The Electoral Benefits of Lacking Consistency? Erik Voeten - August 30, 2011 Conventional wisdom in political science and elsewhere is that voters
Does Nudging Explain Differences in Organ Donation Rates? Henry Farrell - July 10, 2011 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 Andrew Gelman - April 9, 2011 Jonathan Chait writes that the most important aspect of a
When Scatterplots Invade Cable News John Sides - February 23, 2011 I was told by several friends and colleagues that my
Statisticians vs. everybody else Andrew Gelman - February 22, 2011 John Sides's graph from yesterday (in which he threw some
Potpourri Erik Voeten - December 7, 2010 * "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 John Sides - October 20, 2010 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! Joshua A. Tucker - October 20, 2010 I started reading David Brooks' Op-Ed from yesterday on "the
Academics and Counterinsurgents Paul Staniland - July 20, 2010 Well I’m back for one more long post. One of