tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post8373863517217682860..comments2024-03-26T19:10:00.791-04:00Comments on West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more): "We somehow took the education system that produced the individuals who put a man on the moon with technology less powerful than the phone in my pocket and characterized that education system as a failure using the word 'accountability.'"Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-52134154716296785592014-06-21T05:21:16.106-04:002014-06-21T05:21:16.106-04:00Andrew,
Yeah, I came across that researching an u...Andrew,<br /><br />Yeah, I came across that researching an upcoming piece. I forwarded it to some ed bloggers but I didn't have the time (or the stomach) to give it the treatment it deserved. <br /><br />Of course, Bai was a hack long before he got on the subject of education.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705408455380402571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-70994248829443099372014-06-21T01:31:47.974-04:002014-06-21T01:31:47.974-04:00Mark:
Along these lines, check out this horrible ...Mark:<br /><br />Along these lines, check out <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rich-democrats-go-from-challenging-the-status-quo-to-embracing-it-005034373.html" rel="nofollow">this horrible article</a> by political reporter Matt Bai, where he criticizes the rich funders of the Democratic party for abandoning their core principles of . . . being rich. The article starts with, "So you're a liberal member of the 1 percent, and you've decided to wrest control of the Democratic agenda from change-averse insiders" and goes downhill from there.Andrew Gelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715992780769751789noreply@blogger.com