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 …
Tag Archives: Voting
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 …
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, …
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, …
Indefinite detention: Business as usual. What now?
Yesterday marked a new low in the history of the lows of the Obama administration. After months of threatening to …
