The problem is that all the poll averages are affected by junk polling. Rasmussen, Trafalgar, Big Village, and Morning Consult, which feature heavily, are all junk pollsters. (View Post)

538 rates MC 107th in terms of accuracy. Selzer, Emerson, Siena, Fox, Monmouth, Suffolk, Yougov, Quinnipiac, Pew, are the gold standard. (View Post)

We are a bureaucratic superpower. (View Post)

A feature of The Blob is that once you reach a senior enough level, success is rewarded, and failure is … rewarded. If there is a scandal, then the automatic instinct is to organise the cover-up. Whe… (View Post)

And that’s a good question, at the end. But, we’ve reached a point where “due process” makes it hard for central and local government to achieve anything worthwhile. (View Post)