The Trump Indictment Toteboard: Late-October Edition
It can be difficult to think clearly about things during such painful times. The nations seem to be lurching toward World War III, the...
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Aug 22, 20234 min read
The Trump Indictment Toteboard: Mid-August Edition
It’s almost as though Trump is trying to start an alternative government in domestic exile, one that functions extra-legally and...
Nov 7, 20224 min read
How to Understand (and Stay Sane During) the Election Returns: A Guide to the Angst-Ridden
If you have made it this far without losing your sanity, or relinquishing your membership in the human race, you know what the...
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...
Mar 8, 20202 min read
Proto-Spring Edition
In its first entry of the 2020 primary season, Herman’s Toteboard began the new year by observing the that “the race seems to have...
Feb 21, 20206 min read
Nevada Ahead, New Hampshire Behind (And You Know That Notion . . . )
Well, if Iowa and New Hampshire were supposed to establish some clarity in the national race, it should be pretty clear by now that they...
Feb 8, 20204 min read
Post-Iowa
OK, Iowa is behind us, the votes are still not fully tabulated, New Hampshire is a couple of days away, and things are weird. And that’s...
Feb 1, 20205 min read
Iowa Eve
OK, the voting is about to begin, and just maybe a little bit of order will soon emerge from the chaos. Or maybe not. There is a way in...
Jan 10, 20208 min read
2020 Foresight
It is now a new year, the Iowa caucuses are only a few weeks away, and that means it’s time for Herman’s Toteboard to end its year-long...
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