Biography
Thomas F. Schaller is an associate professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and author of Whistling Past Dixie. His column appears Wednesdays in The Sun.
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Political lessons from N.J., Virginia
October 27, 2009
A week from today, New Jersey and Virginia - two nearby states that have a lot in common with Maryland, notably well-educated and racially diverse Eastern Seaboard populations with high household incomes - conduct the only two governor's races in this odd, and odd-numbered, election year.
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Rethinking presidential primaries
October 13, 2009
The historic 2008 presidential election is now almost a year past, but my thoughts last week at a panel on presidential primaries hosted in Washington by the Brookings Institution returned to that election and a presidential candidate who never was - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Post office wrong target for conservatives
September 29, 2009
During the health care debates, a culprit emerged as proof that the federal government is anti-competitive, wasteful and inefficient: The U.S. Postal Service.
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Seniors complain loudest, benefit most from public health care
September 15, 2009
According to a Pew Research Center poll taken late last month, senior citizens are more worried than any other age cohort about the president's health care reform proposal.
