"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
By Lindsay Beyerstein In this week’s Pulse we look at the implications Sen. Evan Bayh’s (D-IN) decision not to seek reelection. As an incumbent, he could have easily won another term. But Bayh says he’s fed up with partisanship in Washington. So, he’s quitting and handing his job to a Republican. Blue Dog bipartisanship in … Read more
By Lindsay Beyerstein Yesterday, two Democratic senators unexpectedly announced that they would not seek reelection in 2010: Byron Dorgan of North Dakota and Chris Dodd of Connecticut. As I wrote in the Weekly Pulse this morning, the two announcements probably cancel each other out in terms of Democratic senate seats. Dorgan's seat is probably an … Read more
By Lindsay Beyerstein Psychologist Martin Seligman discovered that if you administer enough random shocks to a dog, the dog will eventually get so demoralized that it won't even try to avoid them when can easily do so. He called the phenomenon learned helplessness. Helpless dogs were paralyzed in situations they were capable of handling with … Read more