The main farm subsidy programs were introduced in the 1930s when many dirt-poor Dust Bowl farmers were in dire straits, as, of course, were many Depression-decimated families in the cities. Since the end of World War II, however, farmers and their families have substantially improved their absolute and relative economic stations. 

Newly released population estimates from the Census Bureau suggest that Americans have been moving, even in recession, away from Democratic strongholds and toward Republican turf.

We know how the Liberals will campaign against Stephen Harper. The real question is: How will Harper fight back?

We can criticize the New Deal for its statist tendencies without losing our moral legitimacy.

As the global financial and economic crisis has grown increasingly dire, market participants and policymakers alike have looked to three past crisis models.

While average global temperatures rose slightly during the twentieth century, we do not have sufficient evidence to know definitively whether that rise was man-made or natural.