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When Newt Gingrich says that a campaign has gotten “unnecessarily personal and nasty,” I think we should believe him. I’m just afraid, with all the clearly true things that Mitt Romney is now saying about Gingrich, that some low-information voters might be fooled into thinking that Romney makes a habit of telling the truth.
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January 22nd, 2012
The political implications of maps of US renewable energy resources.
January 21st, 2012
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Here it is. I hope that the broad topic of the causes and consequences of “green identity” nudges political scientists, sociologists and economists to work together. I have not been able to make progress on why our identity evolves over time. If Dick Cheney was forced to move to Berkeley would his world [...]
January 20th, 2012
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This NY Times Blog reports some interesting facts. How do we explain the decline in study time? Perhaps the new generation of students is (!) smarter and has a higher productivity per minute of studying? Or, do professors now hand out less homework? These averages may mask a composition shift. As the number of undergraduate [...]
January 20th, 2012
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Michael Hirsch’s obit on the Perry campaign is headed “Requiem for a Lightweight.”
January 16th, 2012
A striking but unrepresentative example of waste and vanity in Spanish public spending.
January 15th, 2012
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The NY Times highlights that the 1% have graduate degrees and posits that hard work is why they have risen so high. For a low price, it is also willing to tell you where you stand in your geographical location’s household income distribution. As I read the article, I remembered the first paper that my [...]
January 9th, 2012
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Jack Lew is an inspired choice for WH Chief of Staff. If he’d been chosen three years ago, many things might have come out differently.
January 1st, 2012
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Santorum? You mean the guy who wants a Constitutional amendment to un-marry currently married gay people? I guess this is a measure of how much rank-and-file Republicans really don’t want Mitt Romney. Still, I think we may be approaching Peak Crazy. At least, I hope so.
