An anonymous emailer at jacobinghazi@gmail.com sent me this remarkable recap of the tornado of unhinged lunacy that was the Jacobinghazi affair. I uploaded the images to imgur. They appear to read in order as a story. It seems largely accurate, though I’ve never used Stata. CLICK HERE FOR THE IMAGES
Author: Matt Bruenig
More opportunistic misreads
I wrote previously about the dust up caused by Sarah Kendzior’s penchant for intentionally misreading things. She does that a lot. It’s pretty silly. Anyways, she’s at it again: Last RT is re: Elizabeth Stoker, who said that I had to be “disciplined” through “character assassination”, as I received rape threats This tweet is in… Continue reading More opportunistic misreads
Opportunistic Misreads
In my prior post, I commented on Amber A’Lee Frost’s recent piece in Jacobin. As an addendum to that, I thought I might address the issue of Sarah Kendzior’s reaction to this piece. In the piece, Frost writes at one point: And I just don’t think the diminutive label of “bro” should be to describe… Continue reading Opportunistic Misreads
Class and Data
Amber A’Lee Frost has a post at Jacobin titled “Bro Bash.” The post has many points, but the leading one is well-summarized by that thing that goes under the title, which says “There’s nothing feminist about leaving numbers to the bros.” Frost criticizes both the tendency to categorically dismiss quantitative approaches to analyzing things and… Continue reading Class and Data
College Prices Have Not Increased By 1200 Percent
Thomas Frank writes: The price of a year at college has increased by more than 1,200 percent over the last 30 years, far outpacing any other price the government tracks: food, housing, cars, gasoline, TVs, you name it. He links to this Bloomberg piece from 2012 to support this claim. As expected, the Bloomberg piece… Continue reading College Prices Have Not Increased By 1200 Percent