Robert's Stochastic thoughts

Karen Tumulty wrote a good article including one bad sentence on the Republican all the eggs in the Obamacare basket case strategy. ...

The wikipedia lives up to it's name. Earlier today, the capo* of the Sinaloa Cartel El Chapo Guzman was arrested in Mazatlan MEXICO CI...

Glenn Kessler noted that the latest ad presenting an alleged Obamacare victim doesn't add up right. Koch funded "Americans for Pr...

I have a more critical take here , but I want to note that Glenn Kessler did a great fact checking job figuring out the maximum possible cos...

I mean that he loves the phrase "both sides". This fact check is pretty much "Opinions on shape of planet differ. Both side...

I need a metaphor and no one is answering at metaphor customer service. I need a nuancing partner for weasel word. A weasel word is a qua...

I managed to resist commenting over at Krugman's blog but not here I think Krugman didn't go far enough. I think the heuristic ...

Post deleted because Coberly wouldn't enjoy reading it and no one else would care.

Commenting on Smith, Krugman wrote "real business cycle theorists ... aren’t like French generals getting ready to fight World War I...

Smith quotes House "We now know more about the details of price setting than any other field in economics. "--House I actually d...

This is getting out of hand. I felt the need to comment on this post by Noah Smith after reading the first paragraph The eternally simme...

Three planets walk into a bar. It's the dive where planets grow to guzzle cubic megameters of beer and complain about the kids these d...

Ed Kilgore wrote (among other things) "accept the validity of other religions", " Erick Erickson’s denials that I’m a Chris...

OK I read on and got to " if, on the other hand, she just doesn’t think HRC is progressive enough, or anti-Wall Street enough, or “pass...

I have a very high opinion of Ed Kilgore. I also agree with most things that he writes. But, for some reason, most of my comments there a...

In The Observer, Ken Kurson finds proof that it is possible to report for our nation's journal of record for more than 20 years withou...

Portman Explains His Vote Against Extending Unemployment Insurance My son isn't unemployed. Believe me, I am being kind. His actual...

I expected to enjoy Dana Milbank's article entitled "From Obamacare to the IRS scandal, Republicans are ignoring the facts" ...

Noah Smith and Chris House are engaged in a stimulating blogospheric discussion. I am tempted to engage House in debate. I am not at all t...

Well I have learned nothing, but the foolish people who take my predictions seriously have learned not to trust my predictions. Noah Smith ...