The Critics of Social Science Are Sometimes the Best Defenders of Social Science
Washington Post columnist Charles Lane's opposition to National Science Foundation
Sunny Days Make For Tea Party Success
bq. Can protests cause political change, or are they merely
Polisci Valentines Contest!
A Monkey Cage reader has suggested some reply to the
Potpourri
* First-mover advantage and the President's budget. * Big Data.
A “Mere” Political Scientist? Or Merely HOT?
From today's New York Times profile of economists Betsey Stevenson
Why Is It So Hard to Count Votes in the Iowa Caucus?
So apparently Santorum did win the Iowa caucus. Maybe. Eight
Potpourri
* Top earthquake tweets * How to cause an earthquake
Freakonomics Forecasting Roundtable
It's "here":http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/predicting-the-midterm-elections-a-freakonomics-quorum/, featuring political scientists Seth Masket, Bob Erikson, and
The polls are not a random walk
Justin Wolfers and Nate Silver.