The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: Clinton

  • Let’s Do Away with Political Parties

    Political parties are like gangs.

  • %&#@*^% Opinion Polls

    As election day drew near and my stress level increased, I took a great deal of comfort from visiting the fivethirtyeight.com website. This is considered the poll of polls. Nate Silver combines a wide spectrum of sources to reach kind of an aggregate on his website. And right up to the big day, he predicted…

  • Any Excuse for a Party

    I had been driving all day on Interstate 90, on my journey to Yellowstone National Park, when I saw a faded billboard for a Testicle Festival in Clinton, Montana. The hell? I almost went off the road. Was I hallucinating? Nope. This was for real. What on earth? I can’t imagine there’s much to do…