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Wisconsin and Michigan Just Ran the Experiment on Public Polling — and the Instrument Failed Exactly the way it was Built to Fail

August 12, 2026 6:00 pmAugust 12, 2026 6:10 pm

Six days ago, in The Polling Paradox of 2026, I argued that the most-polled midterm in American history had produced the least trustworthy numbers in modern memory, and that public polling had stopped measuring the electorate and started measuring the polling...

Rigged System: Out-of-State Billionaires Spent Millions Lobbying the Legislature to Lock Out Local Craft Distillers

August 12, 2026 3:00 pmAugust 12, 2026 3:02 pm

Small craft distillers in California are still sounding the alarm on the government-protected distribution monopoly owned by out-of-state billionaires who are locking small producers out of the market, Aaron Bergh, a 10 year veteran of the alcohol industry and owner...

‘Mediscare’ and the Low Information Voter: A Call to Action

August 11, 2026 6:00 amAugust 11, 2026 6:01 am

The number one objective in my remaining time living on this earth is to develop a medical and surgical system that is readily accessible for every citizen, that is passionate in making you well and keeping you well, that is...

A Religious Revolution Deadly to Men

August 10, 2026 1:11 pmAugust 10, 2026 1:11 pm

I have been doing a three-part series about revolution, including first, the proposed Democratic Socialists of America revolution, along with the bloody history of socialist and communist revolutions in recent times. We now turn our attention to the Islamic revolution....

Craftsmen and Chatbots: Why AI Still Needs a Master

August 10, 2026 6:30 amAugust 10, 2026 6:31 am

Last semester, one of my accounting students sent an email about the guitar in my office. He’d noticed it during a Zoom session and, as a fellow player, asked if I still enjoyed it, then apologized for the off-topic question....

US Jobs Report Shows Foreigners in Labor Force Declined Significantly

August 8, 2026 8:34 amAugust 8, 2026 4:39 pm

The alphabet soup of news outlets reveled in reporting Friday that the US economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs last month. ABC repeated this hourly on radio all day, without offering the reason why. The New York Times made even more...

The Polling Paradox of 2026

August 8, 2026 7:38 amAugust 9, 2026 7:39 am

Eighty-nine days before the midterms, the single most-watched number in American politics cannot agree with itself. CNN’s poll with SSRS puts Democrats ahead by eight points on the generic congressional ballot. Emerson College says eleven. The Washington Post-Ipsos survey says...