Eh, OK, so I’ll have to do this post without any trademarked terms. Time to break out the tricks from my state lotto’s marketing team (they actually ran a commercial using these trademark dodging tricks!) If you live under a rock you’ll be surprised to find out that tomorrow is the “SUPER[crowd cheering drowns out…
Author: tsrblke
An Open Apology to @JonHaidt
The context is more or less here: https://twitter.com/JonHaidt/status/695619211159343104 You can click on the tweet to see what I had said exactly, but it boiled down to calling him “Anti-republican at best, Anti-conservative at worst.” So what went wrong with my thinking? I was reading this article and came across the following exchange: JONATHAN HAIDT: No,…
Bernie Sanders Isn’t Barack Obama, But It May Not Matter
Alternate Headline: “It’s 2008 all over again” and not just because Hillary Clinton is losing to someone who, by all sane theories, shouldn’t be winning. Some time back I wrote about Sanders’ Candidate appeal. I stand by most everything I’ve written there. (typos and all damn it!) I would however like to add an appendix to what I…
Iowa Caucuses’ job: Winnowing, Or, @realdonaldtrump Doesn’t Get Polls
It’s fitting that a state known for corn should fill this purpose. The Iowa caucuses have never been about crowning a nominee, or even giving the winner a clear path to the nomination. They’re about thinning the field of the non-viable candidates. And, given the fact that we’ve seen Rand, Huck, and Santorum all drop…
Not So Bold Predictions on That Thing in Iowa
Everyone else seems to be making predictions on Iowa, so thought this blog should have some too. Seeing as I’m technically “working” right now, I’ll have to be brief. No percentages because I hate stats. (Ironically I’m TA-ing a Stats Ethics class right now! I’m the ethics, the professor is the stats.) Cruz Rubio Trump/Paul…
A Thought on @instapundit’s USA Today Editorial
As usual Instapundit is spot on with his editorial in USA today about the beginning of the start of the turning of the tide in the war on college men (of which I am one, admittedly Post-Grad though.) Hopefully this tide goes somewhere beyond Georgia. It got me thinking though. We tend to attribute this…
The GOP is Dead, Long Live the GOP
In a previous post I discussed my concern at burning down the GOP. Not much has changed of my assessment there. The GOP is perhaps fragmenting beyond repair, only time will tell if the wounds are fatal or just scarring. Meanwhile the quest to claim the mantle of “TruCon!” continues apace: https://twitter.com/DrewMTips/status/692362491003813888 Perhaps now is…
Defending Our Country Is Dangerous, Even When You’re Not In Combat
About a week ago, a helicopter crash off the cost of Hawaii claimed the lives of 12 marines. A sober reminder that merely being prepared for combat is, itself a dangerous. I went to high school with one of the victims of this crash, Capt. Kevin Roche. I wouldn’t say I was a good friend (good…
Rand Paul and My Editorial Policy.
I’ve been told I should link my sources more in my Rand Paul post. I’m not great about it it’s true. But I do try. Here’s the thing though, some of what I write is a response to live interviews on TV. When that happens, I try to post the date (or say “today”) time…
Rand Paul: “I’m losing so let’s go full crazy.”
So, I suppose it was only a matter of time. I mean apples, trees and what not. Full disclosure my dog in this fight is: “No Democrats” So No Hillary, No Sanders, No Trump. Today on CNN (Just about 7:30AM CT) Rand was posed the birther question and he decided to roll with it. Apparently,…