Perspective
In which R C Dean attempts to find some equanimity in a world which is, frankly, disappointing him bigly.
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Category: Executive Branch
Most Important Election Night EVER Open Post
Open up for an Open Post
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My Predictions for the Election
I thought it would be fun to put my thoughts down on what way each of the “toss up” states from RCP are going to go, and come up with my final predictions for the election going into it.
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next president: raw speculations
Since we’ve had more than a few open post moments recently…
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Drunk on Statistical Power (or Sucking Cohen’s d)
“To mind one’s own business is a purely negative and unproductive injunction, but, taking social matters as they are just now, it is a sociological principle of the first importance. There might be developed a grand philosophy on the basis of minding one’s own business.” — William Graham Sumner, 2nd President of the American Sociological Association
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The Veto Party: Vote BangingLC1 2020
This past year I finally hit the age requirement for running for President of these here “United” States.
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Chapter 24: After Action
I feel compelled to offer a kind of “after action report” or lessons learned section on the AVIP.
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Chapter 23: Conviction
When Court ended that day, I knew that either we got a stay by the next morning or David Ponder and Jason Stonewall would be going to jail.
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Polls vs. Odds: Part III
In two previous articles (here and here) I looked at how the polls for the Democratic nominee for...
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Chapter 22: Why, Indeed
Indeed, any detailed historical look at DoD and VA actions in the aftermath of large batches of veterans returning home and filing claims, reveals a shocking pattern.
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Chapter 21: Back to Okinawa
At Dulles, I left without saying more than a brief goodbye.
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Chapter 19: Working Behind the Scenes
I took in the room with a glance. There were two groups of people – ours and theirs.
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Chapter 18: The Walking Wounded
Coincidentally, in the first week of October 2000, the House Committee on Government Reform was holding another hearing on the anthrax vaccine program.
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Chapter 15 – The Stay
From the beginning I’ve had the sense that they have mischarged the offense, perhaps intentionally.
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