Glamour is “not just about movie stars,” says Virginia Postrel. The editor in chief of Deepglamour.net and former Editor in Chief of Reason magazine points out that glamour, which originally meant a literal magic spell “that promises to to transcend ordinary life and make the ideal real,” is especially powerful when applied to the world of politics. Reason.tv’s Ted Balaker sat down with Virginia P…

A political ad for Barack Obama. It was a project for my Political Science class….

A southern tier congressman claims dirty politics, not a sexual harassment scandal, forced him to resign….

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HE TINO REREKEE NGAA WHAKAARO O ACT I OO TE ROOPU TOORANGAPUU MAORI MO TE TUUKINO TAMARIKI ME TE TAKUTAI MOANA, ENGARI TEERA ETAHI WHAKAARO E NOHO TAURITE ANA KI WAENGANUI I ENEI HOA KAWANATANGA O NAAHINARA. HEOI, TERA ETAHI OO RATOU TAANGATA TE PAANGIA RA E TE MATE WAHA PAPAA. ANEI TE WIKI TOORANGAPUU KUA HIPA NEI. This week in New Zealand politics Te Karere Maori News TVNZ 5 Mar 2010 English Ver…

The welfare debate continues to rage in Germany. In coming months the government is set to recalculate welfare payments that will guarantee a dignified minimum income.But it will be a difficult balancing act to ensure that those in work are better off then those who are unemployed. People & Politics meets two families – one family who live off state support and one who just manage to make ends mee…