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Nate Silver

Consistency is a temptress.

Nate Silver and the Problem of Prediction

This desire for certainty, for prediction, is everywhere in modern society for the observant.
By Michael Covel
1948: American President, Harry S Truman smiles and waves to the excited Kansas City crowd after hearing the news that he had won the United States elections and retained the Presidency. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Political Powerball: The Top Ten ‘Election Lottery’ Losses in American History

As Jimmy Carter proved in 1974, you can’t win if you don’t play.
By Cliston Brown
A screenshot of FiveThirtyEight's new weekly puzzle, The Riddler.

FiveThirtyEight Enters the Puzzle Game

Last Friday, Nate Silver's wonky, data-driven website quietly began publishing a weekly puzzle.
By Matthew Kassel
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 04: Residents of the historically African-American neighborhood of Harlem walk by images of human rights activist Malcolm X and Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) on Election Day on November 4, 2008 in New York City. After months of sometimes heated campaigning between Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Obama, Americans are finally voting today for the president of the United States. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

What If There Is No ‘Obama Coalition’?

By Cliston Brown
Grantland's final homepage. (Photo: Twitter)

Grantland Writers Past and Present Eulogize Site on Twitter

By John Bonazzo
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit on January 24, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Chris Christie well known but not liked?

By Chase Brush

Even Data Journalists Like Klein and Silver Aren't Above Hack Tactics

By Ryan Holiday

Morning Media Mix

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Nate Silver, John Skipper and Peter Kafka

Nate Silver Avoids Talking About ‘<em>Times</em> Is in Trouble’ Narrative

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Golden Handcuffs Lose Luster: Journalists Leave <em>The New York Times</em>

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
(Illustration by Lauren Payne)

Morning Media Mix

By Peter Sterne

Gift Guide: The Best Books to Buy for the Technologist in Your Life

By Kelly Faircloth

Even Nate Silver Can’t Predict When a Deadspin Commenter Will Get Laid

By Jessica Roy

Obama Campaign Reminds Supporters Nate Silver Wasn’t Always Right

By Hunter Walker
Nate Silver and David Blaine, birds of a feather

Viral Marketing Genius Nate Silver: The David Blaine of Political Science

By Drew Grant

Nate Silver’s Sweep Is a Huge Win for ‘Big Data’

By Nitasha Tiku
Sullivan. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)

Times Public Editor Margaret ‘The Slugger’ Sullivan Comes Out Swinging

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Public Editor Margaret Sullivan Takes Nate Silver to Task

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

President Obama Takes On Nate Silver

By Chris Clemans
(nytimes.com)

More About the Crazy Uptick In Media Coverage of Occupy Wall Street

By Adrianne Jeffries

The Meaning of NY26

By Azi Paybarah

Nate Silver Cautions Against Reading Too Much Into NY-26

By David Freedlander

Nate Silver Says Hello to The Times, Braces for Scrutiny

By Zeke Turner

Nate Silver to Crunch Numbers for The Times

By Zeke Turner
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