Nothing should surprise us any more when a reality-TV show host is about to win the Republican nomination for President. But try this sentence on as another sign that we have…
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The McClatchy-Marist poll released last week finds some instructive results in among voters’ preferences for the remaining Presidential candidates. 25% of Bernie Sanders voters say they will not…
Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton by double digits in the Wisconsin primary last night. Whoo-hoo! The media will continue to remind us of the daunting delegate…
TransCanada has to do something with all that pipe they stockpiled for the doomed Keystone XL. So now they want to build a pipeline to carry oil…
SDGOP delegate-alternate William Beal repurposes for his Facebook readers conservative Allen Ginzburg’s provocative thought experiment from last July: “If Donald Trump was actively trying to hand Hillary…
Yesterday I suggested the ongoing job creation of the Obama recovery could tamp down the Trump vote. Obviously I need to read more Internet. Trump voters are…
While South Dakota’s Republicans use stealth vouchers to undermine public education and line the pockets of their friends in the insurance industry, Arizona Senator John McCain…
If part of Donald Trump’s appeal is his promise of strength and prosperity to an economically anxious middle class, then we could really use an upswing in the…
Bernie Sanders earned three big caucus wins yesterday, taking Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington by 70% or more. [Update 2016.03.28 09:37 CDT: I originally said all three were over 70%; the…
When I heard the news about Speaker Paul Ryan’s speech Wednesday on the state of American politics, his rejection of “makers vs. takers” rhetoric and…