(Political Ramblings from a Little Left of Center)
Well, today is the day. While it may sound over-wrought, I truly believe that Democracy itself is on the ballot. There are so many 2020 election-deniers on the GOP ticket that this election’s primary issue is simple respect for the American experiment. I’ll make one last comment on the status of the races… While I…
While it’s way too late now, I’ve been wanting to publish a list of the best mid-term Democratic campaign ads. Here’s the thing, though: It’s a very, very short list. And, frankly, the GOP’s ads are even worse. The ad agencies hired by both parties have mostly cranked out unremarkable pablum that I stopped watching…
A serious note to my Republican subscribers: I sincerely appreciate the fact that you’re willing to consider the opinions of someone who is often in an opposite political camp. However, I have a request: PLEASE do your 2022 research and make sure you can defend the candidates you choose to support. To be blunt, the…
Yeah, yeah. I’ve been absent here. While my daily intentions have been to post something, reality has intervened on a regular basis. C’est la vie. Anyway, with early voting for the mid-terms already in-progress, I felt the need to revisit the critical 2022 races. Unfortunately, I had to dig a tad deeper than I’d expected.…
I’d set aside this afternoon to gleefully sit in front of my TV with my laptop to follow the launch and first flight phases of Artemis I. Alas, the launch was scrubbed yet again due to a fuel leak. You’d think I’d learn. Given my new-found time, I started reviewing numerous in-progress blog posts on…
Since I last weighed in, Democrats have slightly increased their chances of maintaining their paper-thin Senate majority in November. While it’s still too early to make definitive predictions, it is nice to see that a lot of election “experts” are catching up to my point of view and have at least stopped writing Democratic obituaries.…
I last updated my visualization of COVID-19 case progression in the U.S. about a year ago. I stopped mostly because I no longer trusted the data. Self-testing has rendered CDC case counts pretty useless since almost no one self-reports a positive self-test. I considered using death counts instead, but that was both depressing and only…
I was recently asked my opinion on ranked choice voting (RCV). While I think it’s a great idea, I wasn’t sure it was a great blog topic. However, after some research and several conversations with friends, I’ve learned a few things: Many people have never heard of RCV. Some people have heard of RCV but…
Okay. Fine. I’ll post my two cents about 2024. I remain convinced that Democrats first need to be concerned about Moore v. Harper, coming this Fall to a Supreme Court near you. I discussed this case within a previous post and I also posted my related suggestion for keeping the Court out of politics. I…
Recently, the DHS Office of the Inspector General, the January 6 House committee, the National Archives, and likely the Department of Justice requested Secret Service text messages from around the time of the rioters’ attack on the US Capitol. It’s a reasonable request. Secret Service agents would have had front row seats to all relevant…