Polling: Playing the Political Numbers Game
Americans are awash in political polls and statistics. How to be an educated consumer of political polls. Do's and don'ts of the polling biz. Suggestions for improvements in political polling.
View ArticleCharisma: What Is it?
Why are John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Winston Churchill considered charismatic? Is charisma always good? (hint: think Adolf Hitler)
View ArticleScrapping Science: Do Facts Really Matter?
Obama: "...promoting science isn’t just about providing resources—it’s about protecting free and open inquiry. It’s about listening to what our scientists have to say, even when it’s...
View ArticleQuestioning candidates
The candidates are skirting issues related to environment, energy and science policy. Heard promising plans for greener energy, solid science advice, or coping with the decline of oil? We neither...
View ArticleSenators, governors and other mammals…
Can our evolutionary roots explain that self-destructive search for sex - and sexual companionship? Could Darwinian psychology constitute the cause home-wrecking, career-blitzing fatal attractions?
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The Better Angels of our Nature
The Better Angels of our Nature Stephen Pinker • Viking, 2011. 802 pp. This is a long book with an audacious claim — that human violence has precipitously declined over the centuries. After the...
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Losing in politics & sports
Election shocker: Half the country disappointed! The re-election of President Obama this week has elated his supporters and succored the tele-slaves eager to forget the tide of political sewage that...
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