Tag Archives: Democrat

Political Typology

Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I discovered another fun application on the Pew Research Center website last week that is very similar to the Political Compass. The application administers a brief test that asks users a host of political questions. It then classifies them in one of 9 categories. Here are my … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, Pew Research Center, Political compass, Political ideology, Republican | 31 Comments

Predictions 2011: How Are They Currently Trending?

Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

On January 1, I made some predictions about different events in 2011. I thought it would be interesting to track how some of these predictions are currently trending to measure both my and my readers’ accuracy. I have only commented … Continue reading →

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Posted in China, Finance and Economics, International Security, Investing, Politics, Predictions | Tagged China, Democrat, Economics, Energy security, Fiscal policy, Hezbollah, Hillary Clinton, India, Investing, Israel, Nigeria, Oil, Politics, Republican, Robert Gates, Sudan, Unemployment, Winter Olympics | Leave a comment

Rebuke of Republican Rejection of Renewables Not Far Off the Mark

Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Today, the New York Times published a Room for Debate series of columns on “Can the U.S. Compete With China on Green Tech?”. I wanted to focus in particular on David Roberts’ column, “Understanding the Objective“, which decries the Republican … Continue reading →

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Posted in China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, International Security, Politics | Tagged China, Clean energy, Democrat, Economics, Energy security, Fiscal policy, Iraq, Nigeria, Politics, Republican, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela | Leave a comment

Mr. Kettle, Meet Mr. Pot: Both Right and Left Guilty of Targeting Imagery

Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

So we’ve all seen the infamous and unfortunate Palin campaign map circa 2010. Below is the Democratic Leadership Council’s “Targeting Strategy” circa 2004 with a reference to Republican-leaning states being “behind enemy lines.” You know what they say about people … Continue reading →

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Posted in Politics | Tagged Democrat, Gabrielle Giffords, Politics, Republican, Sarah Palin | 2 Comments

Please Stick to Economics, Mr. Krugman

Posted on Sunday, January 9, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Less than forty-eight hours after a horrible tragedy involving a deranged lunatic whose library includes the works of Karl Marx, Mr. Krugman has the gall to make a blatantly partisan attack. Both parties are guilty of toxic rhetoric, even threats. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Black Panther Party, Democrat, Gabrielle Giffords, Jesse Jackson, Kanye West, Paul Krugman, Politics, President Obama, Republican | Leave a comment

Get Well, Gabby

Posted on Saturday, January 8, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Congresswoman Giffords for her speedy recovery. The cowardly act of attacking an unarmed Congresswoman who was spending her Saturday meeting with constituents is all the more outrageous because she was … Continue reading →

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Posted in Clean Energy, Politics | Tagged Clean energy, Democrat, Gabrielle Giffords | 3 Comments

The Politics of Unemployment: Political Parties and Job Creation

Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Having examined how the stock market performed under different political parties and Presidential administrations in “Time to Invest: Markets Outperformed during the Second Half of a President’s First Term” and “Think You Can Make Money Investing When Your Party is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Finance and Economics, Investing, Politics | Tagged Democrat, Economics, Investing, Politics, Republican, Unemployment | Leave a comment

Time to Invest: Markets Outperformed during the Second Half of a President’s First Term

Posted on Monday, January 3, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

To follow up on my previous post, “Think You Can Make Money Investing When Your Party is in Power? Guess Again”, I decided to look into how the market performed during different Presidential terms. It turns out that the stock … Continue reading →

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Posted in Finance and Economics, Investing, Politics | Tagged Democrat, Investing, Politics, Republican, S&P500 | Leave a comment

Think You Can Make Money Investing When Your Party is in Power? Guess Again

Posted on Sunday, January 2, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Pundits on the left cite the economic prosperity and stock performance during the Clinton administration as evidence of the Democratic Party’s “superior” fiscal policies. Commentators on the right retort that the market did well during the Clinton administration despite his … Continue reading →

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Posted in Finance and Economics, Investing, Politics | Tagged Democrat, Investing, Politics, Republican | 6 Comments

A Return to Reason

Posted on Saturday, January 1, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The current political climate has shifted decisively since the end of the Cold War from a dialogue between two political parties confronting the challenges of a bipolar world to a shouting match between two armed camps engaged in a zero … Continue reading →