Op-Ed Columnist - No Holds Barred - NYTimes.com

Another NY Times Op-ed complaining about the Senate rules that lead to needing 60 votes to pass anything.

I love seeing outrage over a policy three years after I wrote a paper about the policy, and became concerned myself. Why don’t people listen to political scientists? They study these things for a living. They are aware of historic changes in the government before most people. Alas, I am left to watch newpaper writers stir up political sentiment. This is like getting my sociology only from Malcolm Gladwell.

Anecdotes and feelings are great, but sometimes research and surveys are better.