Pipes and Theories

"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." - John W. Gardner

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Lunchtime Reading: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Eyebrows and Two Stories of Peer Review

The biochemistry that keeps Dominique Strauss-Kahn's eyebrows black while his hair has turned white.

Research on social contagions runs into trouble in the peer review process.

My friend and colleague, Kim Yi Dionne, and her coauthors have a paper pulled from the Bulletin of the WHO because an earlier version of the manuscript had been posted online as a working paper.
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I am Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University at Qatar. My research focuses on judicial politics and political representation in the United States, and I teach courses on American government and politics. (Updated: 23 October 2022)

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