Dan Dunn’s Podium

Today’s Globe had a note about a slew of Massachusetts politicians who were demanding that NARAL retract its endorsement of Obama.  House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, Senate President Therese Murray, and Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston, and other legislators said that Obama wasn’t pro-choice enough for them, in part because he voted “present” on [...]

I think it was the Electoral Map that turned me on to fivethirtyeight.com, and it is fivethirtyeight.com that has this quality post.
Post Pennsylvania, he (she?) breaks down the remaining primary contests and explains what might or might not happen.  More specifically, he explains what needs to happen for Clinton to win.  He shows a few [...]

Megan McCardle has a short-but-amusing bit about the 3.4-ounce rule for liquids on plane flights:
I asked a screener, “volume or weight?”
He said, “Huh?”
I answered that “ounces” in English units were both a measure of volume and weight, and for most substances these two numbers would be different.
The bit is amusing enough.  It’s another nail in [...]

Finding truth in humor. Via Blue Mass Group.

Great post from Andrew Sullivan. This is not a man who is hoping for a Clinton cabinet appointment. I wish I could write as well as he does (though, would if I wrote as well as him, would I choose to write so much? It’s a question we’ll never answer.)
Will I re-read [...]

I’m delighted that the House found the backbone that was so mysteriously missing in the Senate.The “Protect America Act” has been a continuing source of horror and amazement to me.  I mentioned this last month. To review:

The government wants information that it isn’t legally entitled to demand.
The government asks the telephone companies to provide that [...]

A co-worker pointed me to this colorful description of the “Protect America Act.”  I don’t endorse his partisan rhetoric, but it is nonetheless a good exposition of the foolishness of the PAA and the deplorable tactics employed by the current administration.
While we’re on the topic: Why on earth is the Senate granting immunity to companies [...]

I don’t think I’ve ever voted in a meaningful presidential primary. I’ve assumed that my primary vote wouldn’t matter unless I moved back to New Hampshire. But here I am, 10 days away from the primary, and the outcome is in question for both parties. I’m a registered Democrat these days (I [...]

Ned ranted about silly parts of the presidential election.  I agree with 90% of what he says, but that last 10% . . . I started to respond in a comment on his blog, but the comment got long-winded enough that I decided to post here instead.  “The whole focus on early primaries seems completely [...]

But his Chuck Norris endorsement ad cracks me up, so I’ll put it up on my blog for free.