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Will “Unexpected Voters” Determine the Outcome of the Presidential Election?

The self described newspaper of record, the N.Y. Times displays graphs, red lines and blue lines and comments on polls almost every day. What is a poll? A poll is a prediction of a particular event at a specific time. Newspapers, media in general, rarely discusses the methodologies that vary from pollster to pollster norContinue reading “Will “Unexpected Voters” Determine the Outcome of the Presidential Election?”

Should Governor Hochul Tell You How to Teach Reading?

In August, 2021 Kathy Hochul, the unknown lieutenant-governor of New York State replaced Andrew Cuomo, who resigned facing impeachment. Cuomo moved from “the nation’s governor,” saving New Yorkers from the COVID plague to another abuser. Entering her third budget cycle Hochul has been stumbling, bickering with the legislature as well as other stakeholders across theContinue reading “Should Governor Hochul Tell You How to Teach Reading?”