Month: June 2012

It’s difficult to explain how Nate Silver calculates his “tipping point state” formula, so if you are really interested in the details, go read his article. The basic idea, however, is fairly simple. In any...

John Boehner’s problem can be summed up this way: 56% of Republicans think we should deport children who were brought here illegally by their parents many years ago, who attended our schools, who graduated, who have no...

This seems like a bad decision by Scott Brown: “We respect Vicki Kennedy’s decision but we regret that we cannot accept a debate invitation from someone who plans to endorse Scott Brown’s opponent. The Kennedy...

If I had a quarter of a billion dollars like Mitt Romney, I’d probably still go to WaWa. But the thing is that I wouldn’t have a quarter of a billion dollars for very long. I would give almost all of it away. I...

Sigh. I am so tired of the stupid way right-wingers look at foreign policy. They see the words “Muslim Brotherhood” and they pee their pants. What they ought to do is keep an open mind about the Muslim Brotherhood....