Election Reflection, Part I: How Scared Should We Be?
Four years ago, we thought it was all over. We really believed we could leave behind the national nightmare that was Trump, and look ahead t
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Nov 49 min read
Election Eve Report: A Guide to Tomorrow
OK folks, here we go. Tomorrow is Election Day, which means that this insane presidential cycle is finally winding down, and that we’ll...
Nov 24 min read
Three Days to Go: How High are the Stakes?
Think of it, as we sit here, in space above us the destiny of the galaxy will be decided for the next ten thousand years.
Oct 303 min read
Guest Toteboard: An Answer to the Toteboard's Questions
I think historian Tim Snyder has some of the answers as he has spent his career defining "fascism" – and the fact is that Trump and MAGA are
Oct 226 min read
Trails of Trouble, Roads of Battle: Kamala's Paths of Victory
We are now two weeks away from the 2024 presidential election, and not a whole lot has changed since the previous Toteboard . Although...
Oct 87 min read
Meet the New Election, Same as the Old Elections
We’re hearing a lot of buzz these days about how this coming presidential election is like none we’ve ever seen before. For the first...
Aug 1010 min read
Harris Versus Trump: The New Presidential Horse Race
So how do things stand now? Well, to answer that, the Toteboard needs to plunge into a little bit of electoral history (of course).
Mar 4, 20235 min read
The Monsters are Still on Maple Street
Sixty-three years ago today, CBS first aired the classic Twilight Zone episode, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,” one of Rod...
Nov 18, 20227 min read
Post-Midterm Postmortem: That Was the Election That Was
Now that the midterms are ten days in the rear-view mirror, even as a handful of House races are still undecided, it’s clear that the...
Jul 1, 20216 min read
If it Quacks like a Racist . . .
Now that MLB’s decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Georgia has inextricably linked baseball and voting rights, the Toteboard has...
Feb 22, 20213 min read
Talk to the Toteboard: Results of Reader Surveys!
As some of you may recall, the Toteboard for the first time recently offered you, its loyal readers (or not), an opportunity to enter the...
Jan 25, 202110 min read
The Sorry Legacy of the Trump Era
With the inauguration of Joe Biden, the swearing in of three ethnically iconic democratic senators, the expulsion of Trump from the White...
Jan 13, 20214 min read
Once Upon a Time in Georgia
At an educational institution in GA a couple of months ago, the full faculty voted on whether or not to change an important policy, one...
Jan 9, 20212 min read
Burnt Bridges
When Saddam Hussein realized that his defeat was imminent in the first Gulf War, he ordered his troops to ignite hundreds of Kuwaiti oil...
Jan 7, 20218 min read
Karma is a Bitch!
Buddhist mythology depicts an elaborate network of colorful realms where beings may go in their next life, as the result of the...
Jan 4, 20217 min read
Georgia Eve: Preview From Ground Zero!
In some ways, it’s very fitting that tomorrow’s senate runoff elections and Wednesday’s counting of the electoral votes more or less...
Dec 3, 202012 min read
Election Reflection, Part II: How Did Everybody Do?
Note: this is the second of a series of Toteboard post-election reflections. It is now exactly one month since election day, almost all...
Nov 14, 20207 min read
Election Reflection, Part I: Omens of Chaos
Note: this is the first of a series of Toteboard post-election reflections. Some thirty years ago, a friend was speaking candidly about...
Nov 2, 20207 min read
One Minute to Midnight, Two Minutes to Sunrise?
(HELP US MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT!) Well, the election is tomorrow, and we’ll know in a day, or a few days (or a few weeks), whether or...
Oct 27, 20206 min read
One Week to Midnight: What Will We Know, and When Will We Know It?
So why is this election night different from all other election nights? Yes, the Toteboard is intentionally invoking the trope for the...
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