The election is over, the polls have closed and Barack Hussein Obama is now the President-elect of the United States.
It still feels dreamlike; Obama has won, the Democrats have overtaken the House and Senate, and, even among states, there has been a lot of movement to the left. I’ve gotten congratulatory phone calls from [...]
From Jonathan Haidt: “Everyone thinks they are right.” The interesting thing is that he asks “why” and has the results from 25,000 polled respondents. An interesting and entertaining lecture:
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Marti got me a Starbucks coffee this morning, and we were both amused by the quote on his cup. I took a look at mine and thought it was good, too, considering the amount of political debating I’ve been (compulsively) doing. (I really cannot help myself). Anyway, here they are:
The Way I See [...]
I get wayyyy to worked up over politics, and tonight, just as I was fuming over certain things (like why teenage pregnancy is suddenly no big deal to certain political groups) I saw this great video by Steve Colbert.
I also found a supremely interesting article by the associated press, which can be read here, about [...]
