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Election Eve Predictions
Well, the election is almost over, and with that done we can get back to the stories that matter – petty squabbling over the legitimacy of the election results, bitter partisan fights over the looming fiscal cliff and brutal recriminations inside … Continue reading
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The Defense of an Undecided Voter – Part 4
My last two posts discussed my preference for President Obama’s on social matters and Governor Romney’s on economic. I expressed some doubt in both categories, primarily related to my skepticism about the President’s real role in those two roles. Today, … Continue reading
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The Defense of an Undecided Voter – Part 3
I’m still undecided, though my absentee ballot needs to get sent sooner rather than later, so I should probably start to figure something out. In the mean time, I’ll keep breaking down the sources of my remaining doubts. As I … Continue reading
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The Defense of an Undecided Voter – Part 2
This week has been busier than I thought (with law school and what-not), so I’m a bit behind, but as promised, I’m going to explain why I’m still undecided, as viewed through the lens of social, economic and foreign policy. … Continue reading
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The Defense of an Undecided Voter – Part 1
I’ve seen in several places the argument or assumption that an undecided voter is necessarily uninformed – that the differences between the two candidates are just so obvious that anyone remotely paying attention should already have figured out who they’re supporting. I take a little bit of … Continue reading
GMO Foods and Climate Change
I generally like equal-opportunity ignorance bashing, so this article comparing the far-Left’s rejection of Genetically modified foods with the far-Rights rejection of climate change science caught my eye: I used to think that nothing rivaled the misinformation spewed by climate change … Continue reading
A Word on Statistics and Predictions
If you’re not reading Nate Silver’s 538 Blog over at the NY Times, you probably should be – it’s a comprehensive analysis of all the Presidential polls out there, and I’ve extolled it’s virtues before. As of right now, Silver … Continue reading
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Prices and Demographics
I have always been convinced that the best way to look ahead to the future is not found in high-minded philosophizing or tea-leave reading – the fact is numbers usually don’t lie. So I found this article predicting greater global … Continue reading
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Sounds of Silence
I have been moving for the last week – that, combined with my complete and utter lack of desire meant that I caught only the barest snippets of the RNC on the radio. I heard some of Clint Eastwood’s speech, … Continue reading
Elephants and Donkeys in a Fox’s Clothing
Thinking Like a Fox, as a philosophy, is almost reflexively anti-partisan. That’s not to say that you won’t lean one way or another, but partisan politics tend to reek of hedgehog-ism. So I read this article “Are Independents Just Partisans … Continue reading
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