https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11092020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsWashington, DC In politics there is always tomorrow, not necessarily for the same candidate or party, but the people will be served after a fashion, and the positions will be filled. In this election, the peoples’ favorite wasn’t the reconstruction of the “blue wall” of Wisconsin, Michigan, …
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A Battle Has Been Won, but the War is Still Raging
New Orleans Joe Biden is president. Donald Trump has lost. Some believe a four-year nightmare has ended. Perhaps, but Trump will not go quietly into the night. Maybe he shouldn’t. Maybe that’s a good thing for the rest of us, hoping and working for social change. Trump won’t dominate the news cycle in the …
Confirmation Bias and Election Lessons
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11042020correct.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans An economist has won the Nobel Prize in no small part for identifying the problem of “confirmation bias.” Simply put, we tend to find evidence that confirms our bias, and are often unable to sort out the facts from our predilections. We all do it, …