- 5 days ago
- 3 min
For the Toteboard's Friends in Queens: But Don't the Suit Fit Nice?
The story goes that a woman was sitting on a park bench in Miami. She was elderly, but she was also farputzed, i.e., put together nicely,...
- Dec 4, 2022
- 11 min
A Runoff Run-on: Is Georgia Really a Purple State or is it Still Red and Why Does it Matter . . . ?
So, who is going to win the Georgia senate runoff? Well, no one really knows, not even the Toteboard. (You can stop reading if you were...
- Nov 18, 2022
- 7 min
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...
- Nov 7, 2022
- 4 min
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 1, 2022
- 7 min
The State of the Disunion: One Week to the Midterms
THE SETTING: As the Toteboard has been saying since January last year – that’s twenty-two months ago – next week’s midterm elections are...
- Oct 9, 2022
- 9 min
Midterm Elections Update: The Faster They Go, the Rounder They Get
Until anything happens that changes the political landscape in a dramatic way, we are looking at a midterm election cycle that may not...
- Sep 19, 2022
- 9 min
Linguistic Landmines, Part II: Is the Toteboard Anti- Pronoun? Or Pro- Antinoun?
Note: This is the first of the occasional sequel to Linguistic Landmines, Part I. It is clear that any kind of name is nothing but a sign...