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Road conditions maps, good and bad

I had occasion Saturday afternoon to travel to Joplin with my dad (a seasonal celebrity), who was making an appearance at the Sam's Club there. There was freezing rain in the forecast, so I spent some time before leaving town looking for current weather and road condition information. Getting current...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 18, 2016 5:51 PM

Does fear of leftist bullies skew polls, social media?

As they did in Israel in March, the pollsters misread the sentiments of the British electorate leading to last Thursday's general election. What was supposed to be a dead heat between the Conservative and Labour Parties, with a likely hung parliament and a possible constitutional crisis, turned out to be...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 10, 2015 11:26 PM