The heat here may be cooking my brain: I should have said "reverse" coat tails in my previous comment, since that is the more common way to describe the phenomena. Negative coat tails descr… (View Post)

Another reminder: I believe that, in 2016, Trump benefited from "negative" coat tails in key states. In the usual form of coat tails, the top of the ticket brings voters to the polling plac… (View Post)

For several years I have thought that Donald Trump -- to the extent he has an ideology -- is a monarchist. In support of that idea, I note that he has tried hard to get along with North Korea's Kim, … (View Post)

Benpointer asked whether diet might explain the Hispanic advantage. That might be part of it, though I haven't seen any evidence one way or another. I do think it more likely that their advantage com… (View Post)

Anyone interested in health policy should know about the "Hispanic Paradox": "The Hispanic paradox is an epidemiological finding that Hispanic Americans tend to have health outcomes th… (View Post)