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Can A Catholic In Good Conscience Vote For Trump?
The titular question has been posed oft of late, most recently by the Catholic News Agency in their coverage of "An Appeal to Our Fellow Catholics" made by the big…
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What’s The Worst Moment in US History?
https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/704700795166584832 If you can't read the tweet, it is a poll. It asks Worst Moment in US History with selections (the percents of 42 votes, current as of posting time):…
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Stream: Political Scientists Didn’t See Trump Coming. What Went Wrong?
Today's terrific post is at The Stream. The Bad Science Behind Trump's Opposition. It's the best post. The best. It just is. I don't know. I have friends in journalism.…
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Saying “He’s A No-Good, Pandering Populist” In A Democracy Is Funny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NsrwH9I9vE This video is an allegory for what Trump is doing to the GOP. First things first. All you guys who support Donald Trump and believe he is a "true,…
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Iowa Caucus Open Discussion. Update: Text Fixed, Those Coin Tosses Discussed
https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/694224471712878592 That tweet was my prediction early yesterday, which I made partly relying on polls but more on the size of the crowds those two men garnered. About those polls,…
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The Corrosive Effect Of Democracy, Far East Edition
Taiwan had its election on January 16th, elevating Tsai English Language (her real name) to the presidency. Tsai represented the DPP, which is roughly equivalent to the island's progressive party.…
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The Establishment And The Alt-Right
Since this is the Internet, I should make it plain that discussing a thing does not make you part of the thing. Strikes me the Establishment's reaction at the rise…
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This Week In Doom: The Demands And Ravages Of Equality
Progressive beasts We had fun with the foolish Vox explaining that animals "in the wild" suffer from being eaten, from disease, from neglect, from the lack of personal recognition, and…