Daniel Kahneman

John Bolton will be the new national security adviser. That doesn’t mean we’re going to war — yet.

Elizabeth N. Saunders - March 23, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/who-is-john-bolton/2018/03/22/cc109486-2e36-11e8-8dc9-3b51e028b845_video.html Thursday evening — two days after the 15th anniversary

How Putin’s regime is both authoritarian and incompetent

Daniel Treisman - March 14, 2018

[caption id="attachment_47500" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/Reuters)[/caption] Russians will vote Sunday

It’s not just fake news. Even real news can warp political perceptions.

Mareike Schomerus and Anouk Rigterink - January 9, 2017

[caption id="attachment_52165" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Then-South Sudan First Vice President Riek

More and more people get their news via social media. Is that good or bad?

Kevin Curry - September 30, 2016

[caption id="attachment_46991" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton checks

Key ingredients of opposition to free trade? Prejudice and nationalism

Shahrzad Sabet - August 22, 2016

[caption id="attachment_45498" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Protesters against the TPP display signs

Trump’s voters are ready to risk everything. Why?

Lawrence Evans - March 14, 2016

[caption id="attachment_37110" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Members of the cleaning crew sweep

Why fear explains the failure of Egypt’s revolution

Jakob Wichmann, Gamal Soltan, and Ellen Lust - January 25, 2016

[caption id="attachment_34738" align="aligncenter" width="908"] An Egyptian protester throws back a

You’re more likely to be fatally crushed by furniture than killed by a terrorist

Andrew Shaver - November 23, 2015

[caption id="attachment_32564" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A woman lights candles Nov. 17

Mega-dams are a mega-waste of money and resources

Andrew Gelman - March 25, 2014

In a new paper, "Should we build more large dams?

What are the (relatively) settled matters in the social sciences?

Andrew Gelman - July 23, 2013

Nicholas Christakis asks (scroll to the P.P.P.S. at the end

Potpourri

John Sides - June 4, 2013

* Boris Shor on the ideologies of possible appointments to

The Rationalizing Voter

John Sides - January 20, 2008

David Brooks opines on "How Voters Think." The essential thrust