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sident ronald reagan president george washington president george w bush president barack obama cards but for the serious collector there is this signed photo of president george h w bush and babe ruth comments off on presidential trading cards posted in uncategorized nixon meets robocop posted on january 31 2013 by jly comments off on nixon meets robocop that is all comments off on nixon meets robocop posted in uncategorized video the american arcade from the verge a really interesting video on the life and death of the american arcades that were popular before everyone started playing their video games at home on their couch comments off on the american arcade posted on january 19 2013 by jly in uncategorized how the public views their state and local courts posted on december 28 2012 by jly comments off on how the public views their state and local courts my co author damon cann and i humbly request readers assistance on a new research project concerning public views toward state and local courts our short survey about 10 minutes to take is available here in the words of bartles jaymes thank you for your support comments off on how the public views their state and local courts posted in academia courts damon cann data jeff law policy politics pop culture new study reveals link between male adolescent strength and early mortality posted on december 25 2012 by jly comments off on new study reveals link between male adolescent strength and early mortality so um what do we do with this policy wise here s the abstract from the swedish study continue reading comments off on new study reveals link between male adolescent strength and early mortality posted in jeff policy does method of judicial selection elected vs appointed affect public views of state courts posted on december 19 2012 by jly comments off on does method of judicial selection elected vs appointed affect public views of state courts my co author damon cann and i investigate this proposition in our article in american politics review homegrown institutional legitimacy assessing citizens diffuse support for their state courts here s the abstract in the years following the united states supreme court s decision in bush v gore the public s support for the judicial system looms as an especially important concern while studies have confirmed that the supreme court s reservoir of public good will has remained largely intact following the politically divisive decision the status of public support for other american courts has received little attention this reflects a broader trend in judicial politics scholarship toward placing inordinate attention on explaining public support for the u s supreme court while largely ignoring the courts where most of the policy making in the nation occurs state courts we use 2001 survey data from a nationwide sample to assess the factors influencing diffuse citizen support for state courts we find that many of the considerations affecting diffuse support for state courts parallel the determinants of such support for the nation s high court however we also find important differences between explanations of citizen support for state courts and the supreme court comments off on does method of judicial selection elected vs appointed affect public views of state courts posted in courts damon cann data jeff policy politics how does your state rank on zombie apocalypse preparation posted on november 29 2012 by jly comments off on how does your state rank on zombie apocalypse preparation check out more here comments off on how does your state rank on zombie apocalypse preparation posted in uncategorized variance as inequality posted on november 28 2012 by abwhitford comments off on variance as inequality according to trac here are the five courthouses that have the widest sentencing differences among the judges that that serve in them baltimore columbia south carolina philadelphia macon middle district of georgia and norfolk eastern district of virginia and trac has a new judge info center comments off on variance as inequality posted in andy courts a nasa warp drive posted on november 27 2012 by jly comments off on a nasa warp drive maybe check it out a few months ago physicist harold white stunned the aeronautics world when he announced that he and his team at nasa had begun work on the development of a faster than light warp drive his proposed design an ingenious re imagining of an alcubierre drive may eventually result in an engine that can transport a spacecraft to the nearest star in a matter of weeks and all without violating einstein s law of relativity see the rest on on i09 here h t clmazin comments off on a nasa warp drive posted in uncategorized halloween special the possibility of a zombie apocalypse posted on october 31 2012 by jly comments off on halloween special the possibility of a zombie apocalypse sleep tight h t buzzfeed comments off on halloween special the possibility of a zombie apocalypse posted in uncategorized survey what is your favorite movie on presidents or presidential campaigns posted on october 24 2012 by jly comments off on survey what is your favorite movie on presidents or presidential campaigns take our poll comments off on survey what is your favorite movie on presidents or presidential campaigns posted in uncategorized television interview with eyewitness to kennedy assassination posted on october 20 2012 by jly comments off on television interview with eyewitness to kennedy assassination did i say kennedy i meant lincoln seriously comments off on television interview with eyewitness to kennedy assassination posted in uncategorized how to shirk posted on september 29 2012 by abwhitford comments off on how to shirk comments off on how to shirk posted in andy the all important undecided voter wants to know posted on september 26 2012 by jly 1 comment http www hulu com watch 404175 1 comment posted in uncategorized the codes the less formal laws of baseball posted on september 19 2012 by jly comments off on the codes the less formal laws of baseball you call it sure you know the infield fly rule and all the other rules of baseball but do you know the codes check out jason turbow and michael duca s the baseball codes blog here oh yeah there s also a book a movie maybe here s some text from the site on it the baseball codes colloquially referred to as the unwritten rules of the game comprise the methods players use to police themselves and each other it s a moral code that on and off the field is used to keep the game pure comments off on the codes the less formal laws of baseball posted in uncategorized shark week maybe we should have deer week posted on august 23 2012 by jly comments off on shark week maybe we should have deer week here s nice little story about animals more likely to kill you than sharks caution it doesn t strike me as the most scientific study ever i ll give away the ending with a quick list below the fold for those who are too exhausted to click on the link h t jbs continue reading comments off on shark week maybe we should have deer week posted in uncategorized on the prospect of social impact bonds posted on august 4 2012 by jly comments off on on the prospect of social impact bonds from the ny times new york city embracing an experimental mechanism for financing social services that has excited and worried government reformers around the world will allow goldman sachs to invest nearly 10 million in a jail program with the pledge that the financial services giant would profit if the program succeeded in significantly reducing recidivism rates these are called social impact bonds the idea is that it gets investment in government social programs and investors only get paid if the programs produce desired outcomes so it s kind of like gambling the house investor is betting for a program win and the government is betting for a program loss but apparently is cool with losing the bet but here s a better explanation from the social finance organization uk social impact bonds are a form of outcomes based contract in which public sector commissioners commit to pay for significant improvement in social outcomes such as a reduction in offending rates or in the number of people being admitted to hospital for a defined population social impact bonds are an innovative way of attracting new investment around such outcomes based contracts that benefit individuals and communities through a social impact bond private investment is used to pay for interventions which are delivered by service providers with a proven track record financial returns to investors are made by the public sector on the basis of improved social outcomes if outcomes do not improve then investors do not recover their investment social impact bonds provide up front funding for prevention and early intervention services and remove the risk that interventions do not deliver outcomes from the public sector the public sector pays if and only if the intervention is successful in this way social impact bonds enable a re allocation of risk between the two sectors here s how it is planned to play out in the nyc program the goldman money will be used to pay mdrc a social services provider to design and oversee the program if the program reduces recidivism by 10 percent goldman would be repaid the full 9 6 million if recidivism drops more goldman could make as much as 2 1 million in profit if recidivism does not drop by at least 10 percent goldman would lose as much as 2 4 million this promising financing model has potential to transform the way governments around the country fund social programs and as first in the nation to launch it we are anxious to see how this bold road map for innovation works mr bloomberg said in a statement social impact bonds have potential upside for investors he added but citizens and taxpayers stand to be the biggest beneficiaries in a twist that differentiates new york s plan from other governments experiments with social impact bonds mr bloomberg s personal foundation bloomberg philanthropies will provide a 7 2 million loan guarantee to mdrc if the jail program does not succeed mdrc can use the bloomberg money to repay goldman a portion of its loan if the program does succeed goldman will be paid by the city s department of correction and mdrc may use the bloomberg money for other social impact bonds said james anderson director of the foundation s government innovation program as you might guess critics suggest that this will lead to evaluation manipulation or worse it will be interesting to see if the concept catches on with the private sector and state and local governments i like to think of ivy league goldman sachs associates being charged with making sure that parolees don t recidivate there s a movie script in that somewhere comments off on on the prospect of social impact bonds posted in uncategorized martin is 2012 inductee fellows of the society for political methodology posted on july 12 2012 by jly comments off on martin is 2012 inductee fellows of the society for political methodology our sincere voir dire congratulations to andrew martin well done sir from the political methodology listserve i am extremely pleased to announce that with the full support of the fellows nominating committee jeff gill chair keith poole w phillips shively and the previously inducted fellows andrew d martin of the department of political science at washington university st louis is the 2012 addition to the spm fellows continue reading comments off on martin is 2012 inductee fellows of the society for political methodology posted in uncategorized apparently we are an oligarchy now posted on june 15 2012 by jly comments off on apparently we are an oligarchy now actually we ve always been one we re just more so now check out the very interesting story in the nation why elites fail below is an excerpt and related video h t boing boing the dynamic michels identifies applies in an analogous way to our own cherished system of meritocracy in order for it to live up to its ideals a meritocracy must comply with two principles the first is the principle of difference which holds that there is vast differentiation among people in their ability and that we should embrace this natural hierarchy and set ourselves the challenge of matching the hardest working and most talented to the most difficult important and remunerative tasks the second is the principle of mobility over time there must be some continuous competitive selection process that ensures performance is rewarded and failure punished that is the delegation of duties cannot simply be made once and then fixed in place over a career or between generations people must be able to rise and fall along with their accomplishments and failures when a slugger loses his swing he should be benched when a trader loses money his bonus should be cut at the broader social level we hope that the talented children of the poor will ascend to positions of power and prestige while the mediocre sons of the wealthy will not be charged with life and death decisions over time in other words society will have mechanisms that act as a sort of pump constantly ensuring that the talented and hard working are propelled upward while the mediocre trickle downward but this ideal appealing as it may be runs up against the reality of what i ll call the iron law of meritocracy the iron law of meritocracy states that eventually the inequality produced by a meritocratic system will grow large enough to subvert the mechanisms of mobility unequal outcomes make equal opportunity impossible the principle of difference will come to overwhelm the principle of mobility those who are able to climb up the ladder will find ways to pull it up after them or to selectively lower it down to allow their friends allies and kin to scramble up in other words who says meritocracy says oligarchy comments off on apparently we are an oligarchy now posted in jeff it s a law firm in all of the traditional aspects of the law firm with two major differences it s a nonprofit and it s a teaching law firm posted on june 12 2012 by jly comments off on it s a law firm in all of the traditional aspects of the law firm with two major differences it s a nonprofit and it s a teaching law firm says dean douglas sylvester of the arizona state university college of law the idea is to create a legal residency program similar to the type medical doctors in training go through before practicing medicine the aba journal reports to be operational in 2013 it is expected to hire up to 30 resident lawyers from among its recent graduates they will be supervised by five or six seasoned lawyers hired to work in effect as partners under the current preliminary plan handling a combination of public interest and small client matters the fledgling attorneys would charge low rates for their services as they rotate for up to 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