Political polarization 'Dangerous,' Psychologist Says - msnbc.com
27 May 2012, 10:47 am
CHICAGO - For the first time in American political history, Democrats and Republicans have sorted themselves into a perfect left-right split, a prominent political psychologist said this week, calling the result a "dangerous era" in U.S. politics.

Climate Change and Political polarization - favstocks.com
27 May 2012, 2:26 am
Robert Stavins has always seemed optimistic about the potential for action on climate change, but there seems to be a shift toward a more pessimistic posture. After making the case for a market-based regulatory approach (as opposed to, for example ...

Sask. MP Ralph Goodale blasts politics of ‘impunity, polarization’ - Regina Leader-Post
24 May 2012, 9:56 pm
REGINA — The politics of “impunity and polarization” is dividing Canadians and making Canada a less democratic and egalitarian society, Wascana MP Ralph Goodale told the Regina & District Chamber of Commerce Thursday. The former senior ...

Mirchpur incident intensified caste polarization’ - Times of India
24 May 2012, 8:34 am
CHANDIGARH: Researching caste conflicts, a scholar in his book has claimed that dalits as well as people from upper castes in Mirchpur village of Hisar district are passing through a tough phase even after two years of caste-related violence.

Weekly Standard: The Politics Of polarization - NPR News
24 May 2012, 7:16 am
Jeffrey Bell is policy director of the American Principles Project and author of The Case for Polarized Politics: Why America Needs Social Conservatism. The organization "Americans Elect" spent $35 million on a new "centrist" party and nobody came.

polarization Gating Spectroscopy may detect pancreatic cancer - News-Medical.Net
22 May 2012, 1:13 am
This minimally invasive technique, called polarization Gating Spectroscopy, will now be tested in a much larger international clinical trial led by the Mayo Clinic researchers. The preliminary study suggests it may be possible, one day, to use a ...

Why Republicans Aren’t the Only Ones to Blame For polarization - Brookings Institution
18 May 2012, 10:22 am
The working assumption of many political commentators in Washington is that politics is more polarized than it has been in decades and that it’s the Republican Party’s rightward drift that’s to blame. The evidence bears this out—in part.

No media love for asymmetric polarization - Politico.com
16 May 2012, 7:54 am
"polarization also has affected the two parties differently. The Republican Party has drifted much farther to the right than the Democratic Party has drifted to the left.... In other words, the story of the past few decades is asymmetric polarization.

Snowe at USM commencement: polarization in Washington can be diminished - Bangor Daily News
12 May 2012, 12:52 pm
PORTLAND, Maine — The political polarization in Washington can be diminished, but only when Americans support candidates who follow the principles of consensus-building, U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe told graduates during a commencement speech Saturday.

Partisanship and polarization: Overblown! - RedState
11 May 2012, 2:55 pm
Recently, newspapers and blogs have been full of stories regarding the polarization of Congress along ideological lines and that this has created gridlock in Congress. For example, POLITICO had a story warning that things were only going to get ...