An intriguing analysis by RIccardo Puglisi and James Snyder, published this month in NBER (gated), finds statistical evidence for a correlation between newspapers’ endorsement patterns (R vs. D) and the papers’ news coverage of scandals involving Republican and Democratic politicians: [T]hose with a higher propensity to endorse Democratic candidates in elec tions give significantly more …
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Troy Simpson, the Journal video guy, has been doing a series with our energy conservation guru, Al Zelicoff. He just put together a nice “channel” collecting them all:
Many people have made triptychs. Dave is one of them: A long time ago I took photos of my Spinal Tap Action Figures. I feel no explanation is needed as to why I would take photos of my Spinal Tap Action Figures… they are Spinal Tap Action Figures. Nonetheless, I uploaded a triptych of the …
Dan McKay has an excellent story in this morning’s ABQJournal on some of the practical aspects of trying to spend all that federal cash in a hurry (ad gated): [C]ritics are starting to wonder whether the massive projects are remotely realistic — even if Congress doles out the money. For one thing, under federal law, …
In my quest for intuitive ways of understanding the relative costs of various forms of energy, kudos to the Financial Times for this graphic (and also a good article to go with it): Hat tip Gernot at Env-Econ.
It is frequently suggested that there are important parallels between the changing business models of the news and music industries, and that there is much we can learn from one another. I am currently brainstorming ways to get someone to pay me to perform journalism in bars.
The new bike path makes getting in and out of my neighborhood much safer, but I no longer find myself behind the neighborhood Wal-Mart MegaStore, which means I’ve lost touch with the Inkstain Cheap Shit From China (CSFC) Index. It’s based on the number of shipping containers out back to hold the overflow inventory they …
One of the pluses of working in a newsroom is when smart people walk by your desk and tell you interesting things. One of the pluses of subscribing to a newspaper is the followup part, where the smart people write it all down, and then people stay up all night to print it up and …
Roadrunner Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Lissa was on her way out the door this morning when she stuck her head back in and shouted to me, “Speedy’s back.” Lissa took this picture last week. I’m pretty sure it’s a pair, because this morning’s bird had the more dramatic color behind the eye than it looks …
Nothing like a good ol’ economic collapse to get us on the using-less-energy bandwagon. Total energy consumption in the US is down 1.7 percent for the first 9 months of 2008, compared to the same period a year ago, according to EIA.