PinnedThe case against TrumpThe purpose of this post is to summarize the many reasons to vote against Donald Trump this November. In doing so, this post can also be…Aug 26, 2020Aug 26, 2020
What Biden is doing differently from Trump on immigrationBiden has signed an executive order directing the secretary of homeland security to review some of Trump’s punitive anti-asylum policies…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
Comparing 2020 Democratic Senate candidates’ and Biden’s performancesIn the states with Senate races this year, Biden did better than the Democratic Senate candidate in the following states:Jan 25, 2021Jan 25, 2021
Who are the House Democrats who lost?So far in the 2020 House elections, 11 seats in the House of Representatives have been flipped by Republican challengers. As I write this…Nov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020
Which counties flipped from 2016 to 2020?Based on the votes that have been counted so far (cautioning that there are still a significant number left to count in some states), this…Nov 8, 2020Nov 8, 2020
Preliminary 2020 exit poll analysisHere I present the results of some simple analyses of the (preliminary) 2020 presidential election national exit polls from the New York…Nov 7, 2020Nov 7, 2020
The polls were way off again? Not so fastAs I write this on November 6, 2020, many people are already arguing that the presidential election polls for the election three days ago…Nov 7, 2020Nov 7, 2020
How Trump screwed up the federal government’s response to COVID-19This post originated from what was originally seven sections (six actual sections and a final conclusion section) in my previous post, in…Aug 28, 2020Aug 28, 2020
The affirmative action ouroborosHere I argue that affirmative action is similar to the ancient symbol of the ouroboros, which depicts a snake eating its own tail…Aug 27, 2020Aug 27, 2020
The “already-exists” argument in favor of the electoral collegeI have noticed a common type of argument made by those who support the US’s current electoral college system and oppose efforts like the…May 5, 2020May 5, 2020
