I’ve previously written that the most interesting Congressional race of the year was for Arizona’s newly-created Ninth Congressional District. Above is the result as posted today by the Arizona Secretary of State: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is leading Republican Vernon Parker by 2,101… Continue Reading
I have grown so frustrated with Twitter that I’m about to uninstall it from every device I own. I’ve noticed that it seems to run in a diurnal cycle: in the morning it is dominated by liberals who urge and… Continue Reading
Four years ago I wrote the following on Hit Coffee. My prediction going into election day was that the race would be slightly closer than the polls suggested. However, when I woke up on election day I changed my mind… Continue Reading
I believe in one sense that this election is closer than a lot of folks around here, in that those arguing that it was never close cause the state polls and projections persistently leaned in Obama’s favor were off-base. It’s… Continue Reading
-{This post was ported over from Hit Coffee}- John T. Tierney gives the case against AP tests: AP courses are not, in fact, remotely equivalent to the college-level courses they are said to approximate. Before teaching in a high school,… Continue Reading
On this page, Will and I have an ongoing, gentleman’s disagreement about the proper way to measure the election. I think the state-by-state polling is a better way of looking at what the outcome will be, and Will points to… Continue Reading
You know those rude jerks that keep a Bluetooth earpiece in their ear even when they’re not using it? I’m one of them. To me, it falls under the rubric of being the change I want to see in the… Continue Reading
So far, mommy, baby, and daddy are doing well. I am not nearly as tired as I expected to be. That’s partly because we have a reasonably quiet baby. It’s also because a whole lot of the burden has been… Continue Reading
From my little corner of California to Fresno, where I have work for a couple of days and where I may well have to try a long-cause jury trial in December, is a four-and-a-half hour drive up the Central Valley… Continue Reading
I needed to take my computer to court today so as to present evidence for a client who had figured out how to make a movie of their phone playing voice mail but not how to transmit this to a… Continue Reading