I wonder if Mike Huckabee and Martin O’Malley woke up yesterday, on the morning before the Iowa caucuses, truly believing they were going to become the next president of the United States. As for Donald Trump finishing second to Ted Cruz, I guess Iowa just got tired of winning. Bottom line: just because people said they supported […]
One week from today, the first votes of the 2016 presidential election season will finally be cast when Iowans gather for their caucuses. The whole caucus idea is old-fashioned and silly. Almost everywhere else in America, we vote by secret ballot — no one knows who you choose because your name isn’t directly associated with […]
Frank Bruni writes about the media’s addiction to polls. For example, the cable news networks breathlessly leading each hour with the results of the latest polls — even those that get it wrong, or completely contradict others — without concern about the effects of simply repeating the results without context: An obsession with polls and […]
From comedian Patton Oswalt… BREAKING: Who-Gives-A-Shit Alaskan Grifter Endorses Won’t-Win Turd Clown For President. And from Andy Borowitz… Palin Endorsement Widens Trump’s Lead Among Idiots. And from the NY Daily News…
Two months ago, I wrote that Trevor Noah was off to a shaky start replacing Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show,” but that it might be too early to write him off. After all, it’s always tough replacing a legend, and performers always have to grow into a show to give it more of their […]
We have a lot of infrastructure problems in this country that aren’t being repaired because Congress and state legislatures refuse to raise the gas tax and use the funds to fix our levees, roads, bridges, etc. My guest Philip K. Howard of Common Good has a proposal for a bipartisan solution to the problem, which […]