Daily Archive: February 23, 2016

/// February 23, 2016

Caucus chaos in Nevada – Politico

It’s getting ugly in Nevada, as reporters at the state’s Republican caucuses are spotting irregularities, disorganization and open violations of caucus rules.

The state GOP claims there have been “no official reports of voting irregularities or violations,” but anecdotal scenes of chaos seem to contradict that message…

CK MacLeod

/// February 23, 2016

Dan Drezner: My very peculiar and speculative theory of why the GOP has not stopped Trump – Washington Post

Just as sabermetrics led to a change in how umpires called the game, political science led to a change in how party elites intervened in the campaign. Because the smart people said he had...

Will Truman

/// February 23, 2016

Morning Ed: United States {2016.02.23.T}

Enough of this madness, let’s go to Nova Scotia.

Mike Schilling

/// February 23, 2016

Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 Centuries – New York Times

The worsening of tidal flooding in American coastal communities is largely a consequence of greenhouse gases from human activity, and the problem will grow far worse in coming decades, scientists reported Monday.

Those emissions, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels, are causing the ocean to rise at the fastest rate since at least the founding of ancient Rome, the scientists said. They added that in the absence of human emissions, the ocean surface would be rising less rapidly and might even be falling.

New York Times February 22, 2016: Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 Centuries