CBS Spooked

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On January 2, 2009

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Alex has an interesting story:I had an interesting experience with CBS after [the Dan Rather imbroglio], which may bear repeating. Quite suddenly, some time in the early summer of 2005,.

Special Election Caveat

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On January 1, 2009

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While this point is well taken, I suspect that if the New York and Delaware Senate succession rules mandated special elections, then we wouldn't have either Secretary of State Clinton.

3-0

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On January 1, 2009
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I don't really pay much attention to college football these days -- an admission that I think would earn me an ass-kicking from Rob, Scott and Paul if I lived within driving distance of, well, anywhere -- but this must have been just about the crappiest...

Happy New Year!

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On December 31, 2008

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2008 kind of sucked, except for the obvious. Hopefully 2009 will be better. Stay safe tonight; we can't exactly afford to lose any regular readers...

Score Choice?

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On December 31, 2008
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What Dana said:The College Board has decided, against the wishes of many college admissions officials and advocates for low-income students, to institute "score choice," allowing students to withhold from colleges all but their highest combined SAT score.I'm against this for a number of reasons. First, it's...

The Powell Precedent

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On December 31, 2008

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My vacation has limited my blog reading, so I assume someone else has already discussed this. But since I haven't seen it much, I feel compelled to point out that.

Competitive Balance!

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On December 31, 2008
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As an addendum to Matt's post, allow me to note from the frozen tundra of Alberta that the NHL offers us a good controlled experiment in the effectiveness of salary caps in terms of ensuring competitive balance, as it's gone from a good free-market system to...

Syllabus Bleg

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On December 30, 2008

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Each spring, I have to teach an introductory, interdisciplinary social science course with the banal title, "Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences." In years past, we've spent most of.

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