Tag Archives: politics

Are Liberals Smarter than Conservatives

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

For one thing, the smartest people do not necessarily make the best political choices. William F. Buckley once famously declared that he would rather give control of our government to “the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory … Continue reading →

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Confusion on Easter Sunday

Posted on April 12, 2009 by

When I sit down to make sense of the world I often start with this question: If beings from another galaxy were to show up on our planet on an anthropological mission, what would they think about all of this? … Continue reading →

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Reality Mining a ‘thick web’: collective intelligence

Posted on December 4, 2008 by

Data once was a signature, a number on a driver’s license or even a newspaper subscription. Now it is much more but less of what you are used to accounting for. Digital information is today recorded by all manner of … Continue reading →

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Old Skool Just Got Schooled

Posted on October 29, 2008 by

No matter how you slice this election, old school political media plans just got schooled. The Obama campaign altered national campaigning in a major way during this election.  Forget whether he wins or loses or whether you are this political … Continue reading →

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Counterfactual Obsession

Posted on October 26, 2008 by

When was the last time you used a counterfactual statement? (for definition and examples check here.) Most likely you dropped one within the last 24 hours.  Counterfactual history litters our sports, finance, media/technology, political and intellectual discourse constantly nowadays. In … Continue reading →

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Now you see it; now you don’t – Politics, reason and Jihad in Presidential debates!

Posted on October 14, 2008 by

Things are complicated out there. You may or may not be aware that your nervous system filters out the massive amount of data that your senses are exposed to. As a matter of conservation of energy (real and metaphorical) you … Continue reading →

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But wait Dan Ariely, there’s more…

Posted on October 7, 2008 by

We know that behavior is not simple but there are simple behavioral components that keep getting ignored. Relative to what we all experience in life like conflicts in the Dan Ariely remarks below and in a previous blog on this … Continue reading →

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2008 Campaign Data: Voting Records, Legislation, Book Preferences and more.

Posted on September 20, 2008 by

One thing that’s definitely different about this election than all those before is the amount of data we all have access to. Here are some of the more clever and interesting resources for the data junkies out there: Amazon’s Election … Continue reading →

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Death to Political Rants and Soaking in the Political Media Frenzy

Posted on September 4, 2008 by

Boy is it hard to avoid political rants lately.  At this point, the major campaigns are all rant. The blogs and news outlets are mostly all rant. There is very little INFORMATION, POLICY and ARGUMENT for citizens to evaluate. We … Continue reading →

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Questions and response to Kathleen Parker: The abortion gospel

Posted on August 29, 2008 by

Kathleen Parker: The abortion gospel according to Pelosi is just wrong http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080828/OPINION/808280310/ …and various newspapers around the country on 8/29/08 So there are several questions to be considered and answered, if possible, initiated by your swirl around issues of abortion, … Continue reading →

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