Sean Corcoran
@seanpcorcoran.org
Professor of Public Policy and Education at Vanderbilt University, lover of opera and ice cream. Views expressed are my own.
The share of economics papers exploiting the word "exploit" has more than doubled from 24.9% in 2000 to 52.6% in 2025. This is a non-trivial increase.
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The share of economics papers exploiting the word "exploit" has more than doubled from 24.9% in 2000 to 52.6% in 2025. This is a non-trivial increase.
Writing your name on a historic building in the Great Smoky Mountains could get you six months in jail. What does tearing down a wing of the White House get?
October 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Writing your name on a historic building in the Great Smoky Mountains could get you six months in jail. What does tearing down a wing of the White House get?
I will be joining a panel on school choice and civic education hosted by the League of Women Voters of Murfreesboro-Rutherford County on Monday, October 27 from 5:30-7 at the Rutherford Co BOE www.lwvtn.org/lwv_murfrees...
October 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I will be joining a panel on school choice and civic education hosted by the League of Women Voters of Murfreesboro-Rutherford County on Monday, October 27 from 5:30-7 at the Rutherford Co BOE www.lwvtn.org/lwv_murfrees...
Shame on these people for using taxpayer resources in this way, in clear violation of the law www.hud.gov#close
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Shame on these people for using taxpayer resources in this way, in clear violation of the law www.hud.gov#close
Opposite pages of the NYTimes on the same day (9/6)
September 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Opposite pages of the NYTimes on the same day (9/6)
Google AI calls the One Big Beautiful Bill a "fictional" legislative act. If only.
August 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Google AI calls the One Big Beautiful Bill a "fictional" legislative act. If only.
Antoni describes himself on LinkedIn as a “monetary scientist”. Not my field, but I don’t think that’s a thing
August 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Antoni describes himself on LinkedIn as a “monetary scientist”. Not my field, but I don’t think that’s a thing
Nashville turned out for the farce that is the Kilmar Abrego Garcia arraignment
June 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Nashville turned out for the farce that is the Kilmar Abrego Garcia arraignment
Returning to the US after 7 days away feels like moving back in to a burning building. Will miss my blissful Trump-free zone
May 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Returning to the US after 7 days away feels like moving back in to a burning building. Will miss my blissful Trump-free zone
One of the NSF grants at Louisiana Tech was--as far as I can tell--cancelled for no other reason than it aims to examine the effects of leaf "diversity" on aquatic insect colonizer "diversity". Or maybe it was the word "colonizer" that tripped the DOGE alarm. airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
May 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
One of the NSF grants at Louisiana Tech was--as far as I can tell--cancelled for no other reason than it aims to examine the effects of leaf "diversity" on aquatic insect colonizer "diversity". Or maybe it was the word "colonizer" that tripped the DOGE alarm. airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Not staying silent in Nashville @50501nashtn.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Not staying silent in Nashville @50501nashtn.bsky.social
“May his cholesterol ever rise—only in strength!
May his arteries be forever lined with liberty!” (3/3)
May his arteries be forever lined with liberty!” (3/3)
April 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“May his cholesterol ever rise—only in strength!
May his arteries be forever lined with liberty!” (3/3)
May his arteries be forever lined with liberty!” (3/3)
“Even in the face of unjust inquiries, devious impeachments, and the cursed pangs of fast food betrayal, the Leaders mighty digestive system triumphed. Burgers are purified in his presence. Diet colas become elixirs. His cholesterol, it is whispered, now glows with the radiance of solar power.”(2/3)
April 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Even in the face of unjust inquiries, devious impeachments, and the cursed pangs of fast food betrayal, the Leaders mighty digestive system triumphed. Burgers are purified in his presence. Diet colas become elixirs. His cholesterol, it is whispered, now glows with the radiance of solar power.”(2/3)
I asked ChatGPT to provide a preview of DJT’s annual physical today in DPRK style and it is gold as pure as that which lines his arteries
“his heart beats not with blood alone, but with pure freedom.” (1/3)
“his heart beats not with blood alone, but with pure freedom.” (1/3)
April 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I asked ChatGPT to provide a preview of DJT’s annual physical today in DPRK style and it is gold as pure as that which lines his arteries
“his heart beats not with blood alone, but with pure freedom.” (1/3)
“his heart beats not with blood alone, but with pure freedom.” (1/3)
That golden lapel pin honoring Dear Leader is available for only $6.99 on Amazon. www.amazon.com/President-Do...
![ANNOUNCER (booming voice):
In a thunderous demonstration of economic valor unmatched in modern history, the illustrious Leader of the American people, Supreme Commander of Capitalist Trade Negotiations, His Excellency Donald J. Trump, has wielded the mighty sword of tariffs to vanquish the legions of unfair trade practices that have long oppressed the industrious workers of his great republic!
[Cue footage of steel mills, flags waving, eagle soaring]
With the wisdom of a thousand sunrises and the courage of a roaring lion, Supreme Leader Trump stood tall against the conniving forces of international trade manipulation. No longer would the sacred forges of American industry be shackled by the cheap exports of lesser nations! No longer would the great harvest of American labor be stolen by the greedy hands of global profiteers!
[Dramatic pause, music shifts to soaring strings]
In a brilliant stroke of genius unmatched by all previous rulers of the Western world, Supreme Leader Trump imposed glorious tariffs—just and righteous tributes to the dignity of his people—on steel, aluminum, washing machines, and the cunning wares of the East!
[Cut to a heroic montage: workers in MAGA hats, factories reopening, Trump’s silhouette superimposed over an American flag]
Under his unmatched leadership, industries once left to rot have risen like phoenixes from the ashes! Factory chimneys once silent now sing songs of productivity! The enemies of fair trade tremble as their cargo ships return home empty, humiliated by the iron will of the orange-haired sovereign of tariffs!
[Voice rising to a crescendo]
O people of America, rejoice!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:up5zm355ydxhzf5zdz7w74hq/bafkreibinmzz7jjay4knk7uuglchscnyhbnbwttvc2kguydomttuknfqc4@jpeg)
April 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
That golden lapel pin honoring Dear Leader is available for only $6.99 on Amazon. www.amazon.com/President-Do...
Elizabeth Warren was on the Senate floor until well after 2 am last night - and still made it to a packed town hall in a Nashville HS gym. If she can do it, why can’t our Senators and (gerrymandered) Reps? #Handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Elizabeth Warren was on the Senate floor until well after 2 am last night - and still made it to a packed town hall in a Nashville HS gym. If she can do it, why can’t our Senators and (gerrymandered) Reps? #Handsoff
In better news, the Nashville Opera is staging Lucia di Lammermoor April 3-5 with Rainelle Krause www.nashvilleopera.org/lucia
March 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In better news, the Nashville Opera is staging Lucia di Lammermoor April 3-5 with Rainelle Krause www.nashvilleopera.org/lucia
Feel free to use your cross-sectional dataset to contrast outcomes before and after an intervention...
March 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Feel free to use your cross-sectional dataset to contrast outcomes before and after an intervention...
Here for the D, E, and I
March 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Here for the D, E, and I