Watching the Democratic debate tonight — with Twitter on the little screen? Keep this in mind.
When journalists treat Twitter as representing public opinion, they’re misshaping the news.
Will Venezuela’s military back — or abandon — Maduro? Here are the 4 things it will consider.
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This is the one norm Trump didn’t break when he pulled troops out of Syria
Over the holidays, President Trump lashed out at outgoing Defense
Maine’s citizens passed ‘ranked-choice voting.’ Why did Republicans shoot it down?
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Is the media biased toward Clinton or Trump? Here is some actual hard data.
There are endless disputes this year about how the media
The Supreme Court, not just three female justices, spoke loudly on women’s reproductive rights
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Why I don’t believe the claim that Fox News can get Trump elected
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Mortality rates for middle-aged white men have been going down, not up
There's this story going around that the world isn't so
The Republican establishment can fix its problems by picking a name out of a hat
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Who’s the next target in the culture war?
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Who's the next target in the culture war?
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Should we call Africa homophobic?
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Will Catholic Republicans side with the Pope on climate change?
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The return of our most political singer: Morrissey
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Can Rob Nabors fix the VA? Here’s what he needs.
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Can Rob Nabors fix the VA? Here's what he needs.
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Understanding death penalty attitudes: Conservatism is not the same as racism
Slate columnist Jamelle Bouie writes: Nearly twice as many whites
Press releases make for fishy statistics
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Why Care About the O’Bagy Affair?
"Tom Ricks":http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/09/12/a_word_in_semi_defense_of_e_obagy and "Dave Weigel":http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/09/12/in_partial_defense_of_the_disgraced_syria_scholar_with_the_fake_degree.html partially defend Elizabeth O'Bagy, the
“Stop and frisk” statistics
Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen brings up one of my
Symposium Magazine
Symposium is a new online magazine subtitled "Where academia meets
Public Opinion, the Court, and Justice Kennedy
It has been rather challenging for legal scholars to portray
The Coburn Amendment Aftermath
I have a "piece":http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/03/22/tom-coburn-doesnt-like-political-science/ at the _Chronicle of Higher Education_
Bring back pork barrel spending
Many people complain about pork barrel spending, but pork adapts
Asian Americans Voted Democrat: We Should Not Be Surprised
We are delighted to welcome the following guest post by Karthick
What Arlen Specter Taught Us about Party Switching
This is a guest post by Kevin A. Evans, Rolfe
Monkey Cage APSA “Reception” with Sasha Issenberg, Ezra Klein, and Nate Silver
The Restaurant Ste. Marie's Champagne Tower For the second year,
The Racializing Influence of Romney’s Welfare Ad
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0F4LtTlktm0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> This is a guest
Remembering Elinor Ostrom
I did not know her personally, and am not well-qualified
Greece, brinkmanship and the euro, again
A few months ago, Jacob Kirkegaard was "congratulating the EU's
The Mormon Church’s “Folk Doctrine” Regarding Blacks
Readers may have heard of the controversy about why the
Kaus surprise
When pundit and O.G. blogger Mickey Kaus ran a longshot
Mascotology, Not Bracketology
This is a guest post from political scientist and mascotologist
The political economy of skills
"Matthew Yglesias":http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/02/16/emo_capitalists_don_t_want_to_train_workers.html proposes that employers should tackle problems of skill
Google, David Kreps, and the Dread Pirate Roberts Strategy
A blogpost that I wrote elsewhere, complaining about Google, has
The Decline of the Postal Service and the Decline of Direct Mail
bq. While the effective demise of other first-class correspondence has
Digital Cameras Reduce Electoral Corruption
Elections in developing countries commonly fail to deliver accountability because
The dynamics of Twitter cascades
"Matt Yglesias":http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/10/18/346349/its-not-how-many-followers-you-have-its-who-follows-you/ writing about how the now famous protest sign
Thoughts on Groseclose book on media bias
Respected political scientist Tim Groseclose just came out with a
Politics everywhere: Sleazy data miners
Kaiser Fung writes: The NY Times features a startup called Social
“Why Preschool Shouldn’t Be Like School”?
Under the heading, "Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School," cognitive
More data is needed …
"Excellent":http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/2011/01/31/things-that-have-not-been-quantified-according-to-the-new-york-times.aspx bq. The _New York Times_ ran a nearly 2,000-word
Science, ideology, and human origins
A link from Tyler Cowen led me to this long
“No Labels”
bq. Everything you need to know about the new political
Exit polls claim deficit a top priority; why that’s wrong
Ben Somberg writes: Wanted to flag this because I know
Another (unintended) Consequence of BP’s Oil Spill
From Kobi Abayomi, Dexin Luo, and Valerie Thomas: We develop
What if Political Scientists Wrote the News?
bq. A powerful thunderstorm forced President Obama to cancel his
The old boys’ club, magazine style
Matthew Yglesias points to an interview in which O.G. blogger
Shooting down B.S. claims about divorce predictions, part 2 (Somewhere, Karl Popper is smiling ruefully)
Last year, we heard about "maths expert" and Oxford University
Ideologues and the H1N1 Vaccine
Several weeks ago, I discussed "Similarities between Left Wing and
Wars on everything
bq. Politicians are fond of comparing things that aren't war
The Odd Delegate Selection Rules
As we approach super duper Tuesday, it is increasingly clear