This page will feature articles and links that (should) have appeared in other posts.
This is a fascinating article about polling from the New Republic. We will be talking about it when we do our unit on political opinion. — http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114682/ppp-polling-methodology-opaque-flawed
Here’s a cheeky but useful primer on the federal reserve system from the Wonkblog:
A really interesting blog post about the causes of wage inequality, especially in the U.S. that partially de-bunks the common wisdom that it’s the result of globalization;
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/09/why-labors-share-of-income-is-falling/
There have been a number of posts about poverty. This article presents an interesting take on why the cycle of poverty is so tough to break:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/escaping-the-cycle-of-scarcity/
Here’s an article we are going to want to look at in the spring when we talk about the Supreme Court and campaign finance:
A long, complicated but very interesting piece reviewing a book about national security
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115291/rahul-sagars-secret-leaks-reviewed-eric-posner
A short piece on the “nuclear option” and filibusters from New York Magazine
A piece on the way the sequester is pressuring GOP politicians. Provides some background about the sequester
http://nationalreview.com/article/364398/sequester-skirmish-breaks-out-right-jonathan-strong
Excellent, balanced piece from Tom Edsall on the Obamacare crisis and why it is especially worrying to liberal Democrats
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/opinion/edsall-the-obamacare-crisis.html?hp&rref=opinion
A very useful article about political ideology and the potential for third parties
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/opinion/edsall-the-center-cannot-hold.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0
Another interesting Edsall piece about the failure of the liberal project that focuses on the safety net rather than job creation.
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