Strategic Allied Consulting has recently been fired by state Republican parties in response to reports of large numbers of questionable registration forms produced by the group. It turns out that the company was set up by one Nathan Sproul, who … Continue reading
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The remarkable Antikythera mechanism is a device more than 2000 years old apparently intended to compute the positions of the classical planets, predict eclipses, and perform related astronomical calculations. The website of Britain’s Guardian newspaper published an interesting article today … Continue reading
Peter Orszag, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Obama and now at Citigroup, had an interesting piece in the August 23 Washington Post on Paul Ryan’s budget, which has been very popular with Republicans. Among … Continue reading
In July a New Yorker named Brett Cohen hoaxed a bunch of people in Times Square into believing that he was a celebrity simply by adopting the trappings of celebrity — body guards, Paparazzi, and hanger’s on. It was apparently … Continue reading
Assuming anybody besides me actually reads this blog at all, some significant fraction of you are probably pretty sick of politics at this point. I could say something pretentious about the importance of political involvement in a democracy, but the … Continue reading
A forthcoming research article (PDF) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports some pretty convincing evidence of gender bias even in the university science departments. Quoting from the abstract, … In a randomized double-blind study (n = … Continue reading
According to Conan O’Brien, “Gangnam Style” is poised to surpass “Call Me, Maybe” on YouTube as the song most likely to rouse Cthulhu from his ancient slumber. by … Continue reading
A recent Bloomberg survey (conducted September 21-24) suggests that Mitt Romney’s approval rating trails that of former President George W. Bush. More specifically, only 43 percent of survey respondents said they have a favorable a opinion of Romney versus 50 … Continue reading
In an independent political Internet video sponsored by the Jewish Council for Education and Research (!), Samuel L. Jackson urges political activists to get serious about re-electing Obama. Partisan, over the top, and something like what you’d expect if Samuel … Continue reading