Report: Area Studies are a Tiny Part of American Higher Education

Area studies (ethnic studies, gender studies, and the like) are common magnets for criticism. These are the fields harboring…

An Assault Weapons Compromise to Save Lives

Almost 70 percent of Americans (including a bare majority of Republicans) want to ban new assault weapons sales, but…

In a recent podcast, journalist Cathy Young drew an unlikely comparison between libertarian icon Ron Paul and the Soviet Union:…

(Image credit: NSF) Previously I posted a version of my CV that listed all the peer-reviewed journals that had rejected…

Revised on March 11, 2019, with new analysis reported after the original post. Often on Twitter I encounter people I’ve…

Publishing in peer-reviewed journals is hard. It’s also highly arbitrary. Here’s an abridged version of my CV that shows where…

Is social science infested with postmodernism? This seems to be a constant refrain on Twitter and other venues for social…

Nick’s introduction: If you live in Salt Lake City or are involved with the University of Utah, you might following…

Note: Every name is a pseudonym except for public figures My Twitter friend Alexi is an ardent Trumpist. I communicate…