History is often trapped in a rut of grand political narratives. Elections, wars, dynasties, the conquests of “great men;” seldom do we peer past this pageant to see the machinery at work in the background. Look carefully at the past…

From the New York Times: Dropping the Trans-Pacific partnership is a bad idea. From the Daily Beast: Polls have always said we’re “on the wrong track.” Expectation bias and flawed polls. From Scientific American: Research is questioning the value of…