It’s never about the intended narrative. It’s about the narrative people will create from their beliefs.
Narratives don’t get life until beliefs come into play. Continue Reading
Liberals
The power of narrative on belief structure, politically and otherwise
How do you choose what to believe and what not to believe, and how much do “data” and “expertise” really play in? Continue Reading
It’s actually fairly easy to explain Donald Trump’s rise
I guess we should start here: he’s not going to win the GOP nomination. He might run top-3 for a portion of the primaries, but he won’t win. I don’t even think he thinks he’ll win; I doubt any staff… Continue Reading
Clinton vs. Rubio (Bush?): Will 2016 be first true ‘Big Data’ election?
With Hilary Clinton declaring yesterday and Marco Rubio declaring today, this seemed like a good time to write this post. Interesting point made here: FDR mastered the radio like no President beforehand. JFK mastered the TV like no President beforehand.… Continue Reading
Is the Hillary Clinton waiting game actually good for democracy?
There’s basically two options here. None of them are really very good for the United States’ belief in themselves as a true democracy. Continue Reading
The Koch Brothers are 2016
Dark money — and the ultimate human representation of dark money, that being the Koch Brothers — should probably terrify you. You can ultimately look at this in 1 of 2 ways, best I can tell: To have a set of… Continue Reading
Here’s President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union word cloud
Here are the word clouds for the third State of the Union of every President since Roosevelt — i.e. the penultimate ones — and below (in large format, as well as to the side here in smaller format) is President… Continue Reading
There are more states under single-party control now than at any time since WW2
When you speak of “single-party control” in state politics, you mean both houses of state government (House/Senate) and the Governor’s office. Just before the 2010 midterm elections, the Republicans had nine such states. Today, they have 23. Via Mother Jones, they… Continue Reading