Short Introduction

Fellow Liberals! Let me start by saying that it is such an honor to be writing my first post for Blogging Blue. My name is Dominic Nanni and I am a new contributor! This is just a short post to introduce myself (and get acclimated with WordPress).  When I am not at school or working, [...]

Corey Robin is Shrill

He takes Corey Booker, the mayor of Newark, to task.  Mr. Booker ran into a burning building to save a neighbor.  In addition to being a personally good deed, this episode demonstrates the real failure of local government in the 21st century.

The whole story speaks to a quintessentially American love of amateurism and cowboy theatrics, but [...]

Hubris: Thy name is Glenn!

Holy crap!  Let’s hope this look-alike set is as close to the actual Oval Office that Beck ever gets…  Ever.

President Beck prepares to weep at the Nation

The set, which Beck has nicknamed “The Oval,” will make its debut on his daily program Monday as part of a regular segment of the show [...]

Happy Easter!

Just a couple of election night thoughts…

Just a couple of thoughts on election night:

At the risk of further endangering my status as a tried and true liberal, I actually support downsizing the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. I was no fan of the Board’s decision to “downsize” by only one seat as a result of redistricting, and I’d like to [...]

Another R Money Pop Culture (NCAA Tourney) FAIL

Mitt admits that he’s just not plugged in.  Hey, everyone knows you have to plug in your robot once in a while.  But Mitt is not plugged in on this one.  From the New York Daily News:

President Obama is notoriously mad about March, obsessively filling out his NCAA tournament bracket every year. Mitt Romney? [...]

Monty Python’s Holy Book of Days

For the iPad enabled Python!

America’s Newest Stoner

Noted raconteur and bon vivant, Pat Robertson, host of the 700 Club has come out in support of legalizing The Lady…

“I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol,” Mr. Robertson said in an interview on Wednesday. “I’ve never used marijuana and I don’t intend to, but it’s just one of [...]

The Incompetence of Incompetence

New research confirms earlier findings that people who are incompetent don’t really know that they’re incompetent.  It’s known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect and is one of my favorite cognitive biases.

The results are uniform across all the knowledge domains: People who actually did well on the test tend to feel more confident about their performance [...]

Politicos behaving badly

Here’s a word to the wise to candidates and elected officials:

If you’ve asked to be a last-second addition to come speak at an event simply because you find out your opponent is going to be there, don’t sit in the back of the room making snide comments about the length of a guest speaker’s [...]