It’s time we started growing the economy and stopped shrinking the middle class.
Drew Westen
Drew Westen is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Emory University and the author of the forthcoming book, The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation.
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Guns on the Brain
When it comes to guns, Democrats fall silent, unable to figure out how to reach people’s emotions. What does this mean for the success of gun control?
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Branding the Democrats
From the May print issue: Staring down the president on the firing of U.S. attorneys sends a message of Democratic toughness.
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Gut Instincts
In politics, we tend to think in terms of issues and policies. And as the dust begins to settle on the midterm elections, pollsters and pundits have begun to settle on the meaning of the elections: “Voters were angry about Iraq,” or “Voters were disgusted by corruption in Washington,” or the economy finally mattered. Just […]
