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The Only Scholarly Supporter

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/trump-trade-adviser-busted-for-making-up-whimsical-pen-name-to-quote-himself-in-his-books-for-years/ The only scholarly supporter of Trump's trade policies that Trump has been able to cite over the last three years ... turns out to have been writing fiction. Who'd a thunk?

Opinions about Gay Marriage: A Social-Science Scandal

Fascinating stuff. Most social science studies show that opinions on social/political matters have a lot of inertia behind them. Adults don't change their mind quickly and, when a mind does change, it is liable to snap back into the earlier position. But there was one study not long ago that seemed to show that gay marriage is an exception. Now, that study turns out to be a fraud. There's a great story on all this in NEW YORK .