Another day another tech company announces a terrific new perk for its employees. Etsy – the online retailer – has announced a generous parental leave policy, allowing employees 26 weeks of paid leave divided between 8 weeks right after birth or adoption and another 18 over the first two years of the child’s life. Etsy […]
Donald Trump has spectacularly defied the predictions of many American political commentators that he would crash and burn as a joke candidate in this primary cycle. Barring a loss in both Florida and Ohio today and a radical change of momentum against him, The Donald remains on course to seize the Republican nomination. The only question that […]
Neither the Trump fans nor the Hillary Clinton fans want to hear it, but the two politicians have more in common than either of the presidential candidates wants to acknowledge. He gave money to her foundation and her campaigns. Federal campaign finance records indicate that Donald Trump gave at least seven separate campaign contributions to […]
When Hillary Clinton ran for a Senate seat in New York State, many accused the former First Lady of “carpetbagging,” a term for when an outsider comes into a new area seeking private gain through business or, in Hillary’s case, politics. Despite large amounts of dissatisfaction with the practice, Clinton won the seat anyway and […]
How about this for a ticket — Trump-Schumer? That would be a pairing of Republican Donald Trump for president and Democrat Charles Schumer for vice president. It’s the whimsy that a New York Sun editorial used to highlight the ironies of Trump running for president on the Republican line while trumpeting, in trade protection, an […]
“I don’t think Donald Trump is doomsday,” says Mark Cunningham. “All the Hilter, fascist, authoritarian talk is wildly over the top.” What a relief and a pleasure to interview Cunningham, Editorial Page Editor of the New York Post. You see, unlike just about every other conservative Republican at the moment, Cunningham isn’t freaking out about […]
If Republicans are to make a last stand to take down the seemingly insurmountable Trump juggernaut, it’s going to take a major mental reset on the part of his competition. Publications of all political bents produced plans to gather together and fight the Trump fervor, but what may be more baffling than the steadfast support […]
Last night in Nevada, record numbers of residents turned out in order to “caucus” for their preferred candidate, with over 73,000 voters showing up at the polls to choose the Republican nominee. Four years ago, the last time a caucus was held, only 32,000 showed up, and four years prior, 44,000. Clearly the excitement was […]
Last night I saw Donald Trump speak in Atlanta, Georgia. Tonight I’ll follow him to Elko in Nevada. Such is the life of your average political junkie living day to day on the campaign trail, except, of course, I’m not on the campaign trail. Following Trump from state to state means not even having to […]
The Bank of Japan’s imposition of negative interest rates follows roughly 15 years of zero interest rates and quantitative easing that have failed to stimulate healthy sustained economic growth. The BoJ’s monetary policies are not the cause of Japan’s economic malaise and they will not be the solution. Japan’s sustained underperformance and the dramatic negative […]
Pay equity and the so-called “wage gap” continues to be a core issue for progressive feminists and the Democratic Party. That’s why President Obama recently set new rules requiring large companies to report salaries based on race, gender and ethnicity. This will then allow the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to aggressively target companies they perceive […]
A clear majority of Americans support the right of President Obama to nominate a successor to Antonin Scalia – the conservative judge who was appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan in 1986 and died yesterday, aged 79. 57% agree that Mr Obama, as the sitting president until next January, should appoint a successor, […]
In November 2015, the Bruges Group published British Euroscepticism: British identity and tradition. Now author Adriel Kasonta explains why the history of British Euroscepticism matters to the current debate, and is crucial to understanding Britain’s relationship with Europe. Being a keen observer of British politics and, first and foremost, a huge admirer of its great history, I was naturally inclined […]
Most Americans (53%) think they live in the greatest country on earth. Only 8% say there are plenty of other nations that are better. Britons are much less confident about the status of their country. Only 17% agree the United Kingdom is the best country in the world with 19% saying “plenty of other nations […]
What is “the greatest threat to American strength in the world”? That was a question we put to YouGov’s First Verdict panel – giving respondents the option to name up to three top threats. These were the results: Many respondents will, of course, mean different things by “electing the wrong President”. Some will probably have […]
Last week Barack Obama visited a mosque in Baltimore and we took the opportunity to ask our YouGov First Verdict panel what they thought about Islam: A narrow majority of Americans (51%) thought that Islam was either violent in character or, despite “largely” being “a religion of peace”, it contained teachings that encouraged extremism. A […]
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