Poole’s study is based on a system for sorting politicians known as “DW-Nominate.” But DW-Nominate doesn’t directly measure ideology. Instead, it measures coalitions. It’s got pretty much every roll-call vote taken between 1789 and December 2011.
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I thought we would be interested in the Obama administration's achievements thus far. It is a very long list, so get into a comfortable chair.
This is the 5th installment of the Sound of Silence series on Cochlear Implants. The rest of the series can be read here. It’s been about a year and 3 months since I received my cochlear implant and this article is a long overdue follow-up to my surgery.& …
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“After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States.... I believe that at this time I can be more effective in a decisive divisive (fixed that for her) role to help elect ot …
Chris Hayes has a new show on MSNBC, "Up with Chris Hayes," and the first week has been pretty great.
The Republicans have had 12 hours to digest the news that President Obama plans to propose a "Millionaire's tax" on annual incomes over $1 million. As expected, they're freaking out. And if they had a good argument as to why such a tax was a terrible idea, we'd be happy …
Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult
Peer-reviewed journals are a pillar of modern science. Their aim is to achieve highest scientific standards by carrying out a rigorous peer review that is, as a minimum requirement, supposed to be able to identify fundamental methodological errors or false claims.
"Markets will always rise and fall," Obama told the nation. "No matter what some agency may say, we've always been and always will be a AAA country."
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House Republicans who refuse to consider tax increases as part of a debt ceiling deal are out of step with most Americans, according to two new polls. That's bad news for Republicans who are betting the farm on resisting Democratic efforts to raise taxes on the rich. When loo …
Wealthy Akron businessman David Brennan seems to love running schools and owning politicians. Brennan does a dismal job at the former. He's having great success with the latter. White Hat Management, Brennan's for-profit company, operates 30 charter schools in the state.
Osama Bin Laden is dead.
Relax folks this is satire from The Onion.
Several years ago I was in Dublin, Ireland in 2007 for St. Patrick's Day Weekend. I had a fantastic time and met many wonderful people. The following photos show some of the highlights from my trip.
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"Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit!
Includes a very informative graph comparing the dangers of popular drugs. The drugs compared are Nicotine, Heroin, Cocaine, Alcohol, Caffeine, and Marijuana.
We are not forced to accept this landscape. We can change things. We live in a sharply divided social climate, but we have more in common than we think (for more on this point, I suggest the introduction of this book).
This virus mimics Microsoft Windows Security and is called “System Tool 2011”.
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As tough as the job market has been in 2010, many top-flight employers aren't trying to make the interview process any easier.
I was a gung-ho Obama suporter. Not ashamed to say I voted for him. I believed in the "Yes we can!" mantra. Even when things haven't quite gone as planned, I have found reasons for the fact that they may have gone awry.
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A former Reagan administration budget director who was behind the largest tax cut in US history now says the US can't afford any more tax cuts, and both major parties are participating in a "big lie," pretending that no tax hikes are necessary despite a three-decade record of gro …
The backlash against NBC's decision to indefinitely suspend host Keith Olbermann without pay has been swift and vocal -- and from some unlikely voices.
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Dear President Obama, I am one of the many progressives who voted for you to be president. As the polls are telling you, you have lost many of us and many young voters by failing to create the change we thought you promised.
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The media has gotten hold of (and previewed for our armchair quarterback analysis) the evidence in the Trayvon Martin case, and it's chock full of photographs of a wounded George Zimmerman, revives the "did Trayvon Martin experiment with pot like virtually every other high school …
This is just an oddball collection of things I've always wondered about the Vine but never had the opportunity to ask. I'm hopin' Tyler or Sally will drop by and answer a few fo them. If not...if anyone else has the answers, I'd love to have my curiousity satisfied. & …
In his newest video, conservative videographer James O'Keefe claims that during his organization's latest inept voter fraud sting in North Carolina, "we found ballots being offered out in the name of the dead." Unfortunately for O'Keefe, the person whose ballot his operative so …
Releasing these new photos of the Porsche 918 Spyder, the company has announced some exciting development news: with the aid of its electric motors, the plug-in hybrid prototype is currently developing 770 HP and returning up to 74 MPG. Also, ummm...I messed my pants.
I've had it up to here with this President Obama... if that is his real name. I just got done watching seven minutes of Fox News, and let me tell you, I learned more than I cared to learn about this Muslim socialist who hates America and wants to poop directly on our childr …
Where are you still living? Thanks.
Wish you the best of luck wit the operation. Smile.
Read one of your articles, Was wondering if you know sign language?
Great comments and seeds... Keep up the good work!
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