A colleague tells me of a new political science blog that is in the works. It would feature a group of political scientists, blogging mostly about American politics, public opinion, and elections in a uniquely data-driven kind of way. Trust me that this blog would be different than The Monkey Cage and its kindred, and, if plans come together, a very welcome addition to the political science blogosphere and to the politics blogosphere generally.
Here is the problem: it needs a name. Something that clearly signals its content and its political science-y orientation, so as to distinguish it from other politics blogs. (In other words, something that’s not “The Monkey Cage”!) Also, it should be catchy. Clever(ish). A good brand. You get the idea.
Please leave your ideas in comments. If someone suggests the winning name, he or she will get a prize. I don’t know what the prize will be, but it will be…a prize of some kind.
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Easy one:
Information Shortcut
Samuel Popkin will never leave my brain (Thank you Dr. Greg Shaw).
No Ethics, The Top Hat, Top Hats & Suits, Politics at War, The Last President(s), The Fourth Way, Hitting the Tree(s)
i like no ethics the best
Political (VO) Keys
Mayhew’s Pavilion
What, When and How
Charisma, Tradition and Rationality (the order doesn’t matter, does it?)
The Three Puppeteers (to cover the three main political parties)
Political Word
Analysis Politicus
Polyscicruncher
Bayesian Updates.
The Data Point
The Mood Unit
what about POLZI SCHEMES ?
Don’t Believe The Truth
Model Politics
Model Political Behavior
I was trying to think of something legitimately clever involving American politics and data-driven analysis, but after I thought of “Freedom of Regression” it’s been nothing but terrible statistics wordplay.
I prefer a descriptive title. I don’t see why it needs to be catchy if it’s accurate. How about “American politics and public opinion”?
I’d go with a Robert Dahl reference and call it Homo Politicus – seems fitting.
open politics
Truths That Are Not Self-Evident
Writing for Woodrow
Regressive Politics
Regressive in this sense, but obviously playing on models of statistical regression: The act of reasoning backward from an effect to a cause.
Political Regression
Ars Conjetandi
Ars Politica
‘The Word’ or ‘The P Word’
The Hanging Chad
The 4th Branch
We asked an Elephant and an Ass…
Whoops:
*Ars Conjectandi
Ethel the Aardvark Goes Analyzing Politics.
The Median Blogger
There Will Be Politics
Regression isn’t causation either.
Politicalfellas
The Political Mile
Country for Political (Wo)men
Political Story 2
Policy Moods
Congress, Congress, Congress
Ideally Estimated Politics
Homer Gets A Data Bump
Homer Gets A Party ID
Sex, Drugs and Roll Calls (I guarantee a maximum audience)
Nay & Aye
What’s the Matter With NOMINATE
– By order of preference (last one not counting).
“Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy”
Polly Sigh
Stata of the Union
Follow the Data
PreDispoNation
Degrees of Freedom
Boring ~ But I Suppose Someone Has To Do It
Not this post, a title for the unnamed blog.
Why is it that academic insist on using new communications technology to simply re-create the irrelevant categories that make their academic work mostly, well, irrelevant?
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