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Election Pundits: Clueless, Spectacularly Clueless 0
- Politics
- November 9, 2016
Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States, in a victory which gobsmacked the media and pundits. Trump overcame sex scandals, bad debates, a shambolic organisation, hostility from the grandees of his own party and a relentlessly hostile media. It was a smashing success. Instead of dragging the Republicans into infighting, irrelevance and
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5 Things That Explain Trump’s Shocking Victory 0
- Politics
- November 9, 2016
A populist wave that began with Brexit in June reached the United States in stunning fashion on Tuesday night. In one of the biggest upsets in American political history, Donald Trump won a truly historic victory in the U.S. presidential election. Trump’s remarkably decisive win stunned most political pundits, myself included. Throughout the campaign, Trump
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Would Sanders Have Beaten Trump?0
- Politics
- November 9, 2016
One of the questions beings asked this morning by many Democrats, and also a fair share of Republicans: Would Bernie Sanders have defeated Donald Trump in the presidential election if he had been the Democratic candidate? Way back in February of this past year, the title of an article by Harvard University Ph.D. student Nathan
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Trump Won More Black and Latino Voters than Romney. Why?0
- Politics
- November 9, 2016
In the months leading up to the election, we could all sense that racial tensions were on the rise. And in the minds of many, Donald Trump wasn’t helping those tensions any with his comments about building a wall and sending illegal immigrants back to their country of origin. So in the wake of Donald
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Why Saying ‘God Is in Control’ Isn’t Helpful 0
- Philosophy
- November 9, 2016
Leading up to the election and on election day, I repeatedly encountered people calming their fears by saying, “It’s OK. No matter what happens, God is still on the throne.” I identify as a Christian, but I find this sentiment unhelpful and troubling. “It’s OK. God is still on the throne.” What does that mean?
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How Barack Obama Ushered in a Donald Trump Presidency 0
- November 9, 2016
In November 2008, Americans elected a relatively unknown U.S. Senator from Illinois president of the United States by a wide margin. What Barack Obama lacked in experience and substance he made up for in charisma and newness. He gave beautiful, inspiring speeches. He sounded not just intelligent, but wise and reasonable. His biracial heritage—his father
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