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03 November 2016

The Economist Slamming Trump and Endorsing Hilary is Like Getting a Fortune Cookie Actually Written in Chinese

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"Donald Trump would be a terrible president. We disagree w/ virtually all his policies," says The Economist, a magazine no Trump v...

The 2016 Voters Guide for Good Christians

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A friend of mine sent along an email with a list of recommendations for Tuesday's election based on advice from a Craig Huey at Foothi...
02 November 2016

For the Record: Clinton Victory Next Week

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Just Friday I wrote that we could see a fall in dominoes that would give Trump's odds a serious bump . Those dominoes started with that ...

Gradually Turning up the Heat on Frogs in Water: GOP Voters in 2016

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In his book on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert points to a really fascinating thing about predicting our happiness: we're really bad at it. ...
29 October 2016

Alabama, Race and Education

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This is Section 256 in Alabama's state constitution: Duty of legislature to establish and maintain public school system; apportionmen...
28 October 2016

Two More Events that Could Give Donald the Presidency

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Trigger warning: if you don't want to contemplate a series of events that could put Trump in the White House, stop reading now. Trigge...

A Proposal That May Raise Your IQ

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I have a proposal that could raise IQs by tens of points. My conservative friends are struggling with facts. Rush Limbaugh has warned hi...
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Sequel to Hillary Clinton's Best Seller, It Takes a Village

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Hillary's favorable ratings are lower than any presidential candidate before 2013. As it turns out, this has hurt her but may not keep...
26 October 2016

Donald Trump is Not Such a Bad Candidate

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It's been a bizarre election. This graph might depict as simply as any how unique Trump is. As of 24 October 2012, Romney had re...
24 October 2016

Evolved Libertarians - Or Why Gary Johnson Couldn't Name a World Leader

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Chris Mathews asked presidential candidate Gary Johnson to name a world leader who he admired. Johnson couldn't do it. It's easy t...
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21 October 2016

Why We Had to Wait for the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment for a Woman President

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We have certain expectations of our presidents. They'll go to the right schools.. About half of our presidents graduated from or atten...
20 October 2016

What "Politically Correct" Really Means

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"What I like about Trump," so many says, "is that he isn't politically correct. He's not afraid to say what he really...

A Conspiracy of Conspiracies, Small Mind in a Big World, and Don John's Dying Wish

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A Conspiracy of Conspiracies Trump isn't losing. He's the victim of a media conspiracy. To be more specific, he's not actual...
19 October 2016

Why Labor Force Participation Rates Have Dropped

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Here's a very simple graph with a very simple trend line: The value it tracks over the decades is the percentage of men in the labo...
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18 October 2016

"Mexico's Not Sending Their Best:" How Trump May Have Poisoned the GOP's Future

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Jamelle Bouie of Slate wrote an insightful piece on how Trump's alienation of Latinos could move them solidly into the Democratic camp i...
15 October 2016

The GOP's Problem with Women Enters a New Chapter

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"Sure Donald Trump said vile things but Bill Clinton did them." The first problem with this is that it assumes Don John didn...
14 October 2016

Is Seattle The Most Dynamic Economy in the US?

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The average company in the S&P 50 was founded in 1930 and is worth $209.7 billion. 86 years old, it has created about $2.5 billion a yea...
13 October 2016

2016: Year of the Woman

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Well, you know what Don John, first pick of evangelicals says: "Women. They're the assault of the earth." Women won't ju...

Just Remember - These Are Real People and So is That Hatred You're Feeling

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This summer I was talking to the nephew of a former premier of a major Canadian province (equivalent to the governor of a state). His uncle ...

Media and the Angry Voter

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Fox was founded in October 1996. In the six presidential elections before that, the GOP won by an average of 5.6 points. (4 victories, two b...
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