State of the Nation

64% of respondents, 80% of whom were Republican or Democratic primary voters, say that the country is on the wrong track. 25% say the country is on the right track. [NBC/WSJ 10/18/15] The CBS/NYT poll showed almost the identical result,...

President Obama

The public’s grade on President Obama’s job approval (as found by Gallup 10/26) is 47% approval/49% disapproval. His approval rating did hit 50% in early February of this year. Obama’s approval rating at the time of his first inauguration was...

This and That

2.5 billion people have digital cameras. More photos are now taken every two minutes than in all of the 19th century. [The Second Machine Age – p. 126] Since the establishment of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1789, 160 people...

Congress

Currently, 78% of Americans disapprove of the job being done by Congress while 13% approve. This represents a tiny change since a year ago, when 80% disapproved and 13% approved. [Fox 10/12/15] Americans disapprove of the job being done by...

Looking Ahead to 2016: Contest for President

Note: If you think you know where the GOP nominating process will end up, you are smarter than I am, so please drop me a line. Short of some major untoward event it seems most likely that Hillary Clinton will...