- Presidential horserace numbers aren’t worth a lot at this point (spoiler: it will be close), but poll data do tell us something about partisan coalitions: race, class and gender will divide the electorate much like they did in 2008.
- Obama debuts Spanish-language ads.
- What the historical trend in government spending can tell us about budgeting and policy.
- It’s only week two of the general election, but we’ve already reached the dog meat–Ted Nugent phase. By August we’ll be on Mayan prophecy and David Icke.
- A user’s guide for pseudo-surrogate controversies.
- Hapless Taliban middle management the “equivalent of the ‘Home Alone’ burglars.”
- Wired quantifies bias in blog links.
- I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
- And every 2040 presidential candidate already unelectable due to Facebook.