Richard Parker

Blame it on a routine military exercise code named Jade Helm 15.

Election Day in Texas may not have any big cliff hangers, but the state is proving to be a laboratory for 21st century American politics.

Yesterday's victory by Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts' special election may have big implications for the national Democratic agenda. Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com breaks down the vote and the lessons learned. Then, Trudy Lieberman of the Columbia Journalism Review, and Richard Parker, lecturer in public policy at ...