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Author: richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)

Celebrate the Fourth of July with our photo gallery of patriotic posters

By on July 4, 2013 at 10:09 AM
Happy Independence Day from your favorite political blog! To celebrate the 237th anniversary of the reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, we’d like to share a collection of patriotic posters spanning the centuries. …

Complete text of Supreme Court’s decision on California’s Proposition 8

By on June 26, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Here is the complete text of the Supreme Court opinions in the case of California’s Proposition 8, which sought to ban same-sex marriage. …

Complete text of Supreme Court’s ruling striking down Defense of Marriage Act

By on June 26, 2013 at 10:11 AM
Here is the complete text of the Supreme Court’s opinions striking down the Defense of Marriage Act signed into law by then-President Bill Clinton. …

Supreme Court sidesteps affirmative action decision in Texas ruling, tells appeals court

By on June 24, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In a compromise decision that sidesteps the hot-button political issue of affirmative action in American education, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that a federal appeals court was wrong to dismiss a case arguing that the University of Texas illegally discriminated against a white college student when it rejected her application for admission. In a   …

George W. Bush’s legacy by the numbers

By on April 25, 2013 at 1:16 PM
With the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas today, historians and political pundits are taking a second look at the 43rd president’s legacy. We’d like to offer you a dispassionate view of the Bush record, culled from objective data. Here’s a sampling: ECONOMIC GROWTH: GDP growth, adjusted for inflation, for each   …

George W. Bush’s top five successes — and failures

By on April 23, 2013 at 3:31 PM
To mark the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, we offer you a glimpse back at the greatest triumphs and mistakes of his years on the national stage. Here are our choices. Feel free to add your own by posting a comment. TOP SUCCESSES 1. There were no successful terrorist attacks   …

Is Obama’s popularity at a tipping point?

By on April 8, 2013 at 5:10 PM
Here’s a bit of political trivia from a proud history major: The first April of a second presidential term has proven to be a tipping point in the popularity of re-elected presidents. For George W. Bush and Richard M. Nixon, it was all downhill from there. For Bill Clinton (despite impeachment) and Ronald Reagan (despite   …

Kamala Harris has competition

By on April 6, 2013 at 12:00 PM
We want to say this in a non-sexist way: Kamala Harris has competition. She has competition in the battle for smartest, toughest, fairest, most effective Attorney General in the USA. She also has competition in the “best looking” category that got President Obama in such hot water this week. This photo gallery doesn’t in any   …
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