What&#39;s the matter with America?
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There is a book out right now called What&#39;s the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank in which the author explores the issue of why it is that so many middle and low-income Americans consistently vote Republican
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Americans have a decidedly dour view of how things are going in the country and an outsized view of what one person Â the president Â can do about it.
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The latest NEWSWEEK Poll paints a complicated portrait of American attitudes toward the Muslims in our midst.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Within the space of a few weeks, economic worries have displaced the Iraq war as the top political issue in the United States, upending the carefully laid plans of presidential candidates and causing Congress and the White House to consider emergency measures intended to prevent â or moderate â a looming recession.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: The American election may be taking centre-stage, but on the other side of the Atlantic there&#39;s another neck-and-neck Presidential race underway, and this campaign is so dirty and bruising it makes the US poll seem rather genteel.
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The answer depends on how you see the enemy and how you define America's role in shaping the world
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Millions of Americans view President Bush as the candidate most likely to keep Americans safe. But too often, real-life results conflict with Bushâs rhetorical resolve.
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A quick look at where President Bush stands on key issues:
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Comment is free: Mark Lawson: Our ridiculous vigilance represents a society gone mad, but the disagreement is over why this happened.
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Recently there has been a roiling debate about how to describe living standards in this country.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17 -- Why worry about antiwar views, anarcho-syndicalist politics and &quot;Dump Bush Now!&quot; placards when something serious is at stake -- like money? ...
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Is there a &quot;Sunni problem&quot; in Iraq, as the United States would like us to believe? If there is, it is entirely of Washington&#39;s making.
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LONDON - America's reputation around the world is hurting, according to a series of coordinated polls published Friday from 10 countries, including many of the United States' closest allies.    In eight of the countries where the surveys commissioned by major newspapers were conducted, more people said their view of America had worsened in the past two to three years than improved...
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WASHINGTON -- Fueled by the Iraq war and the perception that the United States acts without consulting others, anti-Americanism is on the rise across the Muslim world and much of Europe, while global confidence in President Bush has plummeted, a global poll released yesterday shows.
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POLL PURPOSE: AP-Iposos polling in the United States and seven foreign countries sought to gauge President Bush&#39;s popularity, and in the case of the other nations, the popularity of Americans.
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Itâs a curious phenomenon. Americans seem to feel more economically insecure even though the economy has become more stable.
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That&#39;s the key issue on the minds of Americans planning to vote in the Nov. 2 presidential election. They must decide whether Republican President George W. Bush or Sen. John F. Kerry, a Democrat, can provide