Spherical Model

There’s a scene early in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy’s house drops on top of a wicked witch. And the people of the land, the Munchkins, ...

Back in college I listened to a talk by one of the professors—I think it was Susan Easton Black—in which she talked about what we would do ...

We’re not a democracy. That seems to come as a surprise to some Americans. Democracy is rule—or tyranny—by majority. The axiom is that it’s...

The loss of Hillary Clinton should not have been a surprise, since she was probably the worst major party candidate in the history of the c...

Shortly after the 2008 election I wrote a note about my fears, and in 2014 I did a follow-up to see whether those fears had been realized ....

I spent most of Tuesday in a news blackout. I had planned to work the polls, but I was ill, and things were running smoothly without me at ...

The date that has been looming on our calendars for so very long is upon us. And then life changes. And we don’t know what our country will...