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Armchair Quarterbacking Election Results

By Jim Bauman March 15, 2025Opinions and EditorialsCompetition, Democrats, Republicans

Following an election there's always a post mortem analysis by the losers about why they lost. The analysts need to find the flaws. And there are several places to look. At the candidates, the party, the voters, the messaging, or just because the time wasn't right. .

Democratic Snowflakes and Republican Ice Crystals

By Jim Bauman September 8, 2024Opinions and EditorialsDemocrats, George Lakoff, Jonathan Haidt, Republicans, War on Coal, West Virginia

Politics is a brain game in which the opposing players have to come up with strategies to persuade and convince voters. The game is played to a great extent with language wrapped up in signs and speeches. Social scientists understand more and more how to craft that language to be effective.

The Left, the Right and the Center

By Jim Bauman December 31, 2022Opinions and EditorialsConservatism, Democrats, Politics, Progressivism, Republicans, Socialism, Trump

We're a politically polarized country and, with the exception of a relatively small number of centrists, people align themselves with the political left or the political right. This article plants itself squarely on the left and presents that side of the issue. Feel free to disagree.