Zombie Politics

Take a look at these charts from NPR . They show the people that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 and then flipped to vote for Donald Trump in...

Good question . Given reality, it makes no sense. J ob growth has been strong for five years, with unemployment now below where it was for...

What I didn’t fully appreciate, and nobody can appreciate until they’re in the position, is how decentralized power is in this system. When ...

Regular readers will note that as of today Markadelphia is no more. In keeping with the changes already in place with the comments section, ...

Gallup has been seeing some interesting polling numbers lately. First there was the abortion poll and now they have one that says, for the ...

From a recent Real Clear Politics piece ... Among voters 18 to 34 years old — men and women who will be an important force in American pol...

A recent question on Quora echoed what I have been writing about here for quite some time. How exactly do Republicans overcome the "24...

My oh my has there been one massive shitting of the bed over the loss Eric Cantor experienced on Tuesday night to Tea Party Challenger David...

The Wall Street Journal has a piece up about the opposition to the Keystone pipeline and how it really isn't as left-right as you would...

I've discovered recently that arguing politics with someone who is unhappy with themselves and their life is not a good idea. It doesn&#...

Last Saturday I had the honor and pleasure of catching a film with former commenter and all around great guy, Last in Line. We went out for ...

The Christian Science Monitor had the following cover story last week. Is Barack Obama an imperial president?  As is usually the case wi...

It's always fun at the beginning of a new year to predict what may happen. I've enjoyed reading all the partisan predictions for 201...

I've had a few emails with requests to talk about today's election. I had planned on putting something anyway to encourage people to...

I wonder if Republicans will look back on this week and note that this was the beginning of the end of their party. It is truly something to...

Byron York has a piece up that could have well been written by me. When a Fox News contributor and author of the The Vast Left Wing Conspira...

Tom Jacobs has a great piece over at Pacific Standard that analyzes a recent study on just how conservative and liberal people are these da...