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Google Zeitgeist on the 2008 Race

Posted on December 11, 2008
      

Persuasion Techniques among Would-be Fascists

Posted on December 11, 2008
Quoting extracts from the BNP articles, Finlay and Wood say the arguments resemble a conspiracy theory and they identify the use of two tools of persuasion in relation to Muslims in Britain: the “accentuation effect”, which is the attempt to portray outgroups as homogeneous and distinct from ingroups; and “essentialism”, which is the idea that [...

CFP: useR! 2009, the R user conference

Posted on December 11, 2008
Deadline: February 27, 2009. useR! 2009, the R user conference, will take place at Agrocampus Ouest, Rennes, France from 2009-07-08 to 2009-07-10. Pre-conference tutorials will take place on July 7. The conference is organized by Agrocampus Ouest and the Rennes 2 University and it is funded by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing...

Judicial decision making in a ?blink?

Posted on December 10, 2008
     I have recently read a trio of books by Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point, Outliers, and Blink. I will likely post on these reads in more depth in the future, but I recently read a review of Blink by Judge Richard Posner in The New Republic. He aptly articulates the gist of Gladwell’s work: Malcolm Gladwell, [...

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The Review of Reviews

Posted on December 10, 2008
Review of “The Making of FDR: The Story of Stephen T.  Early, America’s First Modern Press Secretary,” Review of “Act of Justice: Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the Law of War.”  Review of “Big Enough to Be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race...

Matchday: Arsenal v FC Porto

Posted on December 10, 2008
Champions League, today. In the meantime:       

Woodrow Wilson School, Not R.I.P.

Posted on December 10, 2008
From the Chronicle: Princeton and Robertson Family Settle Titanic Donor-Intent Lawsuit Princeton University and the heirs of a major donor to the institution have settled their bitter dispute over an endowment that supports the university?s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs...

The Center for American Progress

Posted on December 10, 2008
An interesting discussion of the Center for American Progress in Joe Davidson’s Federal Diary column today: Despite Soloway’s misgivings, the report takes on added significance because it comes from the Center for American Progress just weeks before Barack Obama becomes boss-in-chief...

Today in Presidential History: Teddy Bear Edition

Posted on December 10, 2008
  12.10.1906: Teddy Roosevelt awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for helping negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War. This paper argues that Roosevelt was constrained by European nations when searching for a mediated solution...

CFP: Annual Meeting of the International Network for Social Network Analysis

Posted on December 10, 2008
Second Call for Abstracts: Sunbelt XXIX: The Annual Meeting of the International Network for Social Network Analysis San Diego, California, March 10-15, 2009 Abstract & Early Registration Deadline: December, 15, 2008 Conference registration, Abstract Submission, and Hotel Accommodations can be made at: http://www...

Winter Law & Courts newsletter

Posted on December 09, 2008
… is now available here, and has an address by the new section chair, Stefanie Lindquist.       

Zorn and Peppers on law clerk influence

Posted on December 09, 2008
Just in case you want to see some source material on the recently famous work of Chris Zorn and Todd Peppers on law clerk influence on SCOTUS, they have posted the paper on SSRN here. Their project was highlighted in the New York Times and the ABA Journal...

Fake America

Posted on December 09, 2008
From IEEE Spectrum: The group has designed what it claims is the largest, most detailed, and realistic computer model of the lives of about 100 million Americans, using enormous amounts of publicly available demographic data. The model?s makers hope the simulation will shed light on the effects of human comings and goings, such as how a [...

CFP: American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting

Posted on December 09, 2008
The 19th Annual Meeting of the American Law and Economics Association will be held on Friday and Saturday, May 15-16, 2009, at The University of San Diego. To submit a paper, click here.       

The Power of Coincidence

Posted on December 09, 2008
Asks Science: does coincidence enrich your life? Some excerpts: James Redfield, author of the best seller The Celestine Prophesy (1), describes a number of insights that he predicts may have an impact on us in the future as we become more aware of how human beings are connected to each other through coincidence...

Hodgepodge

Posted on December 09, 2008
RFP: Healthy Kids, Health Communities Syncing Gcal and iCal WDVX       

RFP: Summer Doctoral Institute for Research and Study on Institutions & Development

Posted on December 09, 2008
At GW: Learn from renowned professors in your field of study. Network with peers from around the world. Grow as a researcher and creator of knowledge. This summer, seven to ten doctoral students will be selected to participate in the prestigious GW-CIBER Summer Doctoral Institute for Research and Study on Institutions & Development...

Today in Presidential History: Bailout/Credible Commitments Edition

Posted on December 09, 2008
December 9, 1975: Ford signs a $2.3 billion loan package to keep NYC from going broke. Check out this view on the management of NYC post-1975: The paper develops a critical analysis of the intellectual project of the “new urban right,” highlighting the role of conservative and free-market think tanks in the formation, elaboration, and diffusion of [...

Taking tests

Posted on December 08, 2008
Jeff Lipshaw has a pretty interesting and entertaining post on test taking on the Legal Profession Blog. It focuses on fact pattern type essay questions, but has some applications that are more general. Certainly, there is a lot that can be said on this topic...

Today in Presidential History: Gompers Edition

Posted on December 08, 2008
December 8, 1886: The AFL is formed in Columbus, Ohio. Samuel Gompers is the first president. In October 31, 1932, Hoover quoted Gompers (who died in 1924), on the eve of a landslide defeat to FDR: “It is a question of whether it shall be government ownership or private ownership under control...

The Facebook Effect

Posted on December 08, 2008
Says Al Kamen: Question No. 58 in the transition team vetting document for the Obama White House asks that applicants “please provide the URL address of any websites that feature you in either a personal or professional capacity (e.g. Facebook, My Space, etc...

Interior, Energy, and the EPA

Posted on December 08, 2008
Lots of names being mentioned as possible appointees. These two stand out: but Kansas Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’s considerable stock seems to be holding steady for energy — or at least some Cabinet post. and There’s buzz that the transition folks are also looking hard at some scientific types for the energy job, including Steven Chu, director [...

Nudge

Posted on December 08, 2008
For Nudge fans: Cass Sunstein on Nudge (along with commentators), at Cato. Expanding on their widely discussed article on “libertarian paternalism,” Professors Sunstein and Thaler argue that people often make bad choices on diet, retirement savings, health insurance, and contributing to climate change...

CFP: ?Rapid Modelling? Conference

Posted on December 08, 2008
[NB: I know, I think it should be "modeling", too.] CFP: 1st rapid modelling conference “Increasing Competitiveness - Tools and Mindset” The RMC09 Conference team is pleased to invite you to the 1st Rapid Modelling Conference (http://www.unine...

Today in Presidential History: Adams Family Edition

Posted on December 07, 2008
December 7, 1796: John Adams chosen president by electors. “I cannot O! I cannot be reconciled to living as I have done for 3 years past? Will you let me try to soften, if I cannot wholy) releave you, from your Burden of Cares and perplexities?” The Adams family wrote a lot of letters...

Parents in Prison

Posted on December 07, 2008
New from the BJS, “Parents in Prison and their Minor Children“. Abstract: This report compares estimates of the number of incarcerated parents and their children under the age of 18, by gender, age, race, and Hispanic origin in State and Federal prisons in 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, and 2007...

CFP: Group & Organization Management Conceptual Issue

Posted on December 07, 2008
Group & Organization Management: CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Conceptual Issue The Editorial Team of Group & Organization Management would like to invite authors to submit proposals for a new feature of the Journal ? a Conceptual Review Issue. Articles for the Conceptual Issue are intended to be high-impact scholarly conceptual pieces based on extant development in research [...

CFP: The James C. Johnson Student Paper Award Competition 2008-2009

Posted on December 06, 2008
Of interest, for students working on personnel/management issues in public agencies: The IPMA-HR Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is sponsoring its annual James C. Johnson Student Paper Competition in order to recognize the contributions of students in the field of personnel assessment...

Today in Presidential History: Broadcast Edition

Posted on December 06, 2008
December 6, 2008: The first radio broadcast of a presidential address, by Calvin Coolidge to Congress. Here’s the speech. Here are some key radio events in 1923. Possibly more important than Coolidge’s address: the first broadcast of the Rose Bowl, and the first broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada...

Frost/Nixon

Posted on December 05, 2008
The Times has a review. Here’s the trailer: I know it’s silly, but I think Frank Langella would look more like Nixon if they had used one of those plastic masks.       

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