American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

On Health Care

Somebody said something rather stupid today in the Dallas Morning News. For those of you who just flew in from the face of Venus, I’ll provide you the link.
Almost one of every four Texas residents – 24.8 percent – were uninsured in 2006 and 2007, based on an average of the rates for those [...]

The Democratic campaign, summarized

Hillary im bunker

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BARACK

Help help! I’m being manipulated by good design!

There’s some more interesting analysis of the minutiae of the 2008 Presidential Election, with the NYTimes Campaign Stops blog calling on branding expert* Brian Collins to analyze the effectiveness of Gotham as Barack Obama’s preferred font.
With that said, though, there’s an oxymoronic quality to Gotham, which is why I think it’s become so popular. It [...]

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