[ed note: This post is by jconway -- for some weird technical glitch I can't associate it with his name. Gremlins.] This is a conclusion from respected pollsters including Ruy Teixeira and Stanley Greenberg. They along with 13 other … [Read more...]

When Theresa May announced that she was calling a snap election, I said she would lose, and everyone said I was dreaming.  She is now only three points ahead with one week to go. Why is she losing? 1. She failed to follow the courage of … [Read more...]

Former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett predicts that the next Democratic Presidential nominee will be Deval Patrick. I haven't been able to find any elaboration on this prophecy, which Jarrett offered at a conference last month sponsored … [Read more...]

[editor's note: Just getting to this, just in time for the convention. Originally uploaded on 5/27. Always worth it to hear the Gov.] Ed & Jeff sit down with former Democrat nominee for President 88' and former governor of … [Read more...]

As promised, President Trump continues to betray our children and plans to pull out of the Paris climate agreement. But this is no surprise; it's not even peak Trumpism, as distinct from garden variety Republicanism. The protests of Mitt … [Read more...]

The Boston School Department and the Boston Teachers Union have temporarily broken off negotiations. While many issue remain unresolved and will be going to state-sponsored Mediation, one issue stands out: the issue of excessed (or … [Read more...]

Recently, I began following Matt Stoller on Twitter. If my memory serves, "Stollerism" was once a synonym for rigid ideological purity. Well, a few months ago he announced he's quitting the Democratic Party and going independent (not for … [Read more...]

Senator Ben Sasse’s the new sensation on the right after writing his book “The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming Age of Crisis and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self Reliance.”  I did not read the book, but I read a few reviews on it and … [Read more...]