Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Temperature Trends

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Andrew Gelman is right: this graph is pretty bad. If you want to get a sense of what temperature trends look like over the past century or...
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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Are (some) academic stresses self-imposed?

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Dan Drezner makes some nice points in response to the Forbes article that lists academia as one of the least stressful occupations. Whil...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Finally, a good film about the presidency

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I saw "Lincoln" the other night. This is a very good and very rich film -- it contains a great deal of detail, both in the scri...
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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Superman II: Kal-El is Horny

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In my ongoing efforts to visit the sins of the father on my children, I recently watched "Superman II" with them. While "Su...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

Don't blame me; it was just my unrestrained id that tried to rape you

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If you want to understand American gender relations in the 1960s, skip "Mad Men" and tune into classic "Star Trek." I ...
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The Debate

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I'm inside the media filing center at the University of Denver for the presidential debate today and live-tweeting as much as possible....
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Desperately seeking trends

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Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell's latest piece of advice to Obama suggests that his campaign is in trouble and needs a sudden change. As ev...
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