Polling is clearly useful. The problem is that it can enable a style of politics that sacrifices conviction for expediency, substantially because the latter is much more easily understood by polling than the former.

One of my hotter takes is that Rubio is way stronger than JD and could eviscerate him in the 2028 primary

Plz no more extrapolating from 90-person subsamples years before the primary to confirm a stale prior that Buttigieg can't win Black voters

Another New Yorker style guide banger

Catch me on MSNBC for an 11th Hour Friday nightcap roundtable tonight at 11!

I am rooting for Amanda Anisimova in this match and in life like she's a cherished friend

Contrary to what you might have heard, students seem to be happier-than-average at Harvard and overwhelmingly feel a sense of belonging on campus! (Data from spring 2025, so this is in spite of turbulent times at the university.) thecrimson.com/article/2025/9…

Claudine Gay no-holds-barred tell-all book plz thecrimson.com/article/2025/9…

Thou shalt not use "apotheosis" in push notifications

An epic diatribe, from Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, against the dilettante lords that once ran the world, since they're lately recapturing that position.

Happening next Wednesday, for those interested!

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Take a wild guess at what I'm being for Halloween