Rob Farley might not have been born to burgle, but perhaps what we study influences what endowed chair we earn. Consider the curious case of Dr. Ed Diener:Professor Diener is listed as one of the most highly cited psychologists by the Institute of Scientific Information,...
Month: February 2010
Stop the presses!I swear if I read one more thing about spoiled Baby Boomers not understanding the gloriousness of The Greatest Generation I'm going to move from dissent to resistance.Also,.
The best event I attended at ISA this year wasn’t the panel on pirates, nor the panel on war law, nor the panel on blogging, nor the gender and security.
No, I'm not discussing a Canadian perspective on the ignominy of losing to an inferior team, in their national sport, during the Olympics, in Canada. Though that must still sting a little, even following their destruction of the Russians and concomitant return to their rightful...
David Axe at War is Boring critiques the latest Navy strategy document for conflating piracy, terrorists and national insurgents. There are no proven links between Somali pirates, based in northern.
Let me recommend the excellent work of Amy Butler at Ares on the new Air Force tanker contract bid situation. Long story short, Northrup-Grumman/EADS/Airbus is claiming that the new requirements.
Col. Mustard, among many others, accuses Democrats of being hypocrites for planning to use the majority rules votes that govern pretty much every other legislature in the world to pass health care reform in the Senate. This kind of procedural tu quoque is useless even...
And in anticipation of what should be the highlight of the Games, hopefully Joe Thornton is being told to channel the spirit of John Tonelli.Most importantly of all, let's hope.
Lori Gottlieb's argument about why women should panic if they're not married at some particular age makes claims that are not consistent with the data. It's also a prominent example.
As Rob mentioned already, I spoke at an ISA panel on blogs and the academy last week. Key questions included whether or not blogs matter for policy, to what extent academic blogging is reshaping the profession as a whole, and how to mitigate the perils...
The British are searching for oil just off the coast of some small islands far away from anywhere, though I understand that Argentina is relatively near by, thinks the Falklands.
Some thoughts on the Miranda-application ruling handed down today.