The libertarian magazine Reason released a Christmas tree of a poll on Tuesday with dozens of questions on government spending U S policy toward Syria Facebook rsquo s stewardship of personal data and other topics on which people mostly agree with the editors of Reason magazine Among the orname
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
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De Blasio’s Big Gulp victory and the NRA’s big night
As polls predicted Public Advocate Bill de Blasio easily won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City on Tuesday hovering just above the 40 percent needed to avoid a run-off for the party nomination The New York Times reports that party leaders are urging William Thompson who finished s
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Voting alone
What do you get for the person who has no one The U S Census Bureau reminds us that next Sunday is the beginning of Unmarried and Single Americans Week a nod to the 44 percent of adults who do not have a spouse The Census notes that unmarried Americans are forming an increasingly large voting bl
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New York Gets Tired of Itself
Today is the first round of the New York mayor rsquo s race which got more national attention than usual because of the possibility that former congressman and smutty-photo tweeter Anthony Weiner would win inspiring stories about how Americans like redemption stories and are getting more Europea
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The never-ending everything
Welcome to Un Conventional Wisdom a new blog on the America website Un Conventional Wisdom will focus on American politics offering observations on current issues and presenting original research UCW will not be a tout sheet There are already scores of pundits who are in the habit of making pr