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Does (American-style) Democracy Work?

By alex | Published: 9/24/2008

“If they lie about us, then we will correct the record,” Obama said. “But this election is too important, too serious, to be playing silly games.” The media has been all about the campaign lies this year. Factcheck.org, a site with an august history, is probably getting more hits this month than it ever has. […]

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[the making of, pt. 3] Creating a sample

By alex | Published: 9/22/2008

(This is the third in a series of posts on the making of a research article. If you haven’t already, go back and check it out from the start.) Having put together the bones of a literature review in part 2, I now need to collect some data. My initial aim was a round number: […]