Author: BooMan

The New York Times has an explainer up to help you understand how the Electoral College works and what to expect. It’s really rather inadequate, but it does get the basics correct. On Monday, 538 people will meet to...

We’re doing the family Christmas today since it’s the best time for grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, and nephews to get together. Everyone can make it but my niece, but we’ll make it up to her. I’ve...

Maybe I have an unusual reaction to this: Donald Trump mocked the media at a rally last night saying they were in a “state of panic” on Election Night, The Hill reports. Trump specifically targeted CNN’s John King: “Now they’re...

The American electorate made a pretty bad mistake on November 8th, as becomes more and more obvious everyday. In fairness, most of the people who showed up to vote expressed a preference for the person who didn’t win, but...

Lee Drutman has a new piece up at Vox that hits at a theme he’s been promoting for a while now, including in an article he did for our June/July/August 2015 issue. To understand his basic point, it’s helpful to look...