Has the size of the student body remained constant?

Very helpful. How much German would you say is appropriate for a competitive grad school application?

The U.S. News rankings went public today, so there’s that…

Outstanding

I think a lot about Zaller and Feldman's 1992 article on opinion surveys: "Most people are internally conflicted over most political issues...and most respond to survey questions on the basis of whatever ideas are at the top of their heads at the moment of answering."

Look for new tariffs on Spain tomorrow

This is why it's terrible to have the ultra-rich serving in and heavily involved in government: checks and balances means hearing no sometimes, accepting it, and seeing it as part of the process. No one is telling Trump et al. "no" right now, when he should be hearing it all the time.

Federalist 46 (Madison): "The federal and State governments are in fact but different agents and trustees of the people, constituted with different powers, and designed for different purposes."

ChatGPT does a decent job at content analysis of open-ended survey results and displaying the results in the way you specify (e.g., top 20 themes mentioned by respondents, with number of times they appeared, in descending order, with 2 examples of each...)

I was using it the other day to analyze open-ended survey responses to identify the main themes and topics, and before starting, it said I could help by giving it some of the themes and topics I *expected* to be in the responses. I thought, Isn't that what you're supposed to be figuring out??

I'm currently reading the novel Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier, which details the Cherokee removal from Western North Carolina. I've been repeatedly struck by the heartbreaking parallels between that episode and what's happening now.

I was on a small airplane with Dog the Bounty Hunter and his wife, flying out of Peoria IL

I listened to a lot of KZ93 radio growing up in Peoria. Steamboat Days is a festival in summer there.

I only recently figured out the pun in the band name "Camper Van Beethoven"

I can personally confirm an eastern Connecticut version of this as well.

Our kiddo flew there today to visit and friend and walked through this park like an hour ago!

There’s this version too

I had my first go at making naan today (onion). Turned out pretty well for 1st time.

...Ronald Reagan?