Author: DJ Drummond

Like a lot of folks, I follow opinion polls.  Unlike a lot of people, I remember what I learned in my Statistics classes.  This means that I try not …

“The history of American politics demonstrates that presidents who seek a second term either lose outright or win reelection with an even bigger mandate than they had before.” “Polls …

Things are finally getting interesting in the 2012 Presidential Election.  GOP nod-apparent Mitt “Money” Romney seems to have caught Incumbent POTUS Barack “It’s Bush’s Fault” Obama in a Really …

Now that the General Election season is in full swing, it’s time to look at some polls.  There are four new national polls out, from CBS News/NYT, NPR, FOX …

The whole argument over Obamacare seems to be proving a lot of cliches to be true.  I don’t know that they reall are true, only that the various opinion …

I was driving my daughter to the dentist today, and noticed how many businesses are open. Now, it’s true that tomorrow is Christmas Eve, so that today is just …

Pretty much everyone has seen or heard about the mob of malcontents camping out near Wall Street.  Well, attention was their goal, so far as I can tell.  The …

    I’ve never been a big fan of anniversaries for bad days.  Mostly because there is so much insincerity; dozens of media people trot out false sorrow and …

    There’s an annoying commercial making the rounds by Hertz, in which people are pigeon-holed into two classes, which Hertz tags as the ‘gas’ and the ‘brake’.  The …

    If I have to explain this, you have no soul.