Month: June 2012

So Fear triumphed over Anger and the Irish referendum on the Stability Treaty was passed by a “resounding” 60:40 margin on a 50% poll – more or less as predicted by the opinion polls and close to the average...

With only about 23% of the vote reporting, NBC’s experts just called the recall election for the incumbent governor. Some other races are still too close to call. I can’t say that I’m very optimistic that...

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of having the woman of your life come home from an exhausting day at work, collapse on the couch with her iPad to see the news of the day, and have her say, “Oh for...

Turnout looks high in both the Republican burbs and the Democratic cities of Milwaukee and Madison. Some places may see turnout higher than in 2008. That’s kind of crazy for a Tuesday in June. It will be interesting if the...

False equivalence malpractice—of both the political science and journalistic varieties—reared its ugly head again in the Boston Sunday Globe’s “Ideas” section this weekend.  Presumably Joshua...