Robert's Stochastic thoughts

I’m old enough to remember when Republicans insisted that anyone who said they wanted to cut Medicare was a demagogue, because I’m more th...

Always click the link Even the conservative Josh Barro.  I am surprised every day which he continues to self identify as a conservative. ...

Menzie Chinn who has access to a sample of at least one Asian American wrote some good speculation (his word)  on  why 70% Asian Americans ...

Kevin Drum has an outstanding post on lead there .  I have a mediocre comment there and here. When I finished the Steinglass quotes I was ...

First I think this would be a great title for the sequel to "What's the Matter with Kansas" (WTMWK below) this one explaining ...

Could it really be a coincidence that decades before Very Serious Germans (and Germans can be very very serious) presented their theory of t...

Ah something I know something about -- immigrants with postgraduate degrees. Katherine Geier wrote on the topic. So why, then, don’t we...

Everything is possible and I think that Dean Baker just lost a debate with a Washington Post reporter. Post reporter Zachary A. Goldfarb  ...

At Frum forum Justin Green extensively quotes Jeb Golonkin on how conservativism could be much better if conservatives made specific poli...

What do Damon Runyon and David Brooks have in common ? "nothing between human beings is more than three to one." Attributed to D...

Kevin Drum has a very good post describing how terrible a manager Romney is as demonstrated by his shambolic campaign.  The key result is t...

I think this is the best post I have read so far on the topic .  Just go read it before reading my comment below. Of course I have my usu...

LOL Catz the joke's on you  Franklin, Tenn. resident Michael Brown, is under investigation (and has his computer stuff under seal) by ...

Suzy Khimm interviews Kent "Chainsaw"* Conrad The key part in which Conrad totally dodges Khimm's question is So do yo...

My comment on this post is so intemperate that I will put it only here -- I use this blog as a trash can for excessive rudeness. I must ...

Lamarckable: adj extremely rapid as a result of of a perceived need for the sake of survival. Often used to modify the noun "evolutio...

Bliss was it in that dawn (Nov 7 2012) to be alive (and learn of the total failure of ORCA) But   (to learn that Microsoft developed Orca)...

Josh Marshall doesn't support comments on his generally excellent posts, so I have to say that this post is unusually excellent.  In it...

Is that John Boehner will act like Winston Churchill.  That is to say, we are screwed. Let me explain.  I am not talking about Churchill t...

Wow.  Noted without further comment GOP’s rejection of higher tax rates an obstacle to debt deal Paul Kane and David A. Fahrenthold