April 2009
7 posts
Vets: targets for nutjob right wing groups?
It would seem that the obvious is still true: it is not politically wise to badmouth (or make reports that have the possibility of being inferred as badmouthing) the mostly sacred cows of the American polity, military veterans. This recent flap, reminds me of the formalization of the end of John Kerry’s 2008 run.
“Air Force yields in F-22 fighter dispute”
– Nice headline, eh? There have been quite a few stories recently, since Gates’ announcement about moving to the F-35 and bypassing the F-22.
Now, I realize the Force wanted the Raptor, at least in part because its generals are largely ex-fighter jocks, but this headline makes the real...
ANES vs. CPS: respondent fibbing compared
Michael McDonald, another man who makes the effort to infer political phenomena from the government’s Current Population Survey, compares over-reporting in the ANES to the over-reporting on the CPS, finding it much worse in the former. LINK to McDonald’s entry
Add this to your feedreaders, folks
While the result here in suburbia is making me a veritable temporary single parent, we should keep our eyes on some field work going on in Tbilisi (and elsewhere) right now. You must have a browser that supports iframes to view the BBC weather forecast
News suggests some upcoming turmoil, which is a mixed blessing for Julie. Before she left town yesterday, we tried to set it up so she could post...