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Category Archives: Current Events
No Middle Class In Major League Soccer Could Be A Problem
Major League Soccer players might go on strike soon over the lack of free agency. This has to do with An MLS being a “single entity,” meaning that: “[I]nvestors… purchased equity in MLS itself rather than any team. MLS did almost everything for its … Continue reading
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Tagged David Beckham, LA Galaxy, labor agreements, Landon Donovan, men in blazers, MLS, rstats, Soccer
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Legislative Effectiveness, Part II: The South
This is a second post about legislative effectiveness. The first post is here. After looking at the difference in legislative effectiveness between the majority and minority parties using new research from the book The Lawmakers, this is a more in-depth … Continue reading
Legislative Effectiveness, Part I: Pelosi vs. Boehner
Two political science professors, Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman, have come up with a way to measure the effectiveness of individual House representatives in their new book. They’ve created a “legislative effectiveness score” (LES) that compares each individual member’s legislative … Continue reading
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Tagged alan wiseman, Congress, craig volden, john boehner, legislative effectiveness, nancy pelosi, political science, rstats, the lawmakers
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Map Quest: Nashville Residential Building Permits
Strap on your tool belt, we’re talkin’ ’bout building permits! Specifically, we’re dipping our toes into the building of new homes in Nashville, Tennessee, where we mourn the loss of former resident Swizzle Stick to the Big Apple. Bye, Tay-Tay! … Continue reading
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Tagged building permits, data visualization, East Nashville, ggmap, maps, Nashville, real estate, rstats, Tennessee
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Heath Care Update: Medicaid Enrollment Is Up Where They Want Medicaid
Not surprisingly, Medicaid enrollment is up in states where they want Medicaid. Since open enrollment for expanded Medicaid coverage started last October under Obamacare the Affordable Care Act, the federal government has been releasing Medicaid enrollment numbers for all 50 states. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care Reform
Tagged affordable care act, CMS, florida, Georgia, health care exchanges, health insurance, Kentucky, Medicaid, Mississippi, obamacare, rstats, Tennessee
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World Cup 2014: Brazilian Players with One Name
The World Cup is coming! The World Cup is coming! The tournament opens on June 12, when host nation Brazil plays Croatia in Sao Paulo. I feel likes it’s snuck up on me, even though I’ve been diligently following the US … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Sports & Leisure
Tagged Brazil, ggplot, rstats, Seleção, Soccer, World Cup, World Cup 2014
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An Atlanta Hawks Requiem: The Brooklyn Nets Turned Good
I thought I might jinx my Atlanta Hawks with my January post about how awful the Brooklyn Nets were. If I believed in jinxes and the consequences of forgetting to “knock on wood,” I would point to this paragraph: As … Continue reading
Primary Vs. General Elections: Southern Gubernatorial Elections
I was really fascinated with Harry Enten’s FiveThirtyEight article last month about Hillary Clinton’s 2016 polling numbers (they’re exceptionally high). In it, he dives deeper into the relationship between primary and general election results in presidential elections. According to Enten, … Continue reading
Atlanta Braves 2014 Preview: Aging Trajectories
Being a consumer of sabermetric analysis, a member of a fantasy baseball keeper league, and a die hard Braves fan, the age of players is extremely important. You want youth with enough production that it makes sense to take the 23-year-old … Continue reading
Access: Privilege, Minorities on the Internet, and Google Fiber
This is trite to say, but I’ve learned a lot from the Internet. Specifically, I’ve learned a lot from the “Internet feminism” community and all that comes with it. I can better see and understand the general sexism and misogyny … Continue reading
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Tagged access, feminism, Google Fiber, Inequality, internet feminism, jezebel, lena dunham, Nashville, privilege, US Census
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Living In The Sprawl 