The Spirited Reasoner

Question: What should a Spirited Reasoner do when it turns out his election prediction missed the mark? Answer: He should do what all good Spirited Reasoners do: (1) admit his…

With fewer than three days remaining until the start of Election Day voting, the Spirited Reasoner is prepared to offer a final prediction. What should (hopefully) set this prediction apart…

After the shocking Trump victory in 2016, some pundits wondered whether Spirited Reasoners could ever trust opinion polls again. What those pundits forgot is that the polls that year were…

All across the United States, candidates for local, state, and federal offices are spending millions of dollars to get their respective messages in front of us. If Spirited Reasoners were…

It’s November 4, 2020. So, we Spirited Reasoners are looking back, wondering why the man who squeaked through the Electoral College in 2016 failed to build on that accomplishment à…

In the all-too-real reality show that has gripped the United States since Donald Trump’s election in 2016, this past week’s twin episodes reached levels of intensity few Spirited Reasoners could…

Spirited Reasoners can give a litany of reasons to hate the Electoral College. For starters, one need only look at the (arguably) anti-democratic results of the presidential elections of 1876…

Less than 24 hours after the sad announcement of the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a statement which read, in part,…

Spirited Reasoners be warned: this post includes statements that might encourage prospective voters to engage in behaviors likely to save lives and improve our nation’s public health. Please don’t read…

My Uncle Jim served, and died, in the Korean War. I still have the telegram my grandmother received from the Army notifying her of his death, and the letter to…