Political Science

Here's my prediction for the result of the 2012 Presidential election: The next four years are going to suck. The polls are about even (heh, even in the pointless Dixville Notch first vote), which partisans on both sides are trying to spin as a win for their side. Some of them may even be right. I don't know and I don't care enough to try to figure it out. A day from now we'll … [Read more...] about Election Prediction 2012

(That title is a bit dog-bites-man, isn't it?) I'm amused, puzzled, and a bit angered by the stupidity of lefty/liberal/progressive hatred for all things Koch. Mike Elk's ridiculous piece at In These Times is a particularly confused example: Much has been written about the owners of Koch Industries, brothers David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch, trying to control the political … [Read more...] about Koch Derangement Syndrome at In These Times

I get a lot of political email these days, especially from the Obama campaign. Yesterday, for example, I got one from Stephanie Cutter, one of Obama's campaign managers. Over the course of this election, we've seen that both Romney and Ryan avoid telling the truth about their plans and how they'd actually affect the middle class. It doesn't matter if they're talking about … [Read more...] about Nobody’s Firing Big Bird

Remember when I signed up as a Republican so I could vote for Ron Paul in the Illinois primary? Apparently Republicans are very rare in this town. So rare, in fact, that I've received a letter from the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners asking me to apply to be an election judge representing the Republican party. It's a form letter, and I suspect most registered … [Read more...] about Should I Be the Judge of That?

Imagine how awesome it must be to live in Alabama, where voters get to choose their next Chief Justice on the Alabama Supreme Court. On the one hand, there's the Republican candidate, Roy Moore. He had the job before, at least until a few years ago when he was kicked off the bench. He's the judge who insisted on having a copy of the Ten Commandments displayed in his … [Read more...] about And Now Some News From the Alabama Judicial Races