One of my favorite blogs to read is “Riding the F-Train,” written by an old college friend who became a lawyer, quit that, and writes about poker. His posts are usually great because he is writing about poker games and things actually happen. There’s a lot of narrative there.
Recently, he had a post about what [...]
Tag Archives: politics
Bluffing versus Rolling the Dice
Comfort in History
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been looking at historic results trying to predict what’s going to happen on Tuesday. I know that it’s swinging Obama’s way, but I just don’t believe it. And then there’s this from a NYTimes op-ed:
There have only been two upsets in my lifetime. And, Obama is clearly going [...]
Summer Goals: Results
Okay, I am taking a break from constantly checking political sites (Click Kos, Click Sullivan, Click Huffpost, and Repeat) to address my goals again.
A while back, I wrote out my incredibly ambitious goals for the summer. Here’s what I got done:
Writing
I knew I wasn’t going to get all this done, but I managed to get [...]
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This makes me laff . . .
. . . It was mentioned in a Cheers & Jeers on Daily Kos:
History and Cynacism
So, I was thinking Thursday . . . , remember Thursday?
The commentary at the time was that this was “historic,” and it got me thinking about periods in history. The only moment where I felt history was as jets flew over my head as I walked off Manhattan and into Queens on September 11. Whatever [...]
Politics is marketing
I have never blogged about politics in this iteration of the blog, and I am not about to start. If you know me, you know who I’m voting for. No, this post is just a few notes about my experience in politics and how I think politics work.
1. It’s not about issues. [...]
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