 From my Twitter feed (3/21-3/29)Mar 29, 2011 at 1:35 PM |
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Public opinion on Libya – the poli sci perspective from @jbplainblog http://j.mp/h6uNRY and Scott Althaus http://j.mp/e6HVCu
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 Why Obama’s Poll Numbers Didn’t Get A Boost From The Libya Intervention. | The New Republic The New Republic covers politics, culture, and the arts with a focus on the White House, foreign policy, Congress, Capitol Hill, Wikileaks, the lame duck session, literature, and more. |
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| Perils and Opportunities for Obama in Libya – NYTimes.com Military intervention in Libya could make Obama look like a hero, or give critics on both the left and right new ammunition. | |
| Mar 29, 2011 at 1:29 PM | |
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Opp research on mid-level Fox executives truly a step too far for Media Matters – sad sign of DC $-driven war mentality http://j.mp/hB3zt4
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 Media Matters’ war against Fox – Ben Smith The liberal group abandons its role as a traditional media critic and focuses on undermining Fox News. |
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| Mar 29, 2011 at 1:27 PM | |
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First large-scale randomized TV ad experiment MT @kwcollins Texas Advertising Experiment… in the latest APSR: http://bit.ly/fifXFT (gated)
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| Cambridge Journals Online – Abstract Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) is the e-publishing service for over 230 journals published by Cambridge University Press and is entirely developed and hosted in-house. The platform’s powerful c… | |
| Mar 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM | |
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Study: Conservatives less likely to deny Obama is Christian, born in US with non-white interviewers http://j.mp/f8Ep9s (via @monkeycageblog)
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| WISER :: Multi-state survey of Race & Politics 2011 Multi-State Survey of Race and Politics The Multi-State Survey of Race and Politics (2011) is a follow-up to the MSSRP (2010) conducted last year in which we sought to assess the relationsh… | |
| Mar 29, 2011 at 1:11 PM | |
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Halperin reads minds: Pres. speeches better when they “strike out…sentences that don’t match what is in their hearts” http://j.mp/hN39h4
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 The Page by Mark HalperinTIME’s Mark Halperin Rates Obama’s Speech as Strong Halperin’s Take: Six reasons why Obama’s Libya address was strong (even if it was a bit repetitive and didn’t address every future contingency): 1. He believed every word of it. |
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| Mar 29, 2011 at 12:55 PM | |
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MT benpolitico NYC officials tell @maghabepolitico Trump didn’t produce real birth certificate. No proof born in the US. http://is.gd/4LQLgl
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 Trump fails to produce birth certificate – Ben Smith Donald Trump made headlines earlier today when he provided what he said was a copy of his birth certificate — but a quick check reveals it’s actually not an official document. The paper that Tr… |
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| Mar 29, 2011 at 1:37 AM | |
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No no, don’t tweet links to full speech. I’d rather read 140 characters of fragmented text at a time w/ horseshit analysis sprinkled on top
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| Mar 29, 2011 at 12:27 AM | |
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Handy clip ‘n’ save guide, though “birther-curious” should be in RT @AdamSerwer: I give you…a birtherism lexicon http://ampro.me/hVHXv0
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 A Birtherism Lexicon Libertarian billionaire David Koch isn’t a birther exactly, he just thinks the president is a Marxist who got all his ideas from his father: David agreed. “He’s the most radical president we’ve … |
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| Mar 29, 2011 at 12:07 AM | |
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Ah, democracy MT @jeffzeleny: Why is Obama speech not in prime time? ABC didn’t want Dancing With the Stars preempted http://nyti.ms/g5vqWf
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| Before Libya, White House Must Negotiate With ABC – NYTimes.com A Presidential address on Libya should be over in time for ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 11:58 PM | |
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Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ): Republicans “don’t deserve the freedoms that are in the Constitution” http://j.mp/dMW8lw Time to retire…
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 Hot Air Lautenberg: Republicans “don’t deserve the freedoms that are in the Constitution!” |
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| Mar 28, 2011 at 1:13 PM | |
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Benetech (where I used to work) on PBS Newshour: “To Combat Human Rights Abuses, CA Company Looks to Computer Code” http://j.mp/eOcjvS
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 To Combat Human Rights Abuses, California Company Looks to Computer Code | PBS NewsHour | March 25, 2011 Spencer Michels reports on a California nonprofit using high-tech tools to document patterns of brutality and combat human rights abuses across the globe. |
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| Mar 28, 2011 at 1:05 PM | |
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Gail Collins mentions Romney putting his dog on car roof for *14th* time since 8/07 http://j.mp/f92odc She has a problem http://j.mp/i3RHxp
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 What’s in a Nickname? – NYTimes.com Let us review our prospective Republican candidates’ given names and positions on Libya. |
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| Mar 28, 2011 at 10:54 AM | |
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RT @mattyglesias: John Quincy Obama: http://ygl.as/hAKcSL
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| Yglesias » John Quincy Obama Daniel Walker Howe on the enduring problematics of technocratic governance in the United States: [John Quincy] Adams’s difficulties did not simply result from his crotchety temperament, nor from… | |
| Mar 27, 2011 at 12:08 AM | |
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Important stuff. RT @cblatts: Behavioral economics and randomized trials: trumpeted, attacked and parried http://bit.ly/eYvnix
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| Behavioral economics and randomized trials: trumpeted, attacked and parried – Chris Blattman Randomized evaluation is not without its critics, who say that there is little benefit in learning rigorously about one context because the lessons will not translate into other contexts. In eff… | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 11:52 PM | |
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More on Good Judgment research team headed by Tetlock: http://j.mp/hCyGVq You can become a forecaster for them here: http://j.mp/emjSF8
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| More Information about The Good Judgment Project More Information about The Good Judgment Project. Created using SurveyGizmo, online survey software. | |
| The Good Judgment Team Invites You to a 2011 Prediction Tournament! The Good Judgment Team Invites You to a 2011 Prediction Tournament!. Created using SurveyGizmo, online survey software. | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 12:26 PM | |
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MT @TimHarford Tetlock has proved that experts can’t forecast: http://goo.gl/T40BO Now he’s looking for the cure: http://goo.gl/1io5Z
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 Everybody’s An Expert Online version of the weekly magazine, with current articles, cartoons, blogs, audio, video, slide shows, an archive of articles and abstracts back to 1925 |
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| Why Most Predictions Are So Bad – Forbes.com And what is actually being done about it. | |
| Mar 24, 2011 at 12:23 PM | |
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RT @ezraklein: Obama’s election “more polarized by racial attitudes than any other presidential election on record”: http://wapo.st/fq9XiN
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 Race and the 2012 election – Ezra Klein – The Washington Post The Northern strategy. |
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| Mar 23, 2011 at 9:59 PM | |
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FOIA’d calendars for Elizabeth Warren notable mostly for illustrating the grueling schedules that public officials keep http://j.mp/hLqXBD
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 Pay and Travel of Elizabeth Warren – Wikicountability Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images Consumer Financial Protection Bureau All records relating to daily schedules including attendees at meetings held by and attended by Professor Warren; All records… |
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| Mar 23, 2011 at 5:41 PM | |
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Visualizing the unusual ends-against-the-middle House vote on the continuing resolution to keep govt. open http://j.mp/gW7FuG
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 House: Three-Week Continuing Resolution Vote | voteview Below we plot an interesting configuration of ideological alliances on the March 15 House vote on a continuing resolution to fund the government for an additional three weeks. The CR passed by a… |
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| Mar 23, 2011 at 12:28 PM | |
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My co-author Peter Ubel & his colleagues on how uncertainty about the status of health care reform feeds the backlash http://j.mp/hmpS4v
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 Online commentary: Health care reform flounders a year after its passage | Detroit Free Press | freep.com Why has health care reform lost traction? The key to gaining widespread support for Obamas signature piece of domestic legislation is to convince the public that the bill is here to stay, write… |
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| Mar 23, 2011 at 12:26 PM | |
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New psych research: “Dirty Liberals! Reminders of physical cleanliness influence moral and political attitudes” http://j.mp/dTtZkm (PDF)
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| Mar 23, 2011 at 11:18 AM | |
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RT @smotus: Great post from @jbplainblog about the importance of knowing the rituals of parties if u want the nomination http://t.co/eXUxgHV
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| A plain blog about politics: Palin and Playing By the Rules Why is Sarah Palin, as she is now, not going to win the Republican nomination for president? And why will the leaders of the Republican Party be acting sensibly in making that choice? I’ve talke… | |
| Mar 23, 2011 at 1:09 AM | |
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Bayh for president! MT @noamscheiber Barbour: “president…is…principal advocate for American policy…[that’s] equivalent to lobbying”
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| Mar 22, 2011 at 2:44 PM | |
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US health care system isn’t just over-treating patients — it’s over-diagnosing them http://j.mp/fPI2fX Makes limiting costs very difficult.
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 Are you really sicker? Or did you just see more doctors? | The Incidental Economist The bomb at the center of health services research has detonated. It’s this: patterns of diagnosis do not simply reflect patient characteristics. They are, in |
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| Mar 22, 2011 at 2:36 PM | |
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5% of enrollees consume 54% of Medicaid spending http://j.mp/hwMyLc That’s why we need more efforts like this: http://j.mp/eLWMzW
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 The Medicaid population in one chart | The Incidental Economist Here’s an illuminating chart brought to my attention by JimHufford. Pay close attention to how spending is broken out by Medicaid eligibility category. The |
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 Lower Costs and Better Care for Neediest Patients Online version of the weekly magazine, with current articles, cartoons, blogs, audio, video, slide shows, an archive of articles and abstracts back to 1925 |
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| Mar 22, 2011 at 2:36 PM | |
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Trust in public institutions is driven by the state of the economy: http://j.mp/gcZbKe See also John Sides: http://j.mp/fyEt5y
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 Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson document that trust in public institutions, particularly in banks, business and government, has declined over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests… |
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 What Will Make People Trust Goverment Again? BarackObamathinksit’srestricti onsonlobbyistsandmoreopenness: bq.Wefaceadeficitoftrust–deep andcorrosivedoubtsabouthowWash ingtonworksthathavebeengrowing foryears.Toclosethatcredibilit ygap,wehavetot… |
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| Mar 22, 2011 at 1:31 PM | |
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New research from friends at Duke uses Twitter networks to estimate political leanings: http://j.mp/dF2VuP Results: http://j.mp/gSbAqj (PDF)
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| On Twitter, Conservative (or Liberal) by Association – NYTimes.com A group of political scientists from Duke University say they can reliably determine the political leanings of people or organizations by looking at their connections on Twitter. | |
| Mar 22, 2011 at 12:51 PM | |
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Ouch. @willwilkinson on D. Brooks “mixing half-comprehended items of relevant research w/irrelevant & confusing factoids” http://j.mp/g1z7WB
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 David Brooks on Freedom and Commitment Chapter 12 of The Social Animal, “Freedom and Commitment,” contains Brooks’ attempt to draw on contemporary research in the psychological and social sciences to adjudicate between what he sees a… |
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| Mar 22, 2011 at 12:45 PM | |
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MT @ezraklein: If the president proposed More Puppies Act, minority would discover it holds fervently pro-cat beliefs http://wapo.st/fkjZ39
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 Would Obama help or hurt deficit negotiations? – Ezra Klein – The Washington Post The implicit assumption of the letter that the Gang of 64 sent President Obama is that it’d be easier to craft a budget deal if the White House was aggressively and publicly involved |
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| Mar 22, 2011 at 1:17 AM | |