Politeia | Big Think http://bigthink.com/blogs/politeia <p>America today is at crossroads. The threat of a major terrorist attack is very real, but it may be the least of our worries. We are on the verge of a global environmental crisis; our system of industrial agriculture may be unsustainable; the world&rsquo;s fisheries are in danger of collapse. We are fighting two costly wars, neither of which seem likely to end soon. Health care costs are spiraling out of control. Our national debt is now the highest it has been as a percentage of GNP since World War II. And at the same time, we face important fights over abortion, same-sex marriage, and civil liberties.</p> <p>How we handle these crises will determine the course the world takes in the coming years. Politeia serves as a guide to 21st-century politics as played for the highest possible stakes.</p> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:03:24 -0000 Copyright Big Think. This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Will the Supreme Court Rule on Same-Sex Marriage? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/blogs/politeia/~3/xqeZdjoRl0M/42408 http://bigthink.com/ideas/42408 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0500 upheld the 2010 district court ruling that California’s Proposition 8  forbidding same-sex marriages was unconstitutional. It was the first time a federal appeals court had overturned a state law against same-sex marriage. In the majority opinion ...

Read More]]> Robert de Neufville http://bigthink.com/ideas/42408 Election Notes: Santorum Wins http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/blogs/politeia/~3/glDqMEHhsFU/42369 http://bigthink.com/ideas/42369 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:39:52 -0500 beat Mitt Romney in all three Republican contests on Tuesday. Santorum won by sizable margins in both Missouri and Minnesota—where Romney came in third behind Ron Paul—although Missouri was a non-binding “beauty contest” with no delegates at stake. Santorum also won Colorado, a key ...

Read More]]> Robert de Neufville http://bigthink.com/ideas/42369 Why More Republicans Aren't Voting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/blogs/politeia/~3/vgehL8Idb-g/42297 http://bigthink.com/ideas/42297 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:32:05 -0500 1.95 million people voted in the Republican primary. This year 1.66 million people voted in the same primary. That’s 300,000 fewer people, a 14% drop in a state that has only been growing. Of course, part of the reason for the drop could be that four years ago the ...

Read More]]> Robert de Neufville http://bigthink.com/ideas/42297 Election Notes: What Mitt's Victory Means http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/blogs/politeia/~3/why09p03eng/42268 http://bigthink.com/ideas/42268 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:05:46 -0500 soundly defeating the Republican field in the Florida Primary. Romney managed to get more votes than Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum combined, and has moved back into the lead in national polling. The futures traders at Intrade now ...

Read More]]> Robert de Neufville http://bigthink.com/ideas/42268 Election Notes: Mitt Is Still the Favorite http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigthink/blogs/politeia/~3/b-vLGSdcYvo/42162 http://bigthink.com/ideas/42162 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:01:17 -0500 last week after Newt Gingrich beat him by 12 points in Saturday’s South Carolina primary. After the primary, Romney fell behind Gingrich in the polls both nationally and in Florida, where the next primary is being held. While the ...

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