Doyle McManus, Los Angeles […] Read more »

Opposing Political Views Emerge in Face of Real, Imagined Threats

At home and abroad, politics is increasingly revolving around one fundamental question: are nations more likely to achieve prosperity and security by building bridges to the outside world—or by erecting walls against it? The dilemma is playing out in the U.S. with the rise of Donald Trump. In Europe, it’s […] Read more »

Americans Evaluate the Balance between Security and Civil Liberties

In the aftermath of recent high-profile attacks on Western targets by Islamic extremists, fear of terrorism has grown while the public remains divided on whether the struggle against terrorism is worth the loss of some rights. In the latest Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, 54 percent of […] Read more »