With income inequality in the United States hitting ever higher levels, it nonetheless comes as a jolt to learn that the share of after-tax income going to the wealthiest 1 percent of households has reached its highest point since the start of the Great Depression. Such is the conclusion of several

One of the more interesting findings from the Florida exit polls last week was how poorly John McCain did among those who are frequent church-goers Among those who attend church more than once a week McCain came in third with 24 of the vote behind Mike Huckabee with 40 and Mitt Romney with 26

All eyes were trained on the stage at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles for the first one-on-one debate between Hillary and Barack After the fireworks at the last debate and the hype the Clinton campaign tried to generate after Edwards dropped out the day before This is the one-on-one match-up we

It is hard to know where Mitt Romney looks for a big victory on Tsunami Tuesday In Georgia and Arkansas conservative states with plenty of wealthy country club Republicans Mitt s base if you will Mike Huckabee stands between Romney and victory Georgia s rich load of delegates will be aw

Florida is practically giddy today over last night s win not for McCain or Clinton but for the sunshine state itself which had its first decisive presidential primary in recent memory A Florida Boost blares the front-page headline of The Miami Herald The state s leading newspaper observed

John McCain s victory in Florida gives him an almost priceless amount of momentum heading into next week s Tsunami Tuesday when 21 states hold GOP primaries The almost comes from the fact that McCain is facing the one candidate Mitt Romney who can dip into his personal fortune and spend 50

While the commentariat has covered the religious aspects of the GOP primary extensively few are looking at how religion may affect the Democratic race They should eight of the 22 states that vote next Tuesday have populations that are more than 30 Roman Catholic including the biggest prizes of

The Republican presidential race turns to Florida s winner-take-all primary one week from today For at least one presidential candidate Florida will be the end of the road the setting of the sun on his presidential ambitions The most likely loser will be Rudy Giuliani He has been out of the

Barack Obama has a problem He has based his campaign on moving past the stale arguments of the past 20 years when the Bush Clinton families have taken turns in the White House America s late Roman empire problem But last week the campaign harkened back to an even earlier time the iden

Amid the negative rhetoric of some presidential candidates who seek to exploit the issue of undocumented immigrants, it is important to keep in mind a larger view of “people on the move.” What is happening in the United States represents just a small part of a worldwide phenomenon. A ma