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The strategic use of restraint in internet arguments

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Sometimes, I like to argue. I spent eight years engaged in competitive debate in high school and college and the activity prepared me for scholarly research in ways that my classes in both of those settings could not. Early on, in the early frontier days of the internet in the 1990s and early 2000s, it … Read more

RSS Feed Update

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We’ve noticed some problems with our RSS feed getting updated since migrating over to WordPress. I’ve posted the updated feed below for those who care to follow us. http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheQuantitativePeace Michael FlynnMichael Flynn is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Kansas State University. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Binghamton University in 2013. … Read more

So You’re on the Job Market, Part II: Expectations

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In a previous post I outlined some of the steps graduate students can take to prepare for their time on the job market. I want to emphasize again that much of this really reflects my own set of experiences and training (i.e. three years applying for tenure track jobs at research universities). Much of what … Read more

Blog back up

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The blog should be up and running again. All of the image files should also be fixed. Please let us know if you encounter any additional broken image files. Michael FlynnMichael Flynn is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Kansas State University. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Binghamton University … Read more

The Military and Competitive Sports

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I missed my last post, but thankfully I'm on top of this week's edition.  Kyleanne Hunter and Oliver Kaplan have a piece at Political Violence @ a Glance discussing some of the military roots of the biathlon. I've never known much about the sport's history, but it certainly makes sense that its origins are so closely … Read more

The Dark Knight Rises and the Economic Impact of Bane’s Occupation of Gotham

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I started working on this post a long time ago and, for whatever reason, never got around to finishing it. So please keep in mind that this was largely written shortly after the film first came out. I should also disclose at the outset that this post will contain spoilers, so if there is some sort of unbelievably powerful force that has kept you from seeing this fantastic movie, please be warned. For those still interested, there’s more after the jump.

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How Do You Review?

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I’ve been sending articles out for review for a few years now, and I’ve also had the opportunity to review several papers for journals. Having been through each side of the ordeal, I’ve begun to form some opinions on the peer review process as a whole. This is something other political scientists have written extensively about. For example, … Read more

Spring Cleaning

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Just a quick update. We're all hoping to resume posting more regularly later in the spring. Until that time, the impending death of Google Reader has prompted us to make a few changes that we wanted to make everyone aware of. Although there are other RSS feed readers out there, it may be easier for … Read more

Comments

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So as not to appear rude, I wanted to note that we seem to be having problems on our end posting/replying to comments in the comments section. Apologies to the few individuals who do leave comments, and I hope this hiccup does not discourage future feedback.   Michael FlynnMichael Flynn is a professor in the … Read more