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Robert David Sullivan is the production editor at America magazine.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
(Un)Conventional Wisdom blogger Robert D. Sullivan on the real Romney, on and off screen.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
States ranked on factors such as high school graduation rates, per capita income, life expectancy and crime rate.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
New York was the biggest loser of American citizens from 2012 to 2013 according to Census Bureau data released on Thursday The state had 104 470 more people moving to other states than moving in more than offsetting its net gain of 101 778 from international migration Texas gained the most pick
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
RealClearPolitics rsquo Sean Trende assesses this fall rsquo s U S Senate races and concludes that the GOP is being underestimated Based on 2010 and 2012 election data Trende writes ldquo Senate races begin to converge on presidential approval doubtless a function of the much-remarked-upon po
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
The documentary Mitt premieres later this week on Netflix and the New York Times interviewed the former presidential nominee about his campaign experiences Romney exercises the prerogative of rejected candidates and offers suggestions on how the republic can avoid repeating its terrible decision
Denise Green displays her "Independence Card," which is issued by the state of Maryland and holds federal SNAP benefits, at her home in Silver Spring, Md., June 19. (CNS photo /Bob Roller)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
NPR reports that a state judge has struck down Pennsylvania rsquo s voter ID law ruling that it imposes a ldquo substantial threat rdquo to the rights of hundreds of thousands of voters The law had been challenged by a 93-year-old who didn rsquo t have a driver rsquo s license and lacked access
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
After David Weigel ripped it apart quot a strange bit of make-work that offers almost zero insight about politics quot I had to visit the Brookings Institution rsquo s Congressional Moneyball site and it rsquo s even worse than I imagined Sports metaphors are overused in hacky political analys
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Like two alley cats backing away from each other the Democratic and Republican parties in most states have become more polarized over the past two decades making it harder to pass legislation with the support of both liberals and conservatives And California mdash which has adopted such electio
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
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
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
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