(Un)Conventional Wisdom

It rsquo s easy to despair over the political media rsquo s obsession with scandal and election strategy but Pope Francis rsquo statements on economic inequality mdash paired with the news hook of the 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson rsquo s War on Poverty mdash haven rsquo t gone unnoticed

nbsp The Center for Responsive Politics estimates that for the first time in history a majority of the members of Congress during the last session were millionaires Of 534 current members of Congress at least 268 had an average net worth of 1 million or more in 2012 according to disclosures fi

The results of a new Gallup poll ldquo Forty-two percent of Americans on average identified as political independents in 2013 the highest Gallup has measured since it began conducting interviews by telephone 25 years ago Meanwhile Republican identification fell to 25 the lowest over that ti

In his New Year rsquo s Day column for the Washington Post George Will appears to endorse an idea that was explored in this blog last fall see the post ldquo Cato Institute Choosy Voters Choose Smaller Government rdquo Because voters aren rsquo t taking the time to follow everything their go

(Un)Conventional Wisdom on the year ahead from our politics blogger Robert D. Sullivan.

The latest from Robert David Sullivan at “(Un)Conventional Wisdom”

Journalists like political upsets; voters rarely accommodate them.

Kids and dogs We see a lot of them during the Christmas season thanks to family gatherings and annual visits to neighbors For many of us with no kids or whose children have grown up Christmas is one of the rare times when we come face-to-face with the youngest generation For most of the year ch

The minimum wage could be one of the biggest political issues in 2014 and it rsquo s surprising how many people would be affected by an increase in what society considers a barely acceptable pay rate We all know about workers at McDonald rsquo s and Walmart but how many would guess that ldquo ban

Solutions to long-term unemployment do not seem to be on the agenda for 2014.