Jun 27, 2016 | podcasts, Politics
Now that we’ve had a couple of days to let Brexit sink in, there are still lots of questions, so I called on Rick Newman of Yahoo Finance to answer some of them: Is it a good idea to let the public vote on complex economic issues like this? What will the impact of Brexit […]
Jun 26, 2016 | Picture of the Day, Politics
Amy Schumer didn’t air this on her Comedy Central show, but after the continuing inaction by Congress on gun legislation, she released it…
Jun 23, 2016 | Politics
Yesterday’s sit-in by House Democrats was an impressive display of the power of Periscope and Facebook Video, and it certainly got a lot of publicity, but it’s not going to change anything as long as Republicans hold the majority in both houses of Congress. They’ll do anything to avoid endangering the flow of funds they […]
Jun 17, 2016 | Politics
Remember when I called for media outlets to fight back against Donald Trump’s abusive comments about the press by refusing to cover his events, not mentioning his tweets, and not allowing him to call in during live news shows? The suppliers must cut the addict off from the drug he so desperately needs (free media, […]
Jun 16, 2016 | Politics
I keep saying that national polls don’t matter in a presidential election, because a candidate doesn’t win based on the popular vote. He or she has to win a majority of electoral college votes — at least 270 out of 538 — so you have to look at the state-by-state polls, as the people at […]
Jun 11, 2016 | Politics, Science
Much was made yesterday of David Perdue, a Republican Senator from Georgia, joking about praying for President Obama’s death: “We should pray for him like Psalms 109:8 says: Let his days be few, and let another have his office.” He said those words at some get together of religious/political zealots, many of whom laughed and […]