Blogroll update

Observant readers may note that I've made a few updates to the blogroll on the righthand side over the past month. The reason is that there have been a few big shakeups recently in the wonkosphere. First, Ezra Klein left wonkblog to start a new venture about three or four months ago. Shortly thereafter, Mathew Yglesias left Moneybox at Slate as did a few other wonky writers at the Washington Post and the New York Times. A few weeks ago, they all came out together with Vox, a website dedicated to posts discussing politics, economics, and explaining the news. Meanwhile, Nate Silver left the New York Times and brought FiveThirtyEight to ESPN. I too was scared that he would turn into some sports jock, but the website still satisfyingly dedicates the majority of its space to politics, economics, and general data analysis, allowing me to cheerily skip over the boring stories about baseball. Nate has also poached and found some good talent from across the internet. Vox and FiveThirtyEight together probably have the majority of my favorite writers on the internet, so this is naturally very exciting for me. A third link I've added is Emma Pierson's blog, Obsession with Regression. Pierson is 22 years old (!) and already involved in a lot of interesting statistical work with groups such as 23andme, Okaycupid, and Eharmony. She also writes at FiveThirtyEight, which is how I heard about her. Next year, she's going to be a Rhodes Scholar doing something incredible and making me feel inadequate for not being remotely close to her current successful nerdy trajectory. Nonetheless, her writing is very interesting, passionate, and funny.

Check out the three new sites!