Month: November 2015
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New NYT: Talking politics at Thanksgiving
From my new Upshot column: It’s time for that annual American holiday tradition: awkward political conversation at the Thanksgiving dinner table. With the 2016 presidential primary campaign in full swing and public interest on the rise, the odds are good that relatives will share their thoughts with you about why one candidate will win or
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New NYT: Overrating outrage in Obama’s Paris response
From my new Upshot column: With all the reporting and commentary that faulted President Obama for not displaying more anger at his news conference Monday on the Paris attacks, it almost seemed as if people hoped he would bring back Luther, the satirical “anger translator” played by Keegan-Michael Key who appeared alongside him at the
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New NYT: Why Paris probably isn’t a “game changer”
From my new Upshot column: Until last week, the threat from terrorism had received little attention from candidates or voters during the 2016 campaign. In one poll, just 3 percent of Americans rated it the most important problem facing the country. The horrific attacks that took place Friday in Paris have, at least for the
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New NYT: The limits of the tobacco strategy on climate
From my new Upshot column: For years, activists and scholars have contended that groups who reject the scientific consensus on climate change are employing tactics once used to create doubt about the dangers of smoking. Now environmentalists are taking a page from tobacco opponents by suggesting oil companies misled investors and the public about the