Monthly Archives: July 2010
Obama Take Note! The Paradox of Politicization, Or Why Presidents Do Not Really Control the Executive Branch
Today’s Washington Post contains a fascinating – and sobering look at the sprawling national intelligence community that has mushroomed in the wake of 9-11. For long time readers of this blog, the article will sound familiar themes, since it largely … Continue reading
Is the Public Stupid? When A Chart Is Not Worth A Thousand Words
This item from yesterday’s Washington Post caught my eye as a useful teaching moment. Ezra Klein posted this graph, based on this most recent Washington Post/ABC Poll, under the label “A chart is worth a thousand words”: It’s not clear … Continue reading
Once More With Feeling: Are the Tea Partiers Racist? Why It May Not Matter
The recent vote by NAACP delegates in favor of a resolution “to condemn extremist elements within the Tea Party” and “calling on Tea Party leaders to repudiate those in their ranks who use racist language in their signs and speeches” … Continue reading
It Really Is a Science
Politico’s David Catenese has picked up on (story here) the Research 2000-Markos Moulitsas fraud story I blogged about yesterday. In addition to the Blanche Lincoln-Bill Halter Arkansas Democrat Senate race, Catanese reminds us that Research 2000 also published a poll … Continue reading
