It's a beautiful day to sit outside and read a book.
02.03.2026 17:59
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It's a beautiful day to sit outside and read a book.
Mr Wilson decided he needed to climb in my lap for a spell.
Re: Article I powers: Yes, the critics are right. But also, no, Congress abdicated those powers generations ago. On the applicability of Iraq/Afghanistan: I think the 12 Day War is a more apt comparison. And indeed, a lot of these arguments were aired then too. And were wrong.
It's been nothing short of stunning to see the rapid decline of Iranian power over the last few years. Leadership made some epic gambles with its regional proxies that might just cost them everything.
Used to live a block from there. It's a special place, as is the neighborhood. Get yourself a Tropicalia from the Creature Comforts brewery if you can.
The talking filibuster idea is really silly for Republicans. You essentially hand Democrats control of the chamber, so I don't know why certain Republicans are obsessed with it. I mean, *I* would enjoy watching that clown-show, but I doubt many would. rollcall.com/2026/02/25/p...
AI is great at coding. And I suspect it could turn the formal modeling lit on its head. But it can't access most of the data my subdiscipline needs, is so ignorant of the most pressing research questions, and virtually oblivious of recent scholarship. It would fail a lit review.
I'm not freaking out yet about AI's ability to replace my research agenda. I asked Claude about what the most important pressing issues are in my subfield are, what kinds of data can be automated, and whose work is at the forefront of the field. I wasn't impressed. At all.
Beginning to improve my furniture finishing skills. Two coats on top of the stain, and we've achieved see your reflection in the wood status. Might do a 3rd coat, but I'm reasonably happy with it as is.
This is correct, unfortunately. So, what it amounts to is that the Republican Party imposed $175 billion in illegal taxes on American voters, & we have absolutely no recourse to getting that stolen money back. Pure lawless authoritarian theft.
Six days later, and this paper is still listed as under review at Politics, Groups, and Identities, lol. Seriously, folks, don't submit to this journal. It's not a serious operation.
I don't know what I (or a chatbot) said to finally get the message across, but for the first time in my career, my research design students are all proposing randomized experiments to explore their assigned public opinion research questions. I'll take it!
Of course the problem now is the revolving door of whack-a-mole this administration is going to play. The courts shouldn't sit back and let the administration game its typical tedium out.
About time. The constitutional argument was ludicrous. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Maybe the Gulf War? Once coalition forces expelled Iraq from Kuwait, the withdrawal was pretty quick I want to say. To the extent there was criticism it was largely the hawks who wanted Bush to keep going.
Seriously, it's gotten to be ridiculous.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/o...
After building this nightstand for my bedroom, I decided to try a dark gel stain on the pine (not really orthodox). I don't hate it, but it's still a bit grainy for my taste. Oh well. Live and learn.
This has, to say the least, been frustrating, but what has really irked me is that my coauthors are a grad student and untenured prof. Their time has been utterly wasted. We'll try somewhere else, but I can't recommend submitting to PGI while this editorial team is in place.
Emails to editors, correspondence through the manuscript portal, emails from one of us, others. For months, nothing. Absolute, stone silence. In the 13 years I've been submitting to journals, I've never experienced anything like this. Unprofessional doesn't begin to describe it.
Today I did something I've never had to do in my career--withdraw a manuscript from review at a journal. My coauthors and I submitted our paper to Politics, Groups, and Identities 154 days ago. All attempts to contact them have failed.
Happy 7th anniversary, Bob Lincoln. Love you to pieces.
Not easy bucking the party every day in Congress, especially when you're still running for election. So I respect the heck out of Massie for what he's been doing--doubly so if he wins. Kudos to this dude. He'll get endless hate for it.
Danger alert: There's a bluetick coonhound in Baton Rouge I might need.
Apparently, the 250th anniversary of the USA is called a "semiquincentennial." Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. I keep a couple of bicentennial quarters in the office.
Well, except "Profit and Lace." Good lord, how did that ever happen?
Completely unrelated, but this obviously reminds me of the DS9 classic, "Who Mourns for Morn." An absolute guilty pleasure of a re-watch. Any Ferengi episode in DS9 was a fun hang.
Bob and I are 5 days away from our 7th anniversary of his adoption. Time flies, man. We've aged a little.
Bob loves him a good sun ray on his favorite bed.
