- A model of White House Chief of Staff departures. The main finding confirms some conventional wisdom: departure is more likely when the president is unpopular.
- Political dynasties (pdf). “We show that dynastic prevalence in the Congress of the United States is high compared to other occupations…we find that political power is self-perpetuating: legislators who hold power for longer become more likely to have relatives entering Congress in the future. Thus, in politics, power begets power.” [Via Brendan Nyhan]
- Study of signage at 9/12 Tea Party rally finds few examples of “racially charged anti-Obama messages.”
- Teens text every 10 minutes, on average. Yikes yikes yikes.
- Annals of attack ads: my opponent kicks children in the face.
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Every 10 minutes? My students text something like every 2 minutes. I never thought passing notes would be on the “when I was a boy…” list.
That attack ad is… no words. They should have sent a poet.
What a bad article re: exams.
The reason for the decline of the final? Professors want to take off early! Man that’s so easy.
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