The Irony of MLK Day 2013: A Renewed Invitation into White Supremacy
I wonder how many consider today to be a magnificent symbolic coincidence rather than a Manichean irony: today, we commemorate …
Tag Archives: 2012 Elections
Election Day 2012: It’s the Day After That Matters
Update I below: This past weekend I talked with a philosopher friend about her conundrum over how to vote in …
Why do “Third Parties Never Work”? Collusion and the Presidential Debates
Regardless of what you thought of the first round of 2012 presidential debates, the spin job began well before 8:30 …
John Cusack & Jonathan Turley on Obama's Constitution:
Reblogged from SHANNYN MOORE: JUST A GIRL FROM HOMER: Editor’s Note from Shannyn Moore: Read This. ***************************** By John Cusack …
Race, Murder, and Mayhem in America: Considering the Links
Glenn Greenwald is right to be skeptical of any direct causal links between the horrific events such as the Sikh …
Guest Post: On Voting Strategically in 2012: The Ultimatum Game
Today, I’m putting up another guest post by Robert Prasch, analyzing the “ultimatum” politics of the Democratic Party, more specifically, …
Election Year Redux
When it rains…2 posts on Translation Exercises on the same day! This one, by me, follows on the heels of …
Guest Column by Marcellus Andrews: “About What is Coming Down the Road”
Today’s column is by one of Translation Exercises guest bloggers, Marcellus Andrews, who recently appeared on Up with Chris Hayes …
Guest Post: Race, Conservatism and Economic Panic
The intense interest that folks have taken in this blog for the last few weeks has convinced me that people …
Pollitt’s Perplexity about Pundits on Ron Paul
Revised: It may be time to stop reading the Nation even earlier than March of this election year. Katha Pollitt …
Guest Post: “Where is My Half Glass?”
The brilliant Robert E. Prasch, an economist at Middlebury College, reflects on the Obama Presidency. President Obama, Where Is My …
Voting Model #3: The “Lesser of Two Evils”
This one gets trotted out around March of every election year. And around March of election year, I stop reading, …
Voting Model #2: The “pro-choice/environmentally friendly” vote
In this post, I continue down my list of problematic presidential election voting models. Today’s model, #2 on that list, …
Voting Model #1 cont’d: “They’re so interesting…I would love to have dinner with them” vote
A friend told me the other night that her mother voted for Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter in the 1980 …
