Saideman's Semi-Spew

We have now entered the find out phase of the election--who will be appointed to what positions? We might be feeling some relief that relati...

 Such an awful week, but it ended well for me and Mrs. Spew.  For her big birthday, I splurged on tickets to see Bruce Springsteen.  I have ...

Niru, Manu, and some of the other participants. The post workshop dinner is not way we do this but it is not not why we do this.  This has b...

 Once again, I got the election wrong, spectacularly so.  Was confirmation bias the key?  Partly but mostly too much and too little comparat...

  I made a big prediction in 2016 and got it wrong .  Of course, I couldn't anticipate that Comey would tip the scale at the end, but ...

 As we get to the end of this endless campaign, lots of folks are using the F word.  No, the other one.  For instance, see Drezner and Bulw...

 It is awful that mass deportation is supported by lots of Americans.  Perhaps because they have no idea what it means.  Let me listicle my ...