Democratic Sen. Joe Biden and Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin debated at Washington University on Thursday night. CNN has the transcript of the debate. From the transcript, I separated what Biden said vs. what Palin said and, using Wordle, created word clouds. The clouds represent the 150 most frequently used words; the larger the word, [...]

Can vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin not think of a newspaper or magazine that she reads? Does she only read them online? I’m not sure, and Palin isn’t saying. Palin does have a journalism degree from the University of Idaho, though, and did work as a sports reporter for KTUU in Anchorage. Palin and Joe [...]