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Liberal? It Might Be in Your Genes
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Oct. 28) -- Political ideologies often seem ingrained within families. But our ideologies might start even before we're born, according to new research suggesting that behavior in the voting booth is affected by our biological roots. A collaborative effort by researchers at Harvard and the University of California, San Diego, has pinpointed a variant of the DRD4 gene that triggers left-leaning values. The particular genetic variant is implicated in receptors for dopamine, a neurotransmitter that affects how we handle emotion and perceive pain or pleasure. It's already been associated with ...
Why Politics No Longer Attracts Our 'Best and Brightest'
By Paul Wachter - AOL NewsANALYSIS (Oct. 14) -- Politics as usual? In his Friday column, The New York Times' semi-conservative columnist David Brooks laments the state of modern politics. He focuses on the Illinois senate race, where Republican Rep. Mark Kirk is taking on Democrat Alexi Giannoulias. Kirk has had a successful career -- Ivy League degree, Georgetown Law, State Department, World Bank, Navy reserve -- but felt the need to embellish his resume further. Writes Brooks: "He claimed a military award went to him when it really went to the unit he led. He claimed his plane was shot at over Iraq when it ...
Karzai Aide, Accused of Corruption, Is Being Paid by the CIA
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Aug. 26) -- It hasn't been the best week for the CIA. On Wednesday, WikiLeaks released a classified "Red Cell" report authored by the agency that depicts the United States as an exporter of international terrorism. Before that, citing anonymous sources, The Wall Street Journal alleged that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's most (and really only truly) trusted U.S. confidant was an unnamed CIA station chief known only by a ridiculously theatrical alias, "The Spider." Most damning, however, is Thursday's New York Times front-page scoop, reporting that the agency is paying Karzai's aide, who is at ...
Professor's 13 Keys Predict Obama Will Get Re-Elected
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (July 12) -- Never mind that President Barack Obama's job approval ratings can't break the 50 percent mark. Or that the tea party movement owes its very existence to a rising tide of anti-Obama fervor. Or even that the next presidential election is 28 months away. Obama, says a previously prescient professor, already holds the keys to another four years in the White House. American University history professor Allan Lichtman said Monday that according to his "13 Keys" formula, which predicts popular vote based on party performance instead of polls or campaign tactics, Obama is ...
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