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Presidential Politics: Politico Sticks Knife in Obama
The Politico ran an article that was very tough on the Obama campaign today . I thought the most interesting remark: Some key Democrats say ... -
The Fall of Man: Conclusion (Follow-Up)
Another article on this subject --- this time from CNN . The consequences could be dramatic: The excessive use of video games and online porn in ... -
"Alright, We'll Call it a Draw"
I can hear the Monty Python sketch now... ... four ways the Presidential election ends in a draw . -
On New News Models
Rachel Swan from the East Bay Express does an excellent deep dive into what the new nonprofit news model -- as epitomized by folks like the Bay Citizen, California Watch and ... -
The Bain of His Existence
Dear Reader, President Obama recently launched an attack on Mitt Romney in which the President focuses on Romney's time at Bain Capital. You can see the ad on youtube: ... -
Passings
The world is filled with all kinds of interesting people... ... this story is so uniquely American. The main character is perhaps awkward at times, torn between profit and ... -
Wisdom from the Grand Old Man
Ronald Reagan: " It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." -
This Week's Edition of: "Too-Crazy-To-Be-False"
Dear Reader, The Republicans are after the "American Community Survey." This is an important part of the US Census --- it is the basic data that government and businesses ... -
Journalistic Standards We Aspire To
From the great guys over at Calbuzz : This brought to mind vivid memories of an event near the end of the 1990 governor’s race, when Sherman ... -
The Burn!
Jon Stewart: Romney Won't Pursue Racist Policies Because He's a Mormon -- He ' ll Do So Because He's a Republican . ... -
... Here they go again...
... newsflash! President Obama was born in Kenya! Sigh . To which I can only reply: HERE . -
How "Cool."
This is so "cool," I am sure it will inspire hordes of young people to turn out to vote. As will this . -
Americans Elect Running on Fumes (Follow-Up)
And they're out. -
Regressions Smessions
Jim Manzi has a terrific takedown of the usual "let's pretend humans are widgets" logic of regression analysis that's been the longstanding gold standard in social science research. Looking at a ... -
Governor Brown's May Revise
At 23:30, the budget as a "...a pretzel palace of incredible complexity..." Also of note: a little after the 7:00 minute mark, Governor Brown gets into an ... -
Americans Elect Running on Fumes
The vaunted third way effort lacks charismatic candidates or even voters in it online open primary: In an embarrassing setback, not enough voters registered support for any ... -
When in Doubt, Blame the Methods! (Follow-Up)
Ok --- here are the actual poll results . Here's the details they give: This poll was conducted by telephone on May 11-13, 2012 ... -
When in Doubt, Blame the Methods!
See: this article . Unfortunately, they do not describe the source of the bias. -
Presidential Politics: The Fallout on Gay Marriage (Follow-Up)
Other reporters also seem to find the Republican acceptance of gay marriage to be the more interesting angle here: check out this story from the Politico about an openly gay candidate ... -
Robert Caro: The Interview
Robert Caro appeared on The Daily Show --- he's one of the great American storytellers and kind of neat to see in person. -
Goodbye - and Good Luck
Nicholas Katzenbach , age 90. WHat a great photograph in the New York Times (reprinted here): Katzenback, second from right: "Really? You're going to be on ... -
On California's "Doomsday" Demographics
The dominant narrative of California's demographics in the news is that a combination of high taxes, burdonsome regulation, and general governmental mismanagement is driving business and people from the state. (See ... -
Merkel in Trouble Too?
Dear Reader, After the Sarkozy defeat in France, it seems the people of Germany are not as interested in "austerity" either. In other news, Greece is having ... -
Presidential Politics: The Fallout on Gay Marriage (Follow-Up)
Some really interesting pieces from The Hill : (A): This issue will eventually go away: Interestingly, however, roughly one in four Republicans (26 percent) ... -
Quote of the Day (Follow-Up)
And now the founder of Wired looking forward on the future of books : Over the next century, scholars and fans, aided by computational algorithms, will ... -
Quote of the Day
Carl Sagan on Books : What an astonishing thing a book is. It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted ... -
The Impossibility of Cyber Security
The Economist has an interesting piece up on the inherent limitations of trying to deal with cyber threats, at least within the current paradigm of centralized government: ... -
Presidential Politics: The Fallout on Gay Marriage (Follow-Up)
As the "Mean Mitt" story continues ... "IN THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWED, THE ONLY SOUND THAT COULD BE HEARD WAS A SOLITARY GIGGLE, FROM..." President Obama. -
An Economist Bubble?
The market for talent is certainly heating up : The moves suggest the battle for star economists is heating up. Economics powerhouses like Harvard and MIT have ... -
Working as a Censor
File under: curious . Working as a censor is interesting. “I like this work. It gives us experience, information and we always learn something new. It takes ... -
Presidential Politics: The Fallout on Gay Marriage
Dear Reader, We here at The Daily Stag Hunt have been following closely President Obama's decision to announce support for gay marriage . This story started a few days ... -
Data Glory
A UC Berkeley team is testing new sensors for water flows, helping us get one step closer to the dream of truly adaptive management : A fleet ... -
Potential Calvinball Addition
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Tom Friedman on the California Economy
Not a post actually. Instead we're bringing you the opportunity to ask the author, pundit, and cliche creating extradanaire a question about what needs to be done to fix the California ... -
President Obama and Gay Marriage (Follow-Up)
By one important standard, it worked: one report says he raised a million dollars in the first 90 minutes. -
Resource of the Day: Data Journalism
We give you the Data Journalism Handbook , which is of course right up our alley. In related news, check out the nations top bull Badger–Bluff Fanny ... -
President Obama and Gay Marriage (Follow-Up)
... an interesting follow-up from the Columbia Journalism Review: Obama "evolves" while Romney "flip-flops." ... another interesting point: the time it took between Obama's interview and for me ... -
President Obama and Gay Marriage (Follow-Up)
Well, "evolving" turned into "evolved." President Obama today came out and affirmed what everyone already knew: he supports gay marriage . Note, by the way, that he publicly supported ... -
President Obama and Gay Marriage (Follow-Up)
... and here comes the interview ! Does he have any choice but to come out strongly in favor of it? -
Review: Troublesome Young Men (Follow-Up)
Morning Churchill, to get you through the day: On Sunday morning, August 10, Mr. Roosevelt came aboard H.M.S. Prince of Wales and, with his Staff officers ... -
Presidential Politics: Apparently, We Aren't Impressed
Dear Reader, Apparently ... Mitt Romney failed to break 70 percent of the vote in Indiana and North Carolina in his first test as the ... -
President Obama and Gay Marriage (Follow-Up)
Well... NC votes to ban gay marriage . More: here . With more than 1.5 million votes counted from Tuesday's referendum, supporters of the ban led ...
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