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November 2018

November 06, 2018

I voted today, for tomorrow #VOTE

Exactly two years ago on the morning of Election Day, I wrote this on Facebook:...

November 05, 2018

parties, not states

A central problem in any free political system is how to ensure a balanced competition....

October 2018

October 10, 2018

the question of representation

An essay about India's dramatic differences in fertility rates by region offers a tangential insight...

August 2018

August 27, 2018

positive politics

All campaigns need to appeal to the voter. There are a lot of dichotomies at...

August 06, 2018

the real swing voter

"The swing voter is not red to blue. The swing voter is non voter to...

August 01, 2018

the case for Medicare for all

In an attempt to discredit Medicare for All, a libertarian think-tank analyst (who was part...

July 2018

July 10, 2018

minority rule

and both those presidents did not win the popular vote.

July 09, 2018

the post-Roe world

Elections have consequences. Case in point: today, Donald Trump is likely to appoint a justice...

July 02, 2018

the pursuit of happiness

Excellent op-ed in the LA Times about what Jefferson's famous phrase means in the modern...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

electoral mechanics, prologue

Earlier, I wrote about the potential purple majority - the 41% of eligible voters who...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Republican reverse Robin Hood

The House just passed a budget resolution that does two astonishing things: first, it changes...

October 24, 2017

The Weinstein Effect

The one positive thing about the Harvey Weinstein tragic farce is that it has empowered...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

John McCain Schools the Senate

Senator McCain came in for a lot of criticism in liberal circles the past few...

June 2017

June 13, 2017

Act One, Scene One #KingLeer

Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter; Dearer than eye-sight, space,...

April 2017

April 03, 2017

Why I changed my mind about Gorsuch, in 4 tweets

February 2017

February 23, 2017

The Potential Purple Majority

The outcome of the 2016 election was a coin-toss, dictated by margins of only 10,000...

February 21, 2017

Primary colors, not purple politics: part 2

This is a guest post by Mozi. Scond post in a series. A quick thought...

February 17, 2017

Primary colors, not purple politics: part 1

This is a guest post by a writer who will go by Mozi. This is...

January 2017

January 22, 2017

this doesn’t stop here

3 Million people marched yesterday. That is the same margin by which Hillary Clinton defeated...

January 21, 2017

the Liar in Chief

This article by the Washington Post is a beautiful example of how the press has...

January 20, 2017

Now arrives the hour of action…

...and the time for empty talk is over. That is a direct line from President...

January 14, 2017

MLK: A weekend of insult and tragedy

This morning, (January 14, 2017) the Islamic Center of Eastside in Bellevue, Washington was burned...

December 2016

December 17, 2016

unpresidented

The real-world consequences of a president-elect exacerbating via Twitter a diplomatic crisis with China that...

November 2016

November 09, 2016

elections have consequences

I had predicted a 300 EV win for Hillary Clinton. The final results are not...

November 05, 2016

Democracy Savings Time

It is early November, and that means we need to choose. Do we set our...

July 2016

July 23, 2016

preview of the 2016 Vice Presidential debates (Pence/Kaine)

Disappointing choice. I had hoped for Cory Booker, personally, even though I strongly disagree with...

July 19, 2016

The Sparkling Twilight of the GOP

In Macbeth, the tragic hero cynically muses about the meaninglessness of life, the universe and...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

Brexit: Neither an Apocalypse nor an Emancipation

This is a guest post by Conrad Barwa. As a long-time UK resident it is...

June 24, 2016

Brexit: Don’t Panic

Are you anxious about Brexit, the World, and Everything? I'll have a guest post up...

June 21, 2016

Hillary Clinton will escalate in Syria

Russian forces recently bombed our proxy forces - US-supported rebels fighting against Assad - in...