(Image Credit: NASA/NOAA, Earth Observatory) So normally I try to update this blog after a major conference presentation. This year I was on three panels at the APSA PolCom preconference and the regular conference, but some pushy guy named Isaac came along and decided he wanted to monopolize New Orleans’ attention for a while. Since […]
Had a great trip to Seattle for the annual APSA convention (and the Political Communication preconference, which is increasingly one of my favorite annual events). I presented my and Matt’s Afghanistan piece, which seemed to go over well. I was able to go to most of the essential group meetings (but had to skip the UCSD […]
I got a second-generation AppleTV a while ago when there was a $10-off sale, but frankly hadn’t used it too terribly much, except for routing media from the laptop to the AV system. However, I’d promised my younger daughter that we’d watch the Star Trek canon this summer (she’d seen a few of the better […]
I’m back from Boston, where When Politicians Attack was awarded a Goldsmith book prize, which honors “the best academic and best trade books that seek to improve the quality of government or politics through an examination of press and politics in the formation of public policy.” I’m honored to be included in the same breath with […]
2010 continues its crazy pace, as teaching every quarter, two long-delayed family vacations, launching two books, and (most painfully) taking over as Chair of the Department have tested my ductility. Interesting times, as they say. The Cambridge book is now out on shelves and UCLA Today did a nice write-up. I’ll be going up to […]
I unexpectedly scored a ticket to the “Return of the Cylons: Caprica Season 1.5 Premiere Fan Event” last night at Universal Studios. Really nice event with great people, and except for some minor tech glitches (met with good humor by the participants) went really well. It was a nice reminder of how cool it is […]
It occurs to me that I haven’t talked much about my students’ research projects. I meant to do that after my CS162 research projects came in earlier. Here are some of the better empirical research projects from that class, I think. Enjoy! Group06.pdf Group16.pdf Group27.pdf
Thanks to my old college chum Troy Cummings (who is now an author and illustrator), my Cambridge book will soon be judged by its great cover. Longtime readers will recall my original post here a few years ago when both the title and the cover concept were hashed out with my editors at Cambridge. As […]
Looking back on the prior entries here, I see that I haven’t updated since October 14 of last year. Busy times tend to mean less time spent on my website. Things are still pretty busy, but at least now I seem to have a tiny bit of breathing room as Winter Quarter rolls to a […]
I confess that I didn’t give either of these shows a look until recently. While I am generally a fan of scripted comedies, both of these shows seemed to be derivative and/or predictable (Modern Family seemed to be combining the Office’s faux-documentary style with any number of prior family dramedies, while The Middle seemed to […]