Month: October 2012

Thanks to the bankruptcy of my wife’s former employer, it is highly likely that we will lose our health care coverage on January 1. 2013. The court hearing on the company’s motion to do so is scheduled for November...

Here are my predictions for who will win in individual Senate races. An asterisk indicates a non-incumbent. A ‘D’ and ‘R’ or an ‘Ind’ indicates a change in party. At the end, I’ll tally...

A few weeks ago, a GREAT DEBATE erupted at the Scrapple News Tower: when both parties are beholden to the corporate powers that be, is there any point in voting. As I’m sure you know, I fall squarely in the “YES,...

Word. Especially the second-to-last paragraph.

I am really skeptical of any analysis that is predicated on the polls being off in one direction or another. In my experience, the average of polls is rarely off by a whole lot. Maybe a couple of points, but when the polls say...