ok. maybe this *is* the worst timeline…
It felt a little personal when I post about organized labor being a way for us, the people of the U.S. who would like to continue living in something resembling a liberal democracy, to take back control of our political parties and country, only to see the very next day the leader of the Teamsters…
The news today is all about someone shooting at Trump, to which I can only observe two things: It’s a miracle it took this long for someone to try this. As many have already observed, killing a cult leader will only make him a martyr and might ultimately strengthen the cult, but anyone who would…
In the ongoing saga of “will Biden step aside?” I read Brian Beutler’s analysis of when McCain picked Palin to try to shake up a race he was losing. He argues that it didn’t work because everyone quickly saw that Palin was not qualified to be VP or president and concludes that this is not…
Historian Kevin Kruse provides a great short history of FDR’s attempt to add justices to the SCOTUS in the 1930s and concludes that, contrary to popular belief, it was a success — although FDR didn’t add justices to the court, he did end up reshaping the court to be more progressive and fair, which was,…
Feedburner is the devil. When I first started this blog back in 2006 I decided to run the RSS feed through Feedburner. I have no memory of why I did that or what advantage I thought I was gaining. I suspect it provided a way for me to see who was subscribed, number of subscribers,…
The AARP released a poll today that shows Trump ahead of Biden in Wisconsin among many different groups of voters, but especially men: Former President Donald Trump (R) leads President Joe Biden (D) among voters ages 18 and older, 44% – 38%, with Robert Kennedy Jr. polling at 9%. Trump also leads among voters ages…
The world could be more insane than it is today, I’m sure, but with insanity at these levels sometimes it helps to try to track and understand and follow the madness and to look for sanity — if there is any to be found. Happy hunting!