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(Video) Pierce Morgan's sentiment on gun control echoes alarming statistics 17 Dec 2012 | 01:29 am
A few days ago CNN host Pierce Morgan went off on the pro-gun lobby, and put US gun laws in a global context. Lots of emotion: Right, so gun control apparently kills people? Some food for thought: Of ...
Conservative George Will: Opposition to marriage equality is dying, 'literally' 10 Dec 2012 | 02:12 am
George Will on ABC News' Sunday Show This Week with host George Stephanopoulos: “There is something like an emerging consensus,” Will said, noting voters in three states recently endorsed same-sex mar...
(Graph) Rise and Decline of the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the last 10 years 10 Dec 2012 | 01:50 am
From Macro Trends, showing the Dow Jones Industrial Average rise and decline over the last 10 years. The stock market has nearly doubled under Obama, adding $7.3 trillion in market cap, according to B...
(Graph) The short-term vs long-term effects of "fiscal cliff" 10 Dec 2012 | 01:22 am
I want a budget deal to get done. Fear and panic, which Wall Street never has responded well to in modern history, could sink the stock market and lead to short-term job losses and potentially a 2013 ...
End of quarter 10 Dec 2012 | 01:04 am
It has been one heck of a first quarter in graduate school. I pledged that when my fall classes came to an end that I would focus more on the web site here. Expect more posts to come!
Budget Deficit shrinking at fastest rate since WWII 22 Nov 2012 | 11:45 am
If you just listened to conservatives you would think that Barack Obama is responsible for our high budget deficits. Actually, if you look at something called math, the budget deficit is shrinking at ...
The road ahead 22 Nov 2012 | 11:22 am
I have been blogging politics off and on for more than eight years. I kept a reasonably low profile during the 2012 election, while still following the race like a true political junkie. Working nearl...
(WATCH) Nate Silver was right 7 Nov 2012 | 01:06 pm
An interview with Nate Silver about correctly predicting the electoral college victory for Obama.
All of the polls except two historically bad ones have to be wrong in order for Mitt to win 6 Nov 2012 | 10:42 pm
Romney leads narrowly by one point in both Rasmussen and Gallup polling this morning, while nine polls show Obama leading, and five polls have the race tied.
(WATCH) Obama's final speech as an American candidate for office 6 Nov 2012 | 01:49 pm
From Des Moines, Iowa. In a very personal speech, different than his usual stump speeches, Obama reflects on his road to the presidency. This guy is truly the most remarkable political figure of our t...
