Journalism

153 posts

February 2019

• JOLABOKAFLOD—“CRASHED”. 2019-02-25

September 2018

• SMALL SAMPLES. 2018-09-10

March 2018

• “HOW PUNDITS NEVER GET IT WRONG”—-THE 40% RULE. 2018-03-01

April 2017

• A TRADITIONALIST REMAINS UNCONVINCED (COMMENT). 2017-04-05
• USING THE SINGULAR “THEY” BECAUSE IT’S TRADITIONAL. 2017-04-04
• VINDICATION FOR “THEY” AS A GENDER-NEUTRAL SINGULAR PRONOUN. 2017-04-03

March 2017

• STATES WHICH REQUIRE THE OXFORD COMMA IN STATUTES. 2017-03-24
• THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AVOIDED USING PROBABILITIES IN THEIR FORECASTS. 2017-03-19
• SHOULD THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSIST IN A WEATHER FORECAST THAT IT KNOWS IS WRONG? 2017-03-18
• JOE BOB BRIGGS’ BRIEF HISTORY OF THE REDNECK. 2017-03-02

February 2017

• THE PHILOSOPHICAL REASONING UNDERLYING TOM WOLFE’S USE OF EXCLAMATION POINTS. 2017-02-24
• TOM WOLFE AND THE EXCLAMATION POINT. 2017-02-23
• A RANDOM EVENT? 2017-02-08
• A CHESS SCANDAL—OR A RANDOM EVENT? 2017-02-07
• A CHESS SCANDAL? 2017-02-06

January 2017

• KIM KARDASHIAN—“THE AMERICAN WOMAN”. 2017-01-17
• WHY CARLSEN’S FINAL MOVE WAS BRILLIANT. 2017-01-06
• YOU TOO CAN WORK OUT CARLSEN’S BRILLIANT FINAL MOVE. 2017-01-04

December 2016

• THE CULTURAL DIVIDE ON PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. 2016-12-07
• HOW TRUMP PLAYED “THE HEEL”. 2016-12-06
• HOW THE MEDIA PLAYED THE FOIL TO TRUMP’S “HEEL” CHARACTER. 2016-12-05

November 2016

• WHAT IS IMPORTANT IF CAMPAIGNS ARE NOT? 2016-11-18
• DO POLITICAL CONSULTANTS MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?—A CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT. 2016-11-17

September 2016

• EVIDENCE THAT AMERICANS NEVER DID TALK POLITICS WITH PEOPLE THEY DISAGREED WITH. 2016-09-17
• SHOULD IT BE A DEBATE OR A PRESS CONFERENCE? 2016-09-16

July 2016

• MY ANNUAL RANTS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PROCEDURES (COMMENT). 2016-07-28
• “I SOLD MY FARM TO BUY MY CROWN.” 2016-07-08
• “THE WORLD IS IN GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM….” 2016-07-07

June 2016

• CIPRO—MILLIONS OF PRESCRIPTIONS, SPARSE DATA. 2016-06-22
• DRUG WARNINGS SHOULD INCLUDE NUMBERS IN ADDITION TO VAGUE WORDS—CIPRO. 2016-06-21

October 2015

• PREDICTIONS SHOULD USE NUMBERS. 2015-10-25

September 2015

• IT’S NOT A SCOOP UNLESS OTHERS REPORT ON IT. 2015-09-17
• GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE GETS THE SCOOP ON THE WRIGHT BROTHERS. 2015-09-16
• WHY THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT RESULTS ARE A GOOD THING. 2015-09-05
• THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT. 2015-09-04

August 2015

• SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS THAT GOES UNRECOGNIZED AS SCIENCE (COMMENT). 2015-08-18 · 1 comment
• QUESTIONING ALL NUTRIENT STUDIES. 2015-08-06

July 2015

• “IF I HAD BEEN THE ONE WHO WAS THERE.” 2015-07-13
• WHAT’S NO LONGER WEIRD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE NEWS. 2015-07-12

June 2015

• “HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR” AUTHOR DIES. 2015-06-12
• “AMPHIBIOUS PITCHER MAKES DEBUT”. 2015-06-10
• JOEY VOTTO TAKES A THREE BALL WALK! 2015-06-02

March 2015

• ROTISSERIE BASEBALL AND USA TODAY. 2015-03-24
• EXPLAINING REFEREEING DECISIONS. 2015-03-18
• LSMFT—“LORD SAVE MACARTHUR FROM TRUMAN”. 2015-03-01

February 2015

• SCHOOL CLOSINGS BACK IN THE DAY. 2015-02-28
• WHY ANNOUNCE AN AUTO RECALL ON A SATURDAY? 2015-02-02

January 2015

• TIMES NEW ROMAN IN THE COMPUTER AGE. 2015-01-22
• WHEN TIMES NEW ROMAN WAS NEW. 2015-01-21
• LETTING FOOTBALL FANS KNOW ABOUT MISTAKES REFEREES MAKE. 2015-01-10
• NOT EXPLAINING WHAT WAS NOT EXPLAINED DURING THE GAME. 2015-01-07

November 2014

• NATE SILVER: POLITICAL POLLS THAT ARE NOT RANDOM. 2014-11-26
• BASEBALL STATISTICS “SHOULD COME WITH A MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION OF THEIR PRECISION….” 2014-11-25

October 2014

• MISSING A PITCH CALL BY A FOOT. 2014-10-18

September 2014

• CHANGING THE BURDEN OF PROOF—NOT “CONCLUSIVELY”. 2014-09-15 · 1 comment

June 2014

• A THEORY FOR WHY THE CON MAN TOLD WHOPPERS. 2014-06-18
• COULD THE JOURNALIST HAVE BELIEVED THE CON MAN? 2014-06-17
• ARE ALL JOURNALISTS CON MEN? 2014-06-16
• DID A JOURNALIST CON THE CON MAN? 2014-06-15
• SUGGESTIONS FOR BASEBALL BROADCASTS. 2014-06-02

May 2014

• THE CATBIRD SEAT—THE BLOG. 2014-05-11 · 1 comment
• ARE THERE TOO MANY STRIKE OUTS IN BASEBALL? 2014-05-09 · 1 comment

April 2014

• AN INSTITUTE TO STUDY HOW RESEARCH IS DONE. 2014-04-09
• KEEPING UP WITH THE NEWS IN THE 19TH CENTURY. 2014-04-03

March 2014

• HOW TEDDY ROOSEVELT STOPPED A CRIME WAVE. 2014-03-08
• HOW A GREAT REPORTER STARTED A CRIME WAVE, 2014-03-07
• KITTY GENOVESE REVISITED—DO STRANGERS CARE? 2014-03-06

December 2013

• “SCIENCE’S SOKAL MOMENT”. 2013-12-31
• IN FAVOR OF PUBLISHING MORE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS. 2013-12-30
• A BOYCOTT OF PRESTIGE SCIENCE JOURNALS. 2013-12-29

November 2013

• A BLOG FROM THE YEAR 2000 THAT USES A BLACKBOARD. 2013-11-21

October 2013

• TREATING A DEBT CEILING NEGOTIATION AS A SIMPLE CHICKEN GAME. 2013-10-18

August 2013

• THE PACE OF BASEBALL IS JUST FINE. 2013-08-19

July 2013

• AT LAST, SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP. 2013-07-12
• WHAT IS EXPECTED WHEN AN INTERVIEW IS GRANTED. 2013-07-11

June 2013

• HOW FONTS INFLUENCE THE WAY WE READ AND THINK. 2013-06-21 · 1 comment

April 2013

• A PREFERENCE FOR CLEAR RATHER THAN MESSY RESULTS. 2013-04-29
• IS THIS “THE MOST LITERATE AGE IN HISTORY”? 2013-04-27

March 2013

• GRANDFATHER OF A HUMAN CANNONBALL. 2013-03-27

February 2013

• ‘INFORMATION COCOONS”. 2013-02-27 · 1 comment
• HOW I READ THE NEWS. 2013-02-27
• A MODEL FOR OP ED ARTICLES. 2013-02-10

January 2013

• BRANCH RICKEY, PIONEERING SABERMETRICIAN. 2013-01-09

December 2012

• OTHER THAN THAT, HOW DID YOU LIKE THE BOOK? 2012-12-29
• NEGOTIATING BY BEING TRUTHFUL ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS (COMMENT). 2012-12-18 · 2 comments
• PROBABILITY IS ABOUT THE BELIEF THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES. 2012-12-04
• WHAT I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT EARTHQUAKES. 2012-12-01 · 1 comment

November 2012

• DID IT MATTER WHETHER WAS SANDY A HURRICANE? 2012-11-30
• WHAT MAKES FOR AN MVP? 2012-11-17 · 1 comment
• TRADITION OVER SABERMETRICS—CABRERA WINS MVP. 2012-11-16 · 3 comments

October 2012

• MY IDEAL DEBATE—TALKING HEADS. 2012-10-22
• MY IDEAL DEBATE—NO MODERATOR. 2012-10-21
• FACT CHECKING DURING DEBATES (COMMENT). 2012-10-20
• THE CANDY CROWLEY DEBATE. 2012-10-16 · 1 comment
• PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES AS SPORTING EVENTS. 2012-10-03

September 2012

• UNDERREPORTING FOLLOW-UP STUDIES. 2012-09-30
• SPAGHETTI WESTERN BASEBALL BROADCASTS. 2012-09-24

August 2012

• THE OXFORD COMMA. 2012-08-28 · 1 comment
• KERRI STRUG. 2012-08-12

July 2012

• THINGS I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT WATERGATE. 2012-07-29

May 2012

• A DINOSAUR THAT IS 65,000,038 YEARS OLD. 2012-05-26
• “WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT SOMETHING CAUSES 16% OF CANCERS?” 2012-05-24
• AN ENGLISH DESCRIPTION OF A MIDWESTERN ACCENT. 2012-05-20
• 5% TO 20%—THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT “OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES”. 2012-05-17

April 2012

• THE “RIGHT TO EDIT”. 2012-04-14 · 1 comment

January 2012

• MORE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF PROBABILITIES. 2012-01-30
• A 25 % CHANCE OF A EURO DEFAULT? 2012-01-30

November 2011

• ARE THE IOWA CAUCUSES UNREPRESENTATIVE? 2011-11-29
• WHY YOU CAN’T SEE THE WHOLE FOOTBALL GAME. 2011-11-13 · 1 comment

October 2011

• ALBERT PUJOLS SHOWS LEADERSHIP. 2011-10-23
• APOPHENIA AND SPORTS JOURNALISM. 2011-10-09
• APOPHENIA—THE CARTOON. 2011-10-08

September 2011

• THE STORY OF A LONG SEASON. 2011-09-27
• MONEYBALL AND STORYTELLING. 2011-09-26

July 2011

• “EYEBALL TO EYEBALL”. 2011-07-13

June 2011

• WOULD YOU REVEAL A CRIMINAL’S PAST? 2011-06-11
• JOURNALISTS WHO DON’T INVESTIGATE. 2011-06-06
• LOGICAL PUNCTUATION AND CORRECT AMERICAN PUNCTUATION. 2011-06-03 · 1 comment

May 2011

• USING PROBABILITIES IN INTELLIGENCE—FINDING BIN LADEN. 2011-05-09

January 2011

• DEBATING THE SIZE OF THE STIMULUS PROGRAM TWO YEARS LATER. 2011-01-31

December 2010

• KIDS, DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME. 2010-12-27
• TOO MUCH OSCAR WILDE? 2010-12-26
• GROWING UP WITH THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. 2010-12-19
• REASONABLE MEN CAN DIFFER (COMMENT). 2010-12-14 · 2 comments

September 2010

• HOW AUTISM’S FIRST CHILD LIVES. 2010-09-27
• “AUTISM’S FIRST CHILD.” 2010-09-26
• THE HEARTLESSNESS OF SOME CLINICAL TRIALS. 2010-09-21
• LETTING THE CONTROL GROUP SUFFER. 2010-09-20

February 2010

• “HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR” REVISITED. 2010-02-24

January 2010

• AN OPTIMISTIC ECONOMIC LOOK AT THE LAST DECADE. 2010-01-05

November 2009

• RELATING TO PEOPLE THROUGH NEWSPAPER ARTICLES. 2009-11-20 · 2 comments

October 2009

• BALANCING BENEFITS AND COSTS OF MAMMOGRAMS. 2009-10-22

September 2009

• IS A WARNING TO READERS NEWS THAT’S FIT TO PRINT? 2009-09-16
• A DELAYED SCOOP. 2009-09-09 · 1 comment

July 2009

• MICHAEL KINSLEY ON SOURCE GREASERS. 2009-07-16

May 2009

• DO EXPERTS KNOW ANYTHING? 2009-05-12

March 2009

• BEAT SWEETENERS (REVISITED). 2009-03-03 · 1 comment

January 2009

• TODAY’S SIMPLER SENTENCES. 2009-01-31

November 2008

• “BEAT-SWEETENER PIECES.” 2008-11-12

August 2008

• POLITICAL CONVENTIONS ARE NEWS. 2008-08-27 · 1 comment

July 2008

• IGNORING WHAT THE CANDIDATES HAVE TO SAY. 2008-07-24

February 2008

• PRESS INTERVENTION IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. 2008-02-04 · 1 comment

January 2008

• DO JOURNALISTS TRY TO DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS? 2008-01-22
• LIFE IN NEW YORK. 2008-01-13 · 2 comments
• NARROW DEBATES. 2008-01-03

October 2007

• JOURNALISTS AND SOURCE GREASERS (REVISITED). 2007-10-28
• MUSSOLINI, THE INFLUENTIAL–JOURNALISM. 2007-10-24
• MUSSOLINI, THE INFLUENTIAL–GOVERNMENT. 2007-10-23
• GENERAL MACARTHUR’S VISIT REVISITED (COMMENT). 2007-10-05 · 1 comment

April 2007

• BITTEROSITY REVISITED. 2007-04-07 · 2 comments

March 2007

• THE SECOND OLDEST FANTASY BASEBALL LEAGUE. 2007-03-31 · 14 comments
• RAMUNAJAN. 2007-03-22 · 1 comment

November 2006

• JOURNALISTS AND SOURCE-GREASERS 2006-11-30 · 5 comments