I have a lot of problems with statistical analysis. Most of my complaints go straight to the heart of the use of large-n studies of groups — irritating quant people,...
So I’ve just returned from Providence, RI, where an IHS conference on social change was held at Brown University. Stars of the show included the ever-lucid Will Wilkinson (recently in...
Who’s worse than Mugabe? And why don’t we hear about him? Perfectly good question fielded a few days ago by Peter Maass at Slate. I haven’t kept up with the...
Though not a surprising one. /Film reports that a sequel (or possibly a prequel) is in the works for 300. Now, I loved 300–it’s one of the few martial films...
OK, banner week: three movie reviews for you. Wanted and War, Inc. over at the Washington Times, and the new direct-to-DVD Futurama movie, The Beast with a Billion Backs over...