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The Euphoric High of Voting: A New Nation, A New Direction: Hope Springs Eternal
Back in the day you closed the curtain on the voting booth, pulled down the levers next to the names of the candidates of choice and pulled the large handle, “clang” as the voting machine registered your vote. The “clang” was satisfying, the noise of democracy at the grassroots level. This morning I signed my name on…
The Wisdom of Crowds: Can the Prediction Sites (Kalshi, etc.) Accurately Identify Winner (and Losers)?
As we creep towards November 3rd my e-box filled with Nate Silver polling data culminating in endless polling results. Polling is a picture in time of a stratified, random sample of likely voters. Once upon a time you purchased lists of likely voters, disaggregated the pool to match the general population, randomly selected names from…
How Will Mayor Mamdani Address the Segregation of New York City Schools?
In the backroom of a bar in Astoria Elle Biscoff-Church, the Mayor’s Chief of Staff and closest confidant and the mayor’s inner circle might be debating one of the most intractable educational issues: how to address the segregation of New York City schools In the sixties, a decade after Brown v Bd of Education the…
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