The Political Science Interpretivist

                                                                                                      Originally, back in 1975, the PBS News Hour, under McNeil/Lehrer, was a source of reliable and intelligent programing. Judy Woodruff did her best to uphold those standards. But since Judy left, in 2023, the News Hour has become an embarrassing source of patent disinformation. The latest example: somebody named Manisha Sinh, from some foreign country (Pakistan?), was given uncriticized time to totally MISINFORM the audience about the US Constitution’s THREE requirements for any president. Art 1, s. 1 states, the person must be 1) “a natural born citizen,” that is, born to an American parent (not necessarily in the country). A baby born to an American astronaut on the moon can become President of the USA. 2) 35 years old. 3) 14 years a resident within the US. But that guest didn’t say that. She only got one out of three correct! She said 35 years old, but then “born in the US” – f

El Salvador had its national elections on Sunday, Feb 4th. The Great Nayib Bukele (“boo-kelly”) won a second term.  Small wonder, as according to a variety of pollsters, his approval ratings have been in the 90s throughout his first 5 year term. In other words, his people Love him! (Biden’s ratings range between 30% and 40%.)  In something like California’s system, the winning candidate has to get a majority of the vote or the election will go to a runoff in March, but that won't be necessary because Bukele won by a landslide. Official count not in yet, but could be over 80%.   Internet Voting was used for Salvadorans living outside the country. There are around 800,000 registered to vote abroad (about 6M in country). Most of them live in the US, especially in California and Texas. For those who had not registered to vote online, there were about a dozen voting centers set up in several US cities. For the Los Angeles area, three voting centers were set up. Every one of them ha