Politics

84 posts

Mon 05 Nov
2012

A Prediction about Presidential Predictions

9:26 PM
Remarks (9)

Depending on how tomorrow goes, Nate Silver’s Fivethirtyeight could have a very big day tomorrow.

Fri 21 Jan
2005

Root Cause

12:25 AM
Remarks (12)

Grumpy, dissatisfied and feeling lousy.

Wed 03 Nov
2004

Do I Have to Draw You a Map

9:02 PM
Remarks (4)

Here are a few of my favorite electoral maps from around the Web.

Game, Set, Match

5:12 PM
Remarks (15)

Devastated, furious and overcome with melancholy.

Tue 02 Nov
2004

Got Out the Vote

6:15 PM

At least for right now, I’m going to enjoy this little bit of optimism.

Thu 14 Oct
2004

Ceci N’est Pas Un Opinion

10:59 PM
Remarks (2)

There’s my opinion, and then there’s everyone else’s opinion.

Stress Testing

12:05 AM
Remarks (3)

It’s hard to watch television tonight, but I can’t look away.

Wed 29 Sep
2004

Bedtime Stories for Democrats

9:33 PM
Remarks (1)

I’m skeptical about John Kerry’s reputation for finishing strong.

Fri 10 Sep
2004

I Keep Going, and Going, and Going…

3:58 PM
Remarks (7)

On my out of the city and hopefully to stop thinking about this election for a bit.

Thu 09 Sep
2004

Putting the Dubya in AWOL

12:20 AM
Remarks (11)

Two reactions after watching questions about Bush’s military record resurface on 60 Minutes II.

Tue 07 Sep
2004

The Hit Parade

7:16 PM
Remarks (4)

Kerry-Edwards still has a chance — if they’re willing to hit back and hard.

Wed 01 Sep
2004

Grant Me the Serenity

1:45 AM
Remarks (9)

Two things beyond my control have me in a foul mood.

Tue 10 Aug
2004

Good Goss Almighty

7:44 PM
Remarks (1)

Did I really hear what I heard come out of Porter Goss’s mouth?

Thu 29 Jul
2004

Obama Said Knock You Out

12:38 AM
Remarks (6)

A short post that’s just an excuse for the corny title.

Tue 27 Jul
2004

The Donkey Show

6:22 PM

Thoughts on the speeches Bill Clinton and Al Gore gave at the Democratic National Convention last night.

Wed 07 Jul
2004

Two’s Company

9:41 PM

Good vibrations on the campaign trail.

Sun 27 Jun
2004

Rumble in the Bronx

6:24 PM

Demonstrations of American might before simple entertainments.

Wed 09 Jun
2004

Hell Is Other Liberals

12:17 AM

Good things happen when design meets politics, right? Right?

Wed 26 May
2004

Money for Nothing

9:02 PM
Remarks (6)

One hundred dollars to put a little money where my mouth is today.

Wed 12 May
2004

Outraged by the Outrage at All the Outrage

12:41 AM
Remarks (13)

Senator James Inhofe is a ass.

Thu 06 May
2004

The Design of Everyday Briefings

4:55 PM
Remarks (2)

Some thoughts on Airbag.ca’s thoughts on improving the Presidential Daily Briefings.

Tue 13 Apr
2004

The Gift of Gab

11:13 PM
Remarks (4)

My favorite line from tonight’s Presidential news conference.

Tue 23 Mar
2004

What He Said

12:51 PM
Remarks (2)

What I read this morning about Richard Clarke.

Thu 18 Mar
2004

The Tangled Web They Weaved

9:39 PM
Remarks (1)

Who remembers what the Bush administration said?

Tue 09 Mar
2004

How to Chart Untruths

7:45 PM
Remarks (3)

Putting information design in service of revealing the Bush administration’s gross inaccuracies.

Tue 24 Feb
2004

Fellow Countrymen

11:53 PM

USA Patriot Act is wrong and also personally embarrassing.

Thu 19 Feb
2004

Kerry That Wait

11:23 AM
Remarks (2)

Now Howard Dean’s gone, who to get behind?

Wed 28 Jan
2004

Reading the Unsteady State

2:55 PM
Remarks (1)

Read Hendrink Hertzberg’s piece in this week’s New Yorker before it’s gone.

Shake ’n’ Bake

12:17 AM
Remarks (1)

Jack shit, that’s what I know about politics.

Fri 16 Jan
2004

How to Get Ahead in Iowa without Really Trying

10:45 PM

The race tightens in Iowa, and the Democratic primaries are finally showing signs of life.

Sun 14 Dec
2003

Crazy Old Wizard

9:12 PM
Remarks (13)

Saddam Hussein reminds me of somebody.

Tue 09 Dec
2003

The Man Who Would Be Kingmaker

12:39 AM
Remarks (3)

Al Gore shakes things up.

Mon 01 Dec
2003

Posters for President

11:54 PM
Remarks (2)

Nine designers for nine candidates for the Democratic nomination.

Tue 04 Nov
2003

People Powered

12:59 AM
Remarks (1)

What to know about tomorrow’s election.

Tue 07 Oct
2003

Hast la Vista, Democracy

6:12 PM

What’s good about the recall election in California?

Fri 26 Sep
2003

Talking Points

6:40 PM

Even more thoughts on yesterday’s debate. You know you want it.

Anger Management

11:24 AM

On Kerry and Gephardt attacking Dean, and on Clark not really being there.

Sat 20 Sep
2003

Doctors and Generals

11:14 PM

Email to a friend about the Democrats.

Thu 18 Sep
2003

A General Election

5:55 PM

General Wes Clark is in the race. Now to run.

Brought to You by the Letter K

12:52 AM

HBO’s “K Street” doesn’t mess with reality enough.

Fri 12 Sep
2003

Color Commentary

4:09 PM

No one heard what Roger Clemens had to say after last night’s Yankees game.

Thu 11 Sep
2003

On This Day

10:41 AM
Remarks (2)

This morning, many people went to work without compunction or fear.

Wed 10 Sep
2003

Dem Dems, Round Two

12:50 AM

Strange circumstances at the second Democratic Presidential Debate.

Mon 08 Sep
2003

That’s My Bush

11:53 PM
Remarks (3)

Showtime’s dramatization of the Bush White House during the days after 9/11 is awful and awfully hilarious.

Fri 05 Sep
2003

Hot Donkey Action

12:46 AM

The Democrats in tonight’s Democratic Presidential Debate actually sounded like Democrats.

Fri 29 Aug
2003

The Devil’s Advocate

5:06 PM

The tide is turning against John Ashcroft. Hopefully.

Wed 27 Aug
2003

Rally in the Alley

6:06 PM

A brief report on Howard Dean’s appearance in New York last night.

Tue 26 Aug
2003

Assemble the Deaniacs

6:41 PM

Howard Dean rolls into town on a million dollar high.

Mon 25 Aug
2003

Dollar for Dollar

11:37 PM

How to make a million dollars in politics.

Thu 07 Aug
2003

Look Up

4:35 PM
Remarks (1)

What does a Howard Dean Meetup held in New York’s Lower East Side look like?

Tue 05 Aug
2003

The Candidate We Want, and the Candidate We Need

7:11 PM
Remarks (1)

Is Howard Dean going to betray us at the polls in 2004?

Wed 30 Jul
2003

Fuel for the Fire

7:24 PM
Remarks (2)

What’s so hard about taking twelve years to increase fuel economy standards for American cars?

Fri 18 Jul
2003

Email Your President in Several Easy Steps

12:41 AM

Emailing the President of the United States is no simple matter.

Sat 07 Jun
2003

Looking for WMD in All the Wrong Places

2:27 PM

The run-up to the war in Iraq increasingly appears to have been predicated on half-truths, falsehoods and specious intelligence.

Tue 03 Jun
2003

The Day the Music Died

12:37 AM
Remarks (1)

The results of the FCC vote on media consolidation are in.

Sat 31 May
2003

Weekend Worrier

12:52 AM

This weekend I plan to worry about Monday’s FCC vote.

Thu 29 May
2003

Take Note

12:44 PM
Remarks (1)

ABC News’ The Note is unexpectedly one of the sharpest sources for political commentary on the Web.

Mon 12 May
2003

Consolidation without Representation

11:46 PM

The FCC is set to vote on significant changes in media ownership rules, virtually without public debate.

Sat 10 May
2003

Cuts Like a Knife

8:29 PM

The impending approval of the third-largest tax cut in history demonstrates an historic leadership vacuum.

Tue 06 May
2003

Line Up the Donkeys

8:56 PM

Bob Graham enters the Presidential race, and some thoughts on Joe Lieberman.

Thu 20 Mar
2003

Apple Gore

2:40 PM

Al Gore has joined the Apple Computer board of directors.

Fri 14 Mar
2003

Read My Lips

5:53 PM

Don’t heed George W. Bush’s words, but rather heed his actions.

Mon 10 Mar
2003

Talking Heads

12:29 AM

In his new TV gig with Bob Dole, Bill Clinton evidences a complete lack of ambition.

Sun 16 Feb
2003

Anti-War Byrd

4:29 PM

On Wed 12 Feb, Senator Robert Byrd delivered an impassioned, powerful speech against the Bush Administration’s war fixations.

Tue 11 Feb
2003

Dry Laughter

12:55 AM

The Gulf War sequel is funny business.

Thu 22 Aug
2002

Blogging Heads

6:35 PM

A notable quote from Lawrence Lessig.

Tue 13 Aug
2002

Free Culture Has a Price

5:44 PM

Lawrence Lessig has a wake-up call for anyone frustrated with the way media companies are trying to dominate copyright controls.

Sun 28 Jul
2002

Clinton on Bush

9:15 PM

Clinton had some unkind words on Bush foreign policy.

Mon 15 Jul
2002

Represent

10:57 PM

Wow, Rep. James Traficant is a total loon.

Sat 18 May
2002

Hack Attack

9:10 PM

My verdict on “Episode II.”

Wed 10 Apr
2002

Top Cop Goes Pop

9:42 PM

John Ashcroft on Letterman. Ugh.

Thu 28 Mar
2002

Wait a Minute Mr. Postman

12:52 AM

Wrote a letter to my Congresspeople today.

Thu 21 Mar
2002

Overhaul

7:49 PM

The Senate approved an overhaul of campaign finance laws today.

Wed 20 Mar
2002

Vote Early, Vote Often

10:17 PM

We need instant runoff voting.

Thu 21 Feb
2002

Nineties Fever

7:54 PM

Getting nostalgiac for the Clinton Nineties.

Sun 03 Feb
2002

Dear George

3:14 PM

Michael Moore has written a public letter to George W. Bush.

Fri 18 Jan
2002

Energy Drink

5:50 PM

The Enron mess.

Wed 14 Nov
2001

Private, Keep Out

5:46 PM

Should airport security remain a private sector industry? The Republicans think so.

Wed 07 Nov
2001

Ridiculous

1:47 AM

Democrats, wake up!

Tue 06 Nov
2001

Too Close to Call

11:52 PM

Exhausted from always being on the edge? Me too.

Sun 15 Jul
2001

In Absentia

2:27 PM

The New York Times has published a report on what really happend in Florida, November 2000.

Fri 13 Jul
2001

“Beijing Wins 2008 Olympics”

5:40 PM

Prepare to love the Chinese.

Thu 14 Dec
2000

The Next Four Years

4:23 PM

How depressed will you be for the next four years?

Wed 13 Dec
2000

Congratulations, Mr. Bush

2:31 AM

The Zero Factor is serious business.