20 years later, America’s ‘War on Terror’ language has gone global
Right-wing governments and movements often use these words to justify authoritarian and racist policies.
The Biden infrastructure bills would restore America’s traditional approach to economic growth
From the nation’s founding, government has been deeply involved in shaping the economy — until the Carter and Reagan administrations retreated from the ‘American System’
Are young people today hostile to democracy and capitalism? Far from it.
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David Brooks thinks the two-party system is doomed. He’s right — and wrong.
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David Brooks has a point – upper class kids have invisible cultural advantages
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This map will change how you think about American voters — especially small-town, heartland white voters
In perhaps the most painful gaffe of his 2008 campaign,
In last night’s debate, Clinton went specific — like a Democrat. Trump stayed broad — like a Republican.
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These 2 trends are what produced such a negative Republican National Convention
The Republican National Convention in July 2016 received mostly negative
President Obama can thank Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for his growing popularity
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If Trump is just “playing a part,” then here’s how to understand his brand of theater
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So Trump is a populist. When does populism actually win elections?
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Will record Republican turnout in the primaries translate into a Trump win in November? Probably not. Here’s why.
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Trump’s voters aren’t authoritarians, new research says. So what are they?
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Pundits are regularly outpredicted by people you’ve never heard of. Here’s how to change that.
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This is why Paul Krugman is wrong about the Federal Reserve
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French hate speech laws are less simplistic than you think
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Why we still need to worry about money in politics
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Meritocracy won’t happen: the problem’s with the ‘ocracy’
I've written about this before but I think the topic
Meritocracy won’t happen: the problem’s with the 'ocracy'
I've written about this before but I think the topic
The denominator fallacy rears its ugly head
This fallacy is so well known that you don't see
How America Exports Its Gun Problems
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Symposium Magazine
Symposium is a new online magazine subtitled "Where academia meets
According to David Brooks, staying out of jail is a conservative value
The New York Times columnist writes: First, immigration opponents are
David Brooks on technical knowledge and moral wisdom
The popular New York Times columnist writes: The best part
Beef with data
Louis Mittel writes: Do you know why David Brooks has
Potpourri
Reconsidering the voting behavior of dog owners. More here. Symposia
I can’t think of a good title for this one
David Brooks writes in the New York Times: The Republicans
Asian Americans Voted Democrat: We Should Not Be Surprised
We are delighted to welcome the following guest post by Karthick
Red state blue state, or, states and counties are not persons
Tyler Cowen points to this news article by Lauren Sandler:
Is Nate Silver’s popularity good or bad for quantitative political science?
The following is a guest post from political scientists Adam
NYT op-ed by Brooks on happiness
David Frum points us to a recent op-ed by Brooks
Americans think economy isn’t so bad in their city but is crappy nationally and globally
Frank Newport of Gallup reports (link from Jay Livingston): Americans
Innumeracy among political journalists
John shoots down David Brooks's claim that "If you look
David Brooks and the Fundamentals: Déjà Vu All Over Again
David Brooks's recent column argued this: bq. Why is Obama
Education could use some systematic evaluation
David Brooks writes: There’s an atmosphere of grand fragility hanging
Understanding the “zombie” confusion about class and voting
John Sides and Larry Bartels have recently spent some space
Clarification on quals and quants
In response to my post criticizing David Brooks for making
David Brooks wishes George W. Bush could run for a third term, also says he’s not allowed to talk about what he just talked about
OK, not really. But NYT columnist Brooks does write: In
On Obama’s Secret Weapon
Michael Tomasky's piece deserves a few responses. He begins with
The Campaign Fallacy
In his most recent New York Times column, David Brooks
The Electoral Benefits of Lacking Consistency?
Conventional wisdom in political science and elsewhere is that voters
Does Nudging Explain Differences in Organ Donation Rates?
It's great that David Brooks is "taking to the NYT":http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/opinion/08brooks.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
Forget the Dukakis-in-a-tank effect: the Democrats would’ve lost in 1988 even if they’d had Burt Reynolds at the top of the ticket
Jonathan Chait writes that the most important aspect of a
When Scatterplots Invade Cable News
I was told by several friends and colleagues that my
Statisticians vs. everybody else
John Sides's graph from yesterday (in which he threw some
Potpourri
* "The New York Times makes up lots of trends":http://www.tbd.com/blogs/amanda-hess/2010/12/new-york-times-trends-women-5379.html
David Brooks and Money in Elections
Josh is "impressed":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/10/thank_you_david_brooks.html with David Brooks for "this":http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/opinion/19brooks.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss: bq. Political
Thank You, David Brooks!
I started reading David Brooks' Op-Ed from yesterday on "the
Academics and Counterinsurgents
Well I’m back for one more long post. One of
Potpourri
* Scott Atran and Robert Axelrod on why we talk
David Brooks, Epiphanies, and Social Science
David Brooks has a rather curious op-ed in today’s New
The public is a thermostat
My colleague and co-author Matt Grossmann suggested this post. David
How to think about the deeper aspects of public opinion?
After reading the following from newspaper columnist David Brooks: In
Conservatives for Hillary?
John discusses an argument by Bruce Bartlett that it made
What Will Make People Trust Goverment Again?
Barack Obama thinks it's restrictions on lobbyists and more openness:
Hubris, Development, and David Brooks
bq. I’m slightly terrified now that Bill Clinton, special envoy
Three Myths about Political Independents
A prefatory apology: some of the material in here is
Are Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh Part of the GOP?
bq. Only in America can you make that much money
I Live in Ward 3
I live in Ward 3. Ward 3 is a very
Will This Recession Create Hate Crime?
David Brooks suggested yesterday that economic downturns lead to a
Today, David Brooks Is the Low-Hanging Fruit
bq. Why isn’t Barack Obama doing better? Why, after all
America in the World: Voter Attitudes on the Economy
p. In his column in today’s New York Times, David
Conservative Reformers
Yesterday in the NYT, David Brooks wrote about the importance
Rich county, poor county
In his influential Atlantic magazine article, "One Nation, Slightly Divisible."
Helping Hands for George Stephanopoulos
In the spirit of John Sides's selfless offer of himself
On the Relationship between Journalism and Social Science
In response to my post below on David Brooks, Ian
Demography Is Not King, or Why David Brooks Is a Hedgehog, Not a Fox
In this recent piece, David Brooks sees a nation divided:
The Rationalizing Voter
David Brooks opines on "How Voters Think." The essential thrust