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An Open Letter to a Young Libertarian

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

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Evaluating the Accuracy of General Social Survey Sex Data

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Since the release of the 2018 wave of the General Social Survey, the big story has been about the sex…

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Failure Is an Option Part 2: Grants

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

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No, IQ Isn’t the Magic Variable that Explains Everything

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

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Failure Is An Option

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

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Has Sociology Been Overrun by Postmodernists? Probably Not.

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

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Marriner Eccles’ Grandson Comes out against Koch Money at the University of Utah

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

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Into the Heart of Darkness: My Visit to the San Francisco GOP’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner

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

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Should the University of Utah Take Koch Brothers Money?

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Nick’s introduction On July 20, 2017 the news broke that my employer, the University of Utah, agreed to accept a…

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Why We Should Stop Longing for the 1950s

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1. The 1950s are sui generis We often view the thirty years after World War II as a golden age…

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