Month: October 2014

Casual Observation

George Will gets paid $48,000 per appearance at college business schools. I’ll take half that to appear at a political science department. Call me.

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Which Way Are the Polls Skewed?

Here’s something to think about when looking at Nate Silver’s column on skewed polls. Going back to 1990, the elections that did not turn out as expected wound up having the worst skew in the polls. Now, that might...

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Iraq War, Dumber Than Ever

The big C.J. Chivers piece in the New York Times is well done and thorough. It has the potential to make us all a lot smarter, but given how the other side plays, it’s most likely to make our political discourse even...

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