 From my Twitter feed (7/12-7/19)Jul 19, 2011 at 1:03 PM |
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RT @ddiamond: Two years ago: The ‘death panel’ rumor had just debuted. See how it spread – on page 11 of @BrendanNyhan‘s paper: http://t.co/3iegDwS #HCR
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| Jul 19, 2011 at 11:25 AM | |
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Recommended @monkeycageblog: Henry Farrell on Rupert Murdoch and Preference Falsification http://j.mp/oVhFo3
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| Rupert Murdoch and Preference Falsification — The Monkey Cage I did a Bloggingheads debate with Felix Salmon last week, and the New York Times excerpted the only political science relevant bit of our discussion, where we compare the post-Murdoch debate to … | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 4:02 PM | |
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Charles M. Blow’s cringe/sentence ratio reaches new heights: http://j.mp/noD911
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 Quote Of The Day, Overwriting Edition | The New Republic From Charles Blow in today’s New York Times, recounting a trip to the south where he spent time with blue-collar workers (the title of the column, ‘They, Too, Sing America,’ was admittedly fair … |
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| Jul 18, 2011 at 12:42 PM | |
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For more on the end-of-life $ issues raised by D. Brooks http://j.mp/qcKSdc see new research by my co-author Peter Ubel http://j.mp/o0G3zD
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 Death and Budgets – NYTimes.com Much of the budget mess may stem from a deep cultural antipathy toward recognizing our own mortality. |
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 Savings are in the balance in hard choices in health care A new study may signal our readiness–and reluctance–to rein in health care spending. Cutting health care costs is a laudable goal, but where do we start? Many analysts say it’s time to curb sp… |
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| Jul 16, 2011 at 8:53 PM | |
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.@michaelshermer on “The Believing Brain” and “belief-dependent realism” in Scientific American http://j.mp/pvIxUc Book: http://j.mp/qfOH8w
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 The Believing Brain: Why Science Is the Only Way Out of Belief-Dependent Realism: Scientific American Was President Barack Obama born in Hawaii? I find the question so absurd, not to mention possibly racist in its motivation, that when I am confronted with “birthers” who believe otherwise, I fin… |
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 The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths “Michael Shermer has long been one of the world’s deepest thinkers when it comes to explaining where our beliefs come from, and he brings it all together in this important, engaging, and ambitio… |
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| Jul 16, 2011 at 2:00 PM | |
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RT @kwcollins: Op-ed in Politico defending NSF’s social, economic, and behavioral science directorate: http://t.co/7HPgzNo
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 Opinion: Tom Coburn wrong on behavioral research – David Poeppel and Mitchell L. Moss Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) wants to end federal funding of basic research in the social and behavioral sciences. This is the key recommendation in his report, “The National Science Foundation: Un…
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| Jul 16, 2011 at 1:37 PM | |
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RT @MysteryPollster: Attn. political journalists: Before you over-analyze the next GOP horserace question, remember this http://t.co/DF6hNZe
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 Majority of Republicans Can’t Name a 2012 Favorite PRINCETON, NJ — More than half of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 58%, do not express a preference when asked in an open-ended format — with no candidates’ names read — whom … |
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| Jul 15, 2011 at 7:50 PM | |
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ABC Australia on new psych research: “effect of misinformation on memory and reasoning cannot be completely eliminated” http://j.mp/pPL6ZF
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 Setting the record straight almost impossible › News in Science (ABC Science) Monday, 11 July 2011 Branwen MorganABC Mud sticks The effect of misinformation on memory and reasoning cannot be completely eliminated, even after it has been corrected numerous times, say Austr… |
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| Jul 15, 2011 at 7:43 PM | |
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America’s inefficient health-care system in graphs http://j.mp/oVd8tt (via John Sides)
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 America’s inefficient health-care system: another look « Consider the Evidence Second chart now corrected, thanks to commenter Roger Chittum. America’s health-care system differs from its counterparts in other affluent nations in a number of ways: greater fragmentation amo… |
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| Jul 15, 2011 at 2:06 PM | |
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Recommended: @conor64 on watching premiere of Palin doc in an empty OC theater. Breitbart plays a key supporting role. http://j.mp/qVwJlI
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 Sarah Palin Movie Debuts to Empty Theater in Orange County “Why aren’t you seeing Harry Potter?” an usher said to the reporter sitting alone in the audience |
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| Jul 15, 2011 at 1:05 PM | |
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From @conor64: How I Became the Subject of a Conspiracy Theory http://j.mp/pkoqQi
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 How I Became the Subject of a Conspiracy Theory Conor Friedersdorf – Conor Friedersdorf is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where he writes about politics and national affairs. He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor of… |
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| Jul 18, 2011 at 7:50 PM | |
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Shorter WP: Who’s right – Michele Bachmann or the Fed chair? We don’t know! http://j.mp/nMpSDv
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 Top Republicans clash over debt-limit plan Two top Republican leaders clashed Wednesday over a plan that could allow the government to avoid a potentially catastrophic default but would not ensure the deep cuts in federal spending that p… |
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| Jul 13, 2011 at 7:27 PM | |
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WP he said/she said: “Bernanke warned…of fiscal catastrophe…But cons. House Reps accused…Obama of ‘scare tactics’” http://j.mp/nMpSDv
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| Top Republicans clash over debt-limit plan Two top Republican leaders clashed Wednesday over a plan that could allow the government to avoid a potentially catastrophic default but would not ensure the deep cuts in federal spending that p… |
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| Jul 13, 2011 at 7:25 PM | |
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RT @jbplainblog: 5->3 isn’t “plummet”, it’s noise MT @joshtpm: Pawlenty Plummets To 3% In National Poll http://t.co/yaRlHHW
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 Pawlenty Plummets To 3% In National Poll While Bachmann Surges A new poll shows Tim Pawlenty slipping to the bottom tier of the presidential field as rival Minnesotan Michele Bachmann shoots upwards. The latest numbers from Quinnipiac University put Mitt Ro… |
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| Jul 13, 2011 at 6:01 PM | |
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Real talk: Primary importance of debt ceiling fight is effect on economy, not Obama’s positioning http://j.mp/nt7zkW
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| A Budget Deal and 2012 — The Monkey Cage Over the weekend, Marc Ambinder tweeted: Here is how I see it. Scenario #1: There is no deal. Assume there is no deal and then assume, as Geithner and others have warned, that there are serious … | |
| Jul 13, 2011 at 11:10 AM | |
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Interesting Google review of the use of online ads in 2010 elections http://j.mp/odKRQ0 (disclosure: I know someone in that unit)
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| Google Public Sector & Elections Lab: Online Ads in 2010: Research and Case Studies Every March, politicos from across the country meet for the “Pollie Awards,” an event hosted by the American Association of Political Consultants. Often referred to as the “Osc… | |
| Jul 12, 2011 at 10:13 PM | |
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Review of recent scholarship on the conservative movement in Annual Review of Sociology http://j.mp/oV07uI (gated)
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 The Contemporary American Conservative Movement – Annual Review of Sociology, 37(1):325 Search for articles by the same authors or containing the same key words. Select below. |
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| Jul 12, 2011 at 2:56 PM | |
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Lower status people laugh at jokes more http://t.co/tknRCRq MT @normative Montage: Obama Receiving Sycophantic Laughter http://t.co/L5lP0qn
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| What’s So Funny? Well, Maybe Nothing – New York Times So there are these two muffins baking in an oven. One of them yells, “Wow, it’s hot in here!” And the other muffin replies: “Holy cow! A talking muffin!” Did that alleged joke make you laugh? I … | |
 President Obama Receiving Sycophantic Laughter While President Obama certainly has an above-average sense of humor for a politician easy-going, self-effacing, maybe a little corny at times he’s not known as one of the planet’s foremost c… |
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| Jul 12, 2011 at 1:19 PM | |