Rival views of the government's role
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Healthcare issues clearly demonstrate the ideological divide between Kerry and Bush.
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The Budget Office and the case of the disappearing public interest
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The British and Irish Governments are considering tabling their own proposals to break the power-sharing deadlock.
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After a broad overhaul was urged, officials often led by Vice President Cheney were pitted against officials in the State and Defense departments.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says that Rocco Buttiglione will remain a minister in his government and that mostly likely another candidate will be found to take his place as Italy's candidate for ...
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The federal government keeps getting bigger. The Republican Party's oft-stated affinity for smaller government has not applied during the Bush administration. According to a recent study, not only is the number of federal civil servants on the rise, but so are the numbers of employees working for...
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Recently there has been a roiling debate about how to describe living standards in this country.
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Â· Leader focuses on family and smaller government Â· Poll shows chancellor is ahead on trust
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The leading candidates in Australia&#39;s national elections have very different positions on the country&#39;s role in the war on terror.
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The island nation's government is receiving new support from an unusual political group.
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Countries taking part in a conference on Iraq differ on how to assist the nation but strongly support the interim government&#39;s
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I have long claimed that the rise of extremism and militancy in Pakistan could not happen without support from elements within the current administration. My return to my country poses a threat to the forces of extremism that have thrived under a dictatorship. They want to stop the restoration of democracy at any price. They have exploited a poor, desperate, and powerless people and allowed extremists the right environment in which to flourish.
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I like politics. I follow it the way some people follow sports. The Democrat Party     and Republican Party are major league teams. They battle each other in national, state and     local contests. They have mascots, both created by the same person.     They have fanatical supporters just like any sport. Like minor league teams, there are also minor political parties to watch that sometimes play spoiler and sometimes     gain enough strength to influence the major parties. Some operate only locally, some statewide, and some try to operate     nationally.    I also enjoy following individual personalities. People love and hate them like they love and hate sports teams and athletes.     I'm sometimes startled by the degree of blind adoration or blind rage that politicians can inspire in otherwise calm,     rational people.    Lately, I've noticed that there's a growing tendency to divide the United States into red states and blue states. People seem     to think that it's possible for an entire state to be Democrat or Republican. How can that be if it's difficult to even     categorize individual Americans into definite camps? Now, although once restricted to politics, the idea is spreading to     other arenas. I saw a suggestion that Hollywood start targetting states as red or blue audiences. I've seen statistics that     compare red states versus blue states on categories such as religion, income, and even gifts to charity.    The division of the United States into red and blue states is overly simplistic and misleading.
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The deployment of European troops to Lebanon and Afghanistan comes under the spotlight and there are mixed views on how the EU should deal with a national unity government in the Palestinian territories. In Austria and Germany, papers are dismayed at a fall in the number of students receiving university degrees.
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Both sides of the political spectrum twist the truth in their media briefs, according to a website that's tracking the spin. The system of half truths make it hard for ordinary folks to become informed.
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Â· Figures of foreign nationals revisedÂ· Private polls worrying ministers
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, seen here in August 2006. Poland is braced for rival demonstrations planned by members of the governing conservatives and liberal opposition as the country's tumultuous ...Comment