Month: June 2014
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The economic damage of recession news
From my new Upshot column: Real gross domestic product (G.D.P.) in the United States shrank by 1 percent in the first quarter of the year. What made this announcement seem so significant? We already knew that the economy did not perform well in the first part of the year — the Commerce Department’s Bureau of
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Cantor’s loss and the value of connections
From my new Upshot column: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning primary loss Tuesday night will reshape the landscape not only within the Republican caucus but on K Street as well. As Dave Brat, his primary challenger, highlighted in his campaign, Mr. Cantor had a close relationship with business lobbying groups like the Chamber of
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Voter fraud is rare, but myth is widespread
From my new Upshot column: Is vote fraud common in American politics? Not according to United States District Judge Lynn Adelman, who examined the evidence from Wisconsin and ruled in late April that “virtually no voter impersonation occurs” in the state and that “no evidence suggests that voter-impersonation fraud will become a problem at any