A worldwide survey of perceptions of corruption
Transparency International recently released is 2010 report on perceived levels of public sector corruption in 178 countries. More information is here. The U.S. comes in at 22.
President Obama, politics, and division
From Patrick Caddell and Douglas Schoen in today’s Post. To be clear, we favor disclosure of every dollar spent and closing the disclosure loophole that exists as a result of the Citizens United ruling. But it is disingenuous for a president – particularly one whose campaign effectively dynamited the lone beachhead of public financing in […]
What political money buys (and what no money can buy)
From the Times. For all the artifice and attack ads, political campaigns still rely on dedicated workers who set aside their lives, sometimes without pay, to drive the elderly to the polls, to network with wealthy donors, to pipe up on their behalf in remote precincts — to believe, sometimes when few others do.