Town Hall Rage: Hype or Reality?

It's easy to get lost in the 'Town Hall Descends into Mayhem' narrative but at many events, citizens and their representatives have managed to keep their cool. It's easy to get lost in the 'Town Hall Descends into Mayhem' narrative - after all, it's one of the few interesting stories that can be …

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Written by Tim Mak on Thursday April 28, 2011

The Elderly Say "No"

People on Medicare are often suspicious of expanded government involvement in healthcare, because they see it as competing with Medicare for scarce dollars. Tom Schaller asks : "Why are senior citizens crying "socialism" at town halls?" As we like to say in academia:  I don't know the answer, …

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Written by Andrew Gelman on Tuesday August 25, 2009