Are U.S.-China relations on the mend? Jeremy Wallace - October 19, 2023 Tensions remain, despite efforts to boost bilateral talks.
Withdrawing from the WHO would hurt global security — and global respect for the U.S. Summer Marion - May 20, 2020 The private sector can’t fill the roles of donor countries
Silicon Valley paints itself as a hotbed of free enterprise. Here’s how the government helped build it. Henry Farrell - July 16, 2019 Margaret O’Mara’s book explains how government, women and marketing pizzazz helped build up Silicon Valley.
A New York Times columnist started a big argument on meritocracy. Here’s a better way to debate the issue. Michael McLendon - December 22, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81932" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive
What Steven Pinker gets wrong about economic inequality — and the Enlightenment David Lay Williams - March 11, 2018 Steven Pinker’s new best-selling book “Enlightenment Now” has excited the reading
Here’s why Paul Kagame won a third term as Rwanda’s president Melina Platas - August 5, 2017 A young boy donning a paper hat emblazoned with the
It’s time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were not working class. Noam Lupu and Nicholas Carnes - June 5, 2017 Media coverage of the 2016 election often emphasized Donald Trump’s
Here’s what is promising, and troubling, about Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s plan to ‘cure all diseases.’ Jeremy Youde - October 4, 2016 [caption id="attachment_46926" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and
A lot of election analysis focuses only on the white working class. That’s a mistake. David A. Hopkins - July 6, 2016 [caption id="attachment_43372" align="aligncenter" width="960"] An attendee sits on a stack
Wondering what’s different about the Paris climate change negotiations? Here’s what you need to know. Jessica Green - December 1, 2015 [caption id="attachment_32946" align="aligncenter" width="908"] President Obama shakes hands with Microsoft
Vergara vs. California: Are the top 0.1% buying their version of education reform? Mark Palko - June 23, 2014 On Tuesday, a California superior-court judge ruled that the state’s
Are Mitt Romney’s Wealth and Taxes Taxing His Campaign? John Sides - August 7, 2012 Back in January, Lynn Vavreck, Joshua Tucker, and I asked
James Fowler: the most influential political scientist? Andrew Gelman - April 24, 2012 A colleague pointed me to this feature article about political
According to Page and Jacobs, Americans are conservative egalitarians who accept higher taxes and more government spending so as to give people equal opportunities Andrew Gelman - April 14, 2012 As the saying goes, everybody wants to go to heaven
Needed: A Billionaire Candidate for President Who Shares the Views of a Washington Post Columnist Andrew Gelman - September 1, 2011 Writing in the Washington Post, Matt Miller wants a billionaire
“Are Wisconsin Public Employees Underpaid?” Andrew Gelman - February 23, 2011 Amy Cohen points me to this blog by Jim Manzi,
Unethical politicians as a special case of trying really hard Andrew Gelman - August 27, 2009 John tells the story of a friend of his, an