Current Polls and A Wave Like 1968
Recent polls showing Donald Trump taking the lead in a few national surveys have created some angst among Democrats. But, as...
Monthly Archive: May 2016
A Constitutional Right To Vote
Kevin Drum has grabbed onto an interesting idea – a constitutional right to vote. At present, all male citizens have to...
Microsoft Angers Another User
Atrios describes his frustration with Microsoft automatically upgrading one of his PCs to Windows 10 without authorization in his usual colorful fashion –...
St. Ronnie's Debts
I hope you have been enjoying the Reality Check series on our deficits and debts over the last few weeks. I...
Reality Check – Debt Ceiling, Balanced Budget, and Paying Down Our Debt
Monday’s Reality Check – a weekly presentation of facts and figures to help us all discuss important issues with some degree of understanding....
Mars at Opposition Tonight
Sadly, it was cloudy around here last night when there would have been a beautiful view of a full blue Moon,...
Preakness Predictions
The Preakness, the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, will go off today shortly after 5pm. Nyquist will be the...
Does Microsoft Try To Make You Hate The Company
So, Microsoft has done it again – they’ve managed to tick me off once more. I had to go out for...
Bassick High School – Politics of Perpetual Failure
Thanks again to Lenny Grimaldi over at Only in Bridgeport for highlighting this story of the half century of challenges at...
Now Is Not The Time To Bern Bridges
I’ve recently updated an earlier post about the importance of not forgetting history when it comes to Presidential elections. It’s a...