Random Thoughts On The Iowa Caucuses
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...
Debunking The Iowa Hype
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...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
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...
Tweets Of The Day
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...
Seth Meyers vs. Trevor Noah
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...
A Bipartisan Way To Fix Our Infrastructure
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...
Politifact’s Lie Of The Year
Here's my conversation with Katie Sanders, deputy editor of Politifact, one of the best fact-checking websites, which has reviewed various statements and pronouncements by politicians in 2015 to determine which qualifies as Lie Of The Year. This year, however, that...
Picture Of The Day
NPR's Steve Inskeep wondered what President Obama would ask the candidates who want his job. I not only like the question, I like Obama's comment about the aspects of the job that wear off pretty quickly...