Category: Politics

I will be the first to concede that I was wrong about this election, and not just me, but so were the professional statisticians that I was paying attention to.  Donald Trump won the 2016 election in a political upset that will be studied by the political science community for decades to come.  He broke […]

The campaigns leading up to yesterday’s presidential election will certainly be remembered as being among the most controversial and divisive in American history. Partisan politics, name-calling, accusations of corruption, and drudging up unflattering bits of each candidate’s past all took center stage in this election. Regardless of who you decided to vote for, or who […]

In this nail biting election, it appears Trump may walk away with the presidency after all. Currently there are only a few states left that have not declared a winner. Here are the links to watch the live feeds for both the democratic and republican watch parties as the last remaining results of the polls come in. […]

“Nobody predicted this,” said Chris Matthews on MSNBC. “I don’t know one poll that suggested that Donald Trump was going to have this kind of night,” said Jake Tapper on CNN. “He is still in this,” said Chris Wallace of Fox News a few minutes after 9 p.m., adding, “and I’m not sure a lot […]

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough cast a ballot from the International Space Station in the last few days, 259 miles above Earth. Kimbrough is the commander of Expedition 50 aboard the ISS. He left Earth last month and isn’t due back until late February, well after the 45th U.S. president is inaugurated. That means he was […]

In just hours, finally, we can rid ourselves of the constant press concerning the presidential race. For this author, it could not come soon enough. Over the past several months, voters have witnessed one of the worst presidential races in the history of our country. Neither candidate instills confidence and both candidates have shown despicable […]

Well, the day is finally upon us. Tuesday, November 8, 2016, is election day. I know, I know…you are so happy it is almost over, both candidates are terrible, you want a meteor to destroy the earth, yada yada yada. We have pretty much heard it all by now. We all just want the misery […]

During Jack Murphy’s recent trip to Syria, “The Canary,” a UK based news agency, interviewed Jack regarding his perspective on the current situation and the stakeholders involved in the Syrian conflict.

Russia has hung like a bad omen over this entire, ill-begotten election. Here’s Donald Trump praising Vladimir Putin, and there’s Mike Pence echoing that praise. There’s Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid asking the FBI to look into Trump’s campaign advisors for nefarious Russia ties. Here are Democrats, howling that the Kremlin is hacking this election in […]

Hillary Clinton’s campaign chief expressed relief Monday that the FBI’s email probe had been put to rest, but Donald Trump appeared ready to hammer the issue in his last-ditch bid for critical swing states as the campaign entered its final day. FBI Director James B. Comey said Sunday that the bureau had completed its examination […]

The cold war brought about some incredible technological advancements on both American and Soviet fronts.  Things that make our way of life today possible were once inventions intended to keep us one step ahead of the reds.  Indeed, we have our decades long staring match with communism to thank for things like Dynamic Random Access […]

…Hold up. I can’t just come out and say it in the first sentence, since that will show up in the Facebook preview and keep people from clicking on the story, and I just can’t have that. Let us discuss some salient points and background for this insane election season first. First, a few caveats. […]