by Matt Towery | Sep 5, 2014 | News
There is growing optimism among Republicans that the GOP will take majority control of the Senate following the November elections. And yes, the likelihood is increasing that they could be right. But there’s a wrinkle: It could be weeks or even months...
by Matt Towery | Aug 28, 2014 | News
If memory serves me, I have to write some variation of this column every election cycle. Just 10 years ago, public opinion surveys for elections were a mysterious mix of science and technology. It held little interest except to the political campaigns that...
by Matt Towery | Aug 21, 2014 | News
The details about the death of Michael Brown and the actions of the Ferguson, Missouri, policeman who shot him remain very much at issue. There are too many theories and longstanding feelings, ranging from race relations to support for law enforcement, for any...
by Matt Towery | Aug 20, 2014 | News
Oh to be young again! There is little wrong, and much to look forward to, in your late thirties. You are full of ambition and energy, and you usually are surrounded by a young family with promises of lots of happy times to come. The only time being 38 or 39 is a...
by Matt Towery | Aug 15, 2014 | James Magazine
The South remains a bit of a mystery to most political pundits and pollsters. Many of its metropolitan areas are far more sophisticated (and much larger) than the rest of the nation realizes. And some areas of the rural South seem frozen in the 1960s. But to...