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Politically Motivated Biased Censoring

…beliefs than the regular writers of the blog. But most of those folks make the blog better and more informative; we really only have a few active trolls. Now, Dan…

Hello My Name is Robert Waldmann

…announcement). I am officially an economist, but tend to blog about politics at my home blog. Here I will try to fit the interest in, you know economics. I wasn’t…

Ethanol and food prices

…beef. Doesn’t this imply the argument I see on economic blog after economic blog that ethanol production is playing a significant role in higher food prices is incorrect. Rather the…

A Note from Cactus

…the comments section, but if that happens, I will still be there, lurking. I’ve enjoyed this blog so much since I first discovered it several years ago, and I don’t…

MSNBCAB

Generally, I think covering blogs on cable news channels by literally panning the camera over a the blog while summarizing a post from that blog is a pretty lame idea.(*)…

Export Demand – Continued

OK, I make a comment over at Dan Drezner’s blog in line with my Sunday blog here and the “crowd” goes nuts. You see – they think I don’t realize…

…want to get a feel for the ties between your favorite blog and other blogs, it’s not too far off. Just go here and type the name of any blog

…traffic and then vanished. More likely, good blogging — or at least blogging that appeals to a certain audience — causes both high traffic and longevity. Also, the political season…

…readers had ponied up $14,000 in one week (and $42,000 cumulative!), did a quick adjustment for the relative traffic of each blog, and asked my readers to pony up $100-$200…