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May 17, 2013 9:20 AM Ignore the Twitter News Cycle on Scandals

On Tuesday, they were measuring out the president's tomb. Yesterday, with no big revelations on any of the current scandals (or "scandals" as the case may be), liberals at least, and I get the sense much of the neutral press,...

By Jonathan Bernstein

May 15, 2013 9:20 AM Wall Street Journal Continues Subversive Estate Tax Campaign

I’ve taught in elite academic settings for a while now. Academic life being what it is, many of my students come from wealthy backgrounds. Children of the affluent can attend great high schools and extra tutoring. They can take unpaid...

By Harold Pollack

May 14, 2013 8:00 AM “Full DisclosureBrag” in Political Reporting

How many times have you seen something like this in an article by a Washington-based political reporter:What’s also true is that Obama and [Kamala] Harris are longtime friends. She was a featured speaker at the Democratic Convention in Charlotte. And...

By Keith Humphreys

May 08, 2013 9:20 AM Why Doesn't America Have Liberal Hack Economists? (Obamacare Edition)

To return to an oldie but goody: it's still striking to me that no one has jumped up to fill what appears to be a market opening for hack economists on the liberal side. This comes to mind this time...

By Jonathan Bernstein

May 08, 2013 9:02 AM According to David Brooks, Staying Out of Jail Is a Conservative Value

The New York Times columnist writes: First, immigration opponents are effectively trying to restrict the flow of conservatives into this country. In survey after survey, immigrants are found to have more traditional ideas about family structure and community than comparable...

By Andrew Gelman