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I Don’t Feel Young – Wye Oak Here’s an awkward article. E.J. Graff is uncomfortable with the relationship between Kevin Clash (the voice of Elmo) and a young man. Here’s why: But the Elmo puppeteer story does bother me. In case … Continue reading →

The Corpses Of Our Motivations– The Lawrence Arms Up through the election, we heard paeans to Silver, hilarious jokes about the fools who tried to ‘unskew’ the polls, and the general triumph of reality-based analysis. Then Silver returned to his … Continue reading →

Here’s a sad irony: as the economy (fingers crossed) starts to improve significantly in the upcoming years, people will suddenly start to care a whole lot less about the deficit.  And yet, when the economy is booming is precisely when … Continue reading →

At about 8:15 Pacific time on Tuesday night I declared that the Democratic candidate was going to win in 2016.  By at least five points, too. Here’s the thing: the economy is already recovering and it’s only going to pick … Continue reading →

So, the Senate. As I mentioned yesterday, I think this is a really big deal. At the most basic level, it’s important simply that the Democrats held the majority. That seemed pretty unlikely earlier this year. But instead of losing … Continue reading →

The Book of Love– The Magnetic Fields 2004 was devastating.  It wasn’t enough that Kerry lost.  It’s that he lost in part because a series of anti-gay amendments helped turn out the far right vote.  It really shook my faith … Continue reading →

Well, that was quite a night.  Being a vaguely competent human adult, and a statistical nerd, I had very little doubt about the general outcome.  And still, there’s always some nervousness.  Add in a great deal of doubt about some … Continue reading →

Paul Ryan should dump $10 million bucks into the Allegheny River tonight. It will save him the effort of doing it 1450 days from now.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’ll be live-tweeting the election results tonight. @olneyce See you on the other side!

A Minutes Decision – Hutch and Kathy My initial response to this commentary about undecided voters was intense frustration. These people are more articulate than the ones in the SNL skit. But honestly, not that much. They all give reasons for … Continue reading →