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Showing posts with label US presidential election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US presidential election. Show all posts
Monday, September 11, 2023

Clive Bibby: Voters merciless if lied to

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For those interested in voter response to information that influence their decisions in the polling booth, one thing is clear - the truth wi...
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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Karl du Fresne: Trumpophobes in the media need to get over it

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It’s now more than two weeks since Donald Trump became US President-elect, and I’m wondering when the weeping, wailing and gnashing...
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Thursday, November 24, 2016

Matt Ridley from the UK: People took Trump seriously, but not literally

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Years of compensating for the media’s tendency to look on the dark side of everything has taught me that it generally pays to seek silve...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Charles Finney: Give Trump a break on trade policy – it may be better than you think

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Since the outcome of the US presidential election became clear, there have been many people commenting on the implications of the result ...
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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Brian Gaynor: US protest vote has echoes elsewhere

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Donald Trump’s election, and the recent UK Brexit vote, demonstrates that there is considerable dissatisfaction with the political and b...
Friday, November 18, 2016

Karl du Fresne: It's their country

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Well, at least Hillary Clinton didn’t get elected. You have to take whatever positives you can get out of the US election result. ...
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Monday, November 14, 2016

Nicholas Kerr: The Electoral College and the future of the Democratic Party

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For the fifth time in history, the winner of the U.S. presidential election will not have also been the winner of the popular vote. And ...
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Sunday, November 13, 2016

Matt Ridley: The wisdom of crowds

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My Times column on the wisdom of crowds, published the day before election day in the US: ‘In these democratic days, any investigation ...
Saturday, November 12, 2016

Lindsay Perigo: Hahahahaha! The Revenge of Les Deplorables

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"It's morning again in America," said Ronald Reagan when running for re-election in 1984. The facts and the voters backed ...
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Friday, November 11, 2016

Richard Epstein from the US: Open Letter To President Trump

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Dear President-Elect Trump: Congratulations on your come-from-behind victory. You did the nation a great service in thwarting the candi...
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Sunday, May 1, 2016

Karl du Fresne: Trump vs Clinton - a democratic malfunction?

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You have to say this much for Donald Trump: no aspirant for political office in America has created so much interest in distant New Zeal...
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Friday, April 8, 2016

Brian Gaynor: ‘Free market’ failings fuel the Trump movement

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Robert B. Reich’s book Saving Capitalism is an excellent read for those wanting a better understanding of the Donald Trump phenomenon....
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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Richard Epstein: The Obamacare Election

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The Romney-Ryan plan is maddeningly vague, but at least it reduces the role of government in health care. As the fractious 2012 presid...
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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Ron Smith: Questions from Benghazi

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Events in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on 11 September gave rise to a host of questions which still hang in the air nearly two m...
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