Daily Archive: November 19, 2009
This is not a persuasive rejoinder to rigorous sports analysis
Peter King, being snide: There are many reasons why I like the Patriots, but the biggest is that all the statisticians of the world got together the other day and ran all the Pats/Jets...
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Afghanistan?
Spencer Ackerman points me to this Tom Ricks post on David Kilcullen’s speech re: Afghanistan. Ricks on Kilcullen’s central argument: His [Kilcullen’s] bottom line is that there are two real options in Afghanistan: Either...
Scary
Barry Ritholtz has a table comparing the bull market rallies in 1982 and 2009. One has the support of sound fundamentals and one does not. See for yourselves.
More Blawgging
The Legal Theory Blog takes aim at two of the most meaningless, empty and (unfortunately) frequently used terms in conservative political discourse when constitutional law is involved: strict constructionism and judicial activism.
