Brendan Nyhan

Charles M. Blow puts Obama on the couch

Charles M. Blow, the "visual Op-Ed columnist" for the New York Times, has discovered a magical ability to plumb the inner workings of President Obama's psyche: On the other side stands Obama — solid and sober, rooted in the belief tha...

When Alterman attacks

On Saturday morning, Eric Alterman sent me this charming email in reference to my post about him: You are making a jerk of yourself which is why I am doing you the favor of ignoring these baseless accusations on the blog. You have now t...

Twitter roundup

Twitter roundup (5/18-5/24) Brendan Nyhan May 24, 2011 at 1:54 PM Powered by Keepstream BrendanNyhan Brendan NyhanImplausible @jpodhoretz claim -- "Why They’re Not Running: $1 Billion Is Why" http://j.mp/jp2KGk So t...

Bush's history on appeasement/strawmen

Back in 2006, I proposed Nyhan's corollary to Godwin's law in a column for Time.com: A well-known rule of Internet discourse is Godwin's law, which states that, as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison invol...

Twitter roundup

From my Twitter feed (6/14-6/20) Brendan Nyhan Jun 20, 2011 at 11:45 AM Powered by Keepstream BrendanNyhan Brendan NyhanCool new dynamic forecasting model for state-level presidential election outcomes from Emory's ...

Pence and Matthews elevate the discourse

Can our discourse really be this stupid? From the New York Times (via Henry Farrell): [Congressman Mike] Pence argued that tax cuts help the poor by revving the economy. That may eventually prove true, but despite large tax cuts the po...