Tag: U.S. Senate
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My election predictions
The conventional wisdom has been that voters on both sides are pretty locked in and there aren’t many of us left who are persuadable. Unless Joe Biden does something amazing stupid, or Donald Trump shows the political savvy to move toward the middle, Biden looks to handily beat Trump. But conventional wisdom may be wrong.…
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Opening Pandora’s box
The U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1789. After the constitutional convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked what sort of government we were going to get. He famously replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” Next Wednesday may be the end of our republic. That’s when the U.S. Senate is likely to acquit Donald Trump. The…
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The tyranny of the minority
I’ve written so much about our gun problem in the nearly fifteen years my blog has been around that I pretty much have said it all. In a sense this week’s rampage that killed 59 people at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas was fated to happen. Sensible people wonder why we can’t seem to…
Occam's Razor 