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Republicans have suddenly discovered the economic privations afflicting America’s middle class and those struggling to join it. Their newfound interest in people they argued for decades would benefit if only…

Pundits now regularly proclaim that Hillary Clinton has an almost singular and unique problem with voters who don’t think she’s honest or forthright. These pundits are wrong, both as a…

As we say good-bye to the summer and the party conventions fade in voters’ memories, polls suggest two very different sets of people will be disappointed come November: Republicans who…

Nominating Donald Trump probably won’t change the Republican Party, but putting him atop the ticket will damage it. All the channels through which he could influence the future of the…

Over the last dozen years, I have often confessed to being a fundamentalist. This is not a statement of religious conviction, but rather an expression of my belief about what’s…

Investors around the world just bet billions on British polls. “A rally in European stocks Monday propelled the regional benchmark to its best daily percentage performance in nearly 10 months…

Realism is a trait not always characteristic of presidential candidates. After all, to get up each morning for a year and a half or more to face grinding 18-hour days…

In recent days, two sets of very smart people have disputed the nature and meaning of current polls. Rather than get myself in trouble by wading directly into the conflict,…

Not long ago, a mother washing her 9-year-old daughter’s hair lifted her hand to find the girl’s entire head of hair falling out by the handful. The mother, whose daughter…

Data-driven journalism is a blessing. But one of its less salubrious side effects is the tendency on the part of some — mostly non-data journalists — to see everything can…