Links for you. Science:
A lot of people have been complaining about p-values
DNA evidence just helped convict illegal loggers in the US Pacific Northwest
Somebody explain to me again why we have journals
Editas biotech stock drops by 26 percent over CRISPR patent dispute
Science Magazine ends contract of the reporter behind major probe of sexual assault
Other:
Brendan Nyhan on the mutifactorial institutional failures that lead to Donald Trump
Ignored for Years, a Radical Economic Theory Is Gaining Converts
The indisputable disaster of GOP governors: How Jindal, Brownback & Snyder have sold their constituents up the river
Here’s how Metro can cut costs and grow smarter
Elizabeth Warren Pressures Washington For a Vote on Her Sanders-Backed Bill That Would Give Seniors a Raise
The Corporate Court
Thank you Donald Trump
How Trump Happened: It’s not just anger over jobs and immigration. White voters hope Trump will restore the racial hierarchy upended by Barack Obama (good, but is anyone really arguing that racism plays no, or very little, role in Trump’s rise?)
This Is Dark
I am no longer accommodating men
Obama ’16!
Protesting Trump
How Kim Kardashian Killed the Term “Empowerment”
The Woman Who Saved The California Desert
The Most Important 2016 Issue You Don’t Know About
Hillary Clinton is Peyton Manning
mikethemadbiologist
Can’t wait to read your take on the Metro closure…
Noah Smith misses the point about p-values. He needs to read and digest Gelman’s statement – http://andrewgelman.com/2016/03/07/29212/
Thomas Frank comes close to saying race plays only a small role. Check out Guardian article.
Scott Walker doesn’t make the short list?