18 Dec 2014
by Brandon Valeriano
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Not even a week has gone by and my blog on the Monkey Cage/Washington Post about the hack of Sony by North Korea is already likely outdated. North Korea’s cyber team dubbing themselves the Guardians of the Peace vowed to … Continue reading
18 Nov 2014
by Brandon Valeriano
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I have to admit it, I have had a problem blogging lately. It has been so long it took me a minute to remember how to login and start a new post. It is not that I have writers block … Continue reading
6 Nov 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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The first time I thought about not voting, I was at the APSA teaching and learning conference some years ago (2009?) in a stream of discussions about learning outcome assessments for core courses in Political Science. While measurement issues pose … Continue reading
9 Oct 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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We are seeing too, too many children and other non-combatants dying in Gaza. Global reaction has ranged from justification (What do you expect when Hamas intentionally places weapons in hospitals and schools?) to mobs attacking Jewish establishments and chants of … Continue reading
4 Oct 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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As I was cruising Inside Higher Ed this early afternoon, I found a post about finding perspective in a tough academic job market. In it, William Bradley, a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at St. Lawrence University, tells the story … Continue reading
23 Sep 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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In trying to explain the results of the Scottish Referendum, the Telegraph, a major British newspaper, claims that the unemployed supported independence. The evidence? Aggregate results that show Scottish counties with high unemployment rates supporting independence at a higher rate … Continue reading
19 Sep 2014
by R. William Ayres
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There has been a lot of buzz lately about secession, owing to the Scottish vote yesterday on the question of whether to leave the United Kingdom. As a scholar of secessionism, it’s thrilling to see this stuff back in the … Continue reading
18 Sep 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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Editor’s Note: This post is co-authored by Andy Osiwak and Chad Clay, Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, and is cross-posted at Quantitative Peace. It also owes a debt to our colleagues in UGA’s Departments of International Affairs and … Continue reading
11 Sep 2014
by Brandon Valeriano
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Many people love APSA (at least until they are sleeping on the lawn because someone decides to find their inner fire bug), but IR folks have a less than cozy relationship with the conference. Often, our attendance depends on the … Continue reading
3 Sep 2014
by Brandon Valeriano
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The madness has to stop. Things are getting out of hand for those that do statistical research and try to publish their results. Reviewers for quantitative political science articles have gone off the deep end in their requests for revisions … Continue reading