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My Musings on Week 18 of the NFL Season
Our Data on Every Member Whose Vote Changed During the House Speaker Saga
If you didn’t watch C-SPAN this week, you missed out. The speaker of the House election turned into some of the most thrilling television on cable news in years. After 15 rounds of voting – the most since before the ...
The Elections to Watch in 2023
The Kentucky governors race may be the most competitive this cycle, but there are a handful of big mayoral elections, two more governors, four state legislatures, and one key state supreme court election this year as well.
My Musings on Week 17 of the NFL Season
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Politics Express: The Best (and Worst) of Politics in 2022
The Postrider‘s Politics Editor Lars Emerson and Editor-in-Chief Michael Lovito are here to recap 2022 in our first episode of the new year — who were the most improved, weirdest, and most embarassing figures in 2022, and what moments stand ...
A Proposal for a Fair Presidential Primary System
The presidential primary process is in desperate need of reform. Here is our proposal to balance the strengths of the modern system with fairness to all states and regions with a splash of theatrics.
Glass Onion Is a Competent, But Ultimately Slight, Mystery
Earlier this year I went to my local theater to see See How They Run, a cutesy Agatha Christie homage that’s literally built around a murder that happens following a staging of The Mousetrap, her signature play. The movie was ...
My Musings on Week 16 of the NFL Season
The Best TV Shows of 2022
TV has become the medium of our age – partly due to changes in technology, partly due to the absolute glut of TV shows that are made nowadays. Amid a sea of reboots, spinoffs, and streaming phenomena, it can be ...
The Best Movies of 2022
The film industry is in a state of flux – streaming is more popular than ever but only fitfully profitable, while big budget blockbusters can still draw out crowds, but are more formulaic and derivative than ever before. Still, we ...
Evaluating Our 2022 Senate Ratings
Our Senate forecast outperformed FiveThirtyEight and The Economist -- but we can always do better!
My Musings on Week 15 of the NFL Season
The Postrider’s Top 25 Songs of 2022, Part 2
In many ways, it feels like we’re living in a post-single world. People may not be lining up outside of record stores to buy full albums, sure, but the idea of a song of the summer or a generational anthem ...
The Postrider’s Top 25 Songs of 2022, Part 1
In many ways, it feels like we’re living in a post-single world. People may not be lining up outside of record stores to buy full albums, sure, but the idea of a song of the summer or a generational anthem ...
Fortress of Ineptitude: The Spirit
In the latest Fortress of Ineptitude, Michael and Louis discuss The Spirit, a baffling but entertaining adaptation of the classic Will Eisner series that gets nearly everything about the character wrong.
The Visitors Might Be Listening – For All Mankind: The Grey
The end is here. The Visitors have reached the conclusion of their For All Mankind coverage. Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union have reached an all-time high. World War III seems to be on the horizon. Jamestown ...
My Musings on Week 14 of the NFL Season
Pony Express: Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
Michael and Louis take a look at Sight and Sound’s critics poll of the Greatest Films of All Time, and venerated and prestigious institution that attracted some controversy this year. Should the critics have chosen as many recent films? Did ...
South Carolina is Better at Picking the Nominee Than Other Early States
You’ve heard the news – the death of the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucus is upon us! Well, maybe. There’s at least some movement, as it looks like the Democratic Party is moving towards replacing Iowa with a more representative state like ...
The Visitors Might Be Listening – For All Mankind: Triage
The Visitors are gearing up for the end of For All Mankind’s second season. This week’s episode is entirely devoted to the penultimate entry, Triage. A disastrous international kerfuffle leads to cold war tensions being raised. Ed and Karen seemingly ...
Kevin McCarthy May Not Have the Votes
Barring any shocking developments, deaths, or party-switches, Republicans will hold 222 seats in the House of Representatives when the 118th Congress convenes in January. A caucus of 222 is notable for two reasons: first, it gives Republicans only four members ...