Robert's Stochastic thoughts

I don't think knives in the Senate chamber will be needed to deal with Orange Julius. I am inclined to fantasize two things. First I ...

I have long believed that, if there is a God, He (or She) created to world to find the ultimate abyss of idiocy. This causes me great conce...

I have a Jon Chait problem. I generally agree with him on most issues. I find him very provocative. I am very sure that no one cares abou...

The Wire meets the GOP

I have trusted The Washington Post, since I learned how to read. However, By Abigail Hauslohner, Paul Duggan, Jack Gillum and Aaron C. Davi...

I admire both Jon Chait and Glenn Greenwald. They do not admire each other. I enjoy it when they debate. Sometimes they both make fools o...

I read an interesting blog post on the web. I didn't save the url. Fortunately, I didn't read it at a funeral. Google sends me to S...

This is a very interesting article on psychology and support for Donald Trump. It isn't wildly original, but it is brief clear and con...

1. I guess from the TV series it is official that John Snow is the son of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryan 2. I'm a fairly sure that...

Josh Barro notes that Republicans hate colleges and universities . The naive kid argued that this shows a cost of the recent left wing idioc...

I am having a twitter quarrel with @radiofreeTom. It began with this tweet I suggested that we ask Hans Blix if Saddam Hussein cooper...

One source said Trump called the House bill “mean, mean, mean” and said, “We need to be more generous, more kind.” The other source said T...

Have I come up with a title less attractive than "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative" ? I certainly don't expect anyone to read t...

COTTON: “Do you believe Donald Trump colluded with Russia?” COMEY: “It’s a question I don’t think I should answer in open session.” S...

I was already worried that I'g starting to like Ben Sasse more than I want anyone to like a conservative Republican when I saw this twee...

I admire Jonathan Chait. In particular, I admire his denunciation of those (e.g. Barack Obama) who criticize "some in my party" w...

update: OK the bill came back from the dead and has now been approved by 217 representatives. At the moment Ryan isn't the sad man (alt...

This is a very closed thread for my students to comment on my course while it is in course. Comments may be posted as anonymous.

Take two aspirins and call me in the morning (or maybe in 100 years). As usual, I want to talk about crude empiricism vs microfoundations....