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National elections in the United States now stretch out over nearly 24 months, with each new electoral cycle seeming to start up almost as soon…
The job of the presidency has grown so large, so overwhelming in its power and responsibility, that no one human being can excel in all…
The 2012 Retirement Confidence Survey recently released by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) confirms that many U.S. workers know that they are not saving…
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In an article for NPR, Linton Weeks discusses alternatives to adapt the U.S. presidency to the challenges of today. He cites Raymond A. Smith’s May…
Writing for the Daily Beast, PPI Senior Fellow Raymond A. Smith lays out policies to improve our presidential elections. President Obama’s second inauguration last week…
Writing for the New York Times, PPI Senior Fellow Raymond A. Smith argues for strengthening the role of the president’s cabinet. EVERY four years the…
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President Obama’s new budget attempts to define a progressive alternative to conservative demands for a politics of austerity. Having just returned from a gathering of…
Public attitudes toward politics and government today resemble a game of limbo: how low can you go? Just when you think Americans’ confidence in their…
If you search through the White House visitor logs, you can find me. In fact, I’ve been to the Obama White House twice (though I…
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