Category Archives: Politics

Dr. Ron Polarik’s analysis of Barack Obama’s birth certificate

“Ron Polarik” (not a real name?) published an analysis of the Barack Obama birth certificate and concludes that it is a forgery. (That link has stopped working). [Since I wrote the following article, I ran across a scientific critique of … Continue reading

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Poisoning the Well

Poisoning the well (or attempting to poison the well) is a logical fallacy where adverse information about a target is pre-emptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing everything that the target person is about to … Continue reading

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Obama Citizenship Denial (OCD)

I have written exhaustively about Obama Citizenship Denial (OCD) in another forum and under another name. I want to put a few summary thoughts here. Some links have been added in comments. I don’t pay much attention to conspiracy theories. … Continue reading

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Obama spoke to us as adults

Commenting on Obama’s speech on race, someone said: “he spoke to us as adults.” That’s a profound observation and in 6 words sums up the difference between the Obama campaign and the McCain campaign. I am continually thankful for some … Continue reading

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Reverse “Bradley Effect”

The “Bradley Effect” refers to a voter telling a pollster that they are going to vote for a black candidate, but not carrying through. This effect has even been found in exit polls in the past. I discount the Bradley … Continue reading

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Conservative cowardice or dishonesty?

I was driving through Alabama Wednesday–nothing but classical music on the public radio station, but there were plenty of Christian talk radio stations, one of which had an interview show with Phyllis Schlafly, the “anti-feminist” I remember from my youth, … Continue reading

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Supreme Court gets Ohio Voter Registration case right

…but for the wrong reason. Ohio Republicans sued to have the results of comparisons between new voter registrations and existing state databases (e.g. motor vehicle) made available to local officials. The Supreme Court rejected the suit on the grounds that … Continue reading

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