De-racialization of U.S. politics

NY Times, by Paul Krugman - Fervent supporters of Barack Obama like to say that putting him in the White House would transform America. With all due respect to the candidate, that gets it backward. Mr. Obama is an impressive speaker who has run a brilliant campaign — but if he wins [...]

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Political futures markets are better predictors than polls

American Conservative, by Michael B. Dougherty - In November 2004, a man with half a million dollars was looking to double his money. He could have gone to a high-stakes table in Vegas. He could have put his money in a hedge fund and waited. Instead, he signed on to a Dublin-based [...]

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Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control

Independent - A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election in November. The terms of the impending deal, details of which have been leaked to The Independent, are likely to have an explosive political effect in [...]

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