‘Hey, didn’t you tell me that the Pirates would win the World Series?’ ‘Yes, but I didn’t say when.’ Andrew Gelman - October 4, 2014 In a post entitled, "Failed Prophecy and Sunk Costs," sociologist
'Hey, didn’t you tell me that the Pirates would win the World Series?' 'Yes, but I didn’t say when.' Andrew Gelman - October 4, 2014 In a post entitled, "Failed Prophecy and Sunk Costs," sociologist
Is a ‘national shift toward envy’ underway? Maybe not. Andrew Gelman - March 11, 2014 Jay Livingston is a one-man truth squad for Arthur Brooks.
Is a 'national shift toward envy' underway? Maybe not. Andrew Gelman - March 11, 2014 Jay Livingston is a one-man truth squad for Arthur Brooks.
No, there's no good evidence that Republicans are becoming more partisan about evolution Andrew Gelman - January 7, 2014 Okay, here's the background. The (deservedly) well respected Pew organization
More on those happy conservatives Andrew Gelman - December 20, 2013 We recently discussed two claims made by Arthur Brooks in
No, Arthur Brooks: Conservative women are not 'particularly blissful' Andrew Gelman - December 19, 2013 Yesterday we reported on Arthur Brooks, president of the American
'None, it seems, are happier than the Tea Partiers . . .' Umm, maybe not. Andrew Gelman - December 18, 2013 Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute writes, The richest data
The Supreme Court meets the fallacy of the one-sided bet Andrew Gelman - April 8, 2013 Doug Hartmann writes (link from Jay Livingston): Justice Antonin Scalia’s
David Brooks on technical knowledge and moral wisdom Andrew Gelman - April 5, 2013 The popular New York Times columnist writes: The best part
Michael’s a Republican, Susan’s a Democrat Andrew Gelman - October 2, 2012 Chris Wilson parsed the Federal Election Commission database by first
1.5 million people were told that extreme conservatives are happier than political moderates. Approximately .0001 million Americans learned that the opposite is true. Andrew Gelman - August 14, 2012 From Brooks op-ed in NYT: People at the extremes are
Awesome tax rate graph! Andrew Gelman - August 3, 2012 Jay Livingston posts this delight---a graph that, instead of starting
Renowned sociologist is utterly misinformed about American voters Andrew Gelman - July 27, 2012 Elder statesman of sociology Peter Berger writes: [New York mayor
Americans think economy isn’t so bad in their city but is crappy nationally and globally Andrew Gelman - June 22, 2012 Frank Newport of Gallup reports (link from Jay Livingston): Americans
The small but important group of super-rich funders of the Democratic party Andrew Gelman - May 26, 2012 Jay Livingston alerted me to this remark by conservative journalist
Culture war: The rules Andrew Gelman - April 27, 2012 Could somebody remind me---I have so much difficulty keeping track
Reporting of the economy Andrew Gelman - January 29, 2012 Jay Livingston considers how different news organizations are spinning the
Art Buchwald must be spinning in his grave Andrew Gelman - October 27, 2011 From the Washington Post: (link from Ken Layne) As Jay
The different priorities of academics and policy writers Andrew Gelman - September 9, 2011 I was reading Jay Livingston's blog today and noticed a
Where’s John Yoo when you need him? Andrew Gelman - September 8, 2011 Jay Livingston takes a look at Gary Becker's explanation of