Tag: Democrats
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Americans, Led by Democrats, Get Friendlier With Free Trade
Conversable Economist: Americans, Led by Democrats, Get Friendlier With Free Trade " … I welcome the overall shift toward a more positive view of foreign trade among Americans. As I've argued on this blog before, the next few decades seem likely to be a time when the most rapid economic growth is happening outside the…
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How Republicans And Democrats Ended Up Living Apart
NPR: How Republicans And Democrats Ended Up Living Apart … It remains to be found out how many people, if you asked them, would say that they had moved or wanted to move because of politics. Liberals threaten to every four years if the Republican presidential candidate wins, but few actually make good on it.…
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Will Science Journalists Ever Confront Democrats?
Real Clear Science: Will Science Journalists Ever Confront Democrats … He [Phil Pliat at Slate] also rattles off a list of anti-science Congressmen, all Republicans. Excluded from his list are the 53 Democratic Congressmen and Senators (compared to only two Republicans) who wrote a letter to the FDA demanding labels on genetically modified food. This…
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Saturday Links
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in Africa, Asia, Business, Capitalism and Markets, Central America, China, Christian Life, Demography, Ecclesia, Economic Development, Economics, Health and Medicine, History, Immigration, International Affairs, Links – Saturday, Politics, Race, Religion, Science, Sociology, South America, Sports and Entertainment, Technology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Energy), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Technology (Transportation & Distribution), Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution1. Christian History magazine has an entire issue devoted to Christians in the New Industrial Economy: The World Changed, the Church Responded. It is a priceless collection of essays on how various religious traditions responded to (or failed to) the challenges of the Industrial Revolution. Issue 104 examines the impact of automation on Europe and…
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Politicized Christians, Symbolic Hostility, and an Israeli Web-Designer
Many conservative Christians have embraced government as a tool for achieving their moral vision for society, a mindset that dates back to at least the 1970s. Many people are now questioning the wisdom of this alliance. Stephen Prothero recently wrote, "Americans have historically opted to split the difference between living in a nation in which…
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Democrats: Losing their Religion
Black, White and Gray: Democrats: Losing their Religion Mark Regnerus was running some numbers using New Family Structure Study (NFSS) data when he found out this about people disassociating from religion: … The most dramatic shifts, however, appear around personal politics. Political affiliation—a one-measure, 1-5 scale of just how politically conservative or liberal our respondents…
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How Science Explains America’s Great Moral Divide
Scientific American: How Science Explains America’s Great Moral Divide Researcher Jonathan Haidt delves into the psychology of red state/blue state, and offers hope for reconciliation. Jonathan Haidt is concerned, like many Americans, with the way our country has become divided and increasingly unable to work together to solve looming threats. Yet, unlike most Americans, he…
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The Two Economies
New York Times: The Two Economies David Brooks … His [Tyler Cowan] work leaves the impression that there are two interrelated American economies. On the one hand, there is the globalized tradable sector — companies that have to compete with everybody everywhere. These companies, with the sword of foreign competition hanging over them, have become…