Scott Walker Makes Wisconsin Republicans Pine for Dems

If they had it all to do over again, 50% of Union voters in Wisconsin who cast their votes for Scott Walker in November would now vote for Democrat Tom Barrett according to a new poll from Public Policy Polling. We’ll have our full poll on the Wisconsin conflict out tomorrow but here’s the most...

Welcome to A New Year

Just a quick note to let you all know that I turned 42 yesterday. Now I know I am supposed to be going through a mid-life crisis or something, scouting out sports cars, dying my graying hair and hitting on 18 year old interns but to be honest I feel just fine where I am. I have an incredible wife and a...

Is the Era of American Optimism Dead?

Looking up at a clear, star packed sky I realized something last night. My entire life has been marked by optimism epitomized by America’s successful exploration of space. When I was five months old the Apollo 11 mission succeeded in answering late President Kennedy’s call and placed the first human...

Welcome to Your Dystopian Future

Over at io9 yesterday Charlie Jane Anders had a very interesting post up asking the question, with the current bloom of young adult dystopian literature becoming more and more popular, why is it that we are not seeing a similar spike in adult fiction? She posits that young adults are ripe for genre, coming...

Why Can’t More Democrats Be Like Gordon Hintz?

I know I am a few days late to the party on this one but I just wanted to voice my support of Wisconsin Representative (D) Gordon Hintz and share his impassioned speech from the floor of the House on the 18th. It is clear from this clip that things are not well in...