McCain’s Hispanic difficulty
Earlier this summer I wrote an article for tutor2u’s first past the post magazine entitled ‘Raw Hispanic Power?’ which spotlighted the potential role Hispanics could play in this year’s presidential contest. This week’s Economist contains a story which updates us on how John McCain and Barack Obama are doing in courting the Hispanic vote
read more...»USA: a nation divided by wealth
Whilst scanning the Guardian site for updates on the American election I came across a couple of fascinating reports that I think will be of interest to those who want to understand what America is
read more...»American politics update
Undoubtedly one of the best exercises to get into American politics is to watch the campaign for the election 2008 unfold
read more...»American Politics “homework”
Following the US elections closely over the summer should be an exercise that will bear fruit for students of US Politics
read more...»Teen violence
Continuing the theme I focused on in a recent First Past the Post article on knife crime, Mark Easton has posted an excellent piece on the BBC website today that further illuminates the discussion about the extent of youth crime
read more...»Exams “bore brightest and fail weakest”
A damning indictment on the English education system by a respected think tank. But it is not all doom and gloom
read more...»What are the Democrats for?
There is an excellent review of Paul Krugman’s new book “The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming America from the Right” by Eyal Press in the London Review of Books.
read more...»The election (of) race
Barack Obama’s race was a non-issue it seemed until about March time. What role will it play in the election?
read more...»Post AS ideas
Hillary timeline
read more...»Obama’s number two
A brief look at the main contenders for the VP spot on this year’s Democratic ticket - including this writer’s prediction
read more...»Crush on Obama
With Hillary about to endorse the person who defeated her in this year’s primaries at the weekend, we thought we’d take another look at one of the features of Obama’s internet campaign
read more...»A2 exam update: American Politics
Whatever happened to the “Kennedy Court”?
read more...»McCain’s mating game
Speculation continues about who will join the presumptive Republican nominee on the ballot in November
read more...»Iraq: will America ever get out?
Thomas Powers writes an excellent long essay on this in the New York Review of Books
read more...»If it’s Monday, it must be Sweden
Apparently the latest educational flavour of the month in party policy circles is the Swedish system
read more...»Pennsylvania or bust?
This week attention turns to the Keystone State, as the Democrats gear up for a potential showdown in the last big primary
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