May 16, 2008
If McCain enters the Oval Office in 2009, he will be America’s oldest first-term president. For U.S. voters, ageism is more acceptable than sexism or racism, says Gerald C. Davison, dean of the USC Davis School of Gerontology. But this attitude ignores the fact that today’s seniors are sharper and longer-lived.
April 25, 2008
Responding to nervous U.S. workers and unions, candidates have talked tough on foreign trade. But what will a Clinton, Obama or McCain presidency really mean for NAFTA and other free trade agreements? According to USC’s Abraham Lowenthal, the outlook is rosier than campaign trail bluster suggests.
April 11, 2008
With Tax Day upon us, Morley Winograd of the USC Marshall School analyzes the candidates’ tax plans. Obama focuses on fixing economic inequality among Americans — an approach the younger generation is hungry to hear. Clinton, whose campaign finds strong support among the wealthy, treads carefully. And McCain sides with the supply-siders.
February 22, 2008
Experts at the Keck School of Medicine and the School of Pharmacy offer prescriptions on critical national and California health care issues.
February 8, 2008
Psychologist Jerald Jellison of the USC College explores the popularity of “change” and its unique, fluid appeal to the human psyche.
January 18, 2008
John McCain 2008"Seventy is the new fifty," says Edward Schneider, gerontology professor in the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He believes that attributes acquired with age are just what the electorate wants in a president.
January 11, 2008
Golden silence: Our foreign policy may improve if certain issues aren’t discussed on the campaign trail, argues scholar Abraham Lowenthal.
January 4, 2008
Fixing the health care system will require listening to the public's health needs and priorities, says David A. Goldstein of the Keck School of Medicine.
December 7, 2007
Voters in six states decided on 34 ballot propositions last month, approving 79 percent. USC's Initiative and Referendum Institute suggests that the wave of citizen-initiated legislation won't ebb anytime soon.
November 1, 2007
Voters in six states will vote on 33 ballot propositions in November 2007. This is less activity than in November 2005, the last off-year election, in which voters decided 39 measures in seven states, and far below the 204 propositions in 37 states in November 2006.
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