Political Science

Mickey Kaus notices something interesting about McCain's new "Tolerance" ad, aside from the fact that it's two and a half minutes of lets-all-work-together-to-make-this-country-great feel-good noise: Johm McCain? … [Read more...] about Paid For By Johm McCain?

Virginia Postrel has an interesting article in the Atlantic in which she argues that the glamour of Barack Obama has attractions and dangers. For some reason, perhaps the magical origins of the word glamour, her argument makes me think of a couple of things in the Harry Potter universe: To supporters Obama is the Mirror of Erised, showing people what they desire … [Read more...] about Obama’s Glamour

Without further explanation, here's former Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Mike Gravel. … [Read more...] about Helter Skelter

Everybody's still talking about Obama's speech on race, so I might as well put in my two cents. Was it self serving? Of course. He's a politician in an election year. But I mostly thought it was damned good. Too many politicians, when confronted with embarassing statements by a friend, will either dissemble---"I didn't know", "that's out of context", "you're just bringing … [Read more...] about Obama’s Big Speech on Race

It's not for nothing that Chicago is known for the slogan "Vote early, vote often." This town is famous for voting irregularities. Florida took that fame away from us, what with a presidential election swinging on butterfly ballots and hanging chad. But today, in a story reported by the Tribune's David Kidwell, we showed that although we may not be #1 any more, when it … [Read more...] about Invisible Votes