Against too-clever-by-half political science cynicism

2026-05-30

There’s a long tradition in political science of skepticism regarding proposed quick fixes in politics. For example: term limits sound good but they weaken the legislature and reduce voter choice. Jungle primaries sound fair but they encourage insincere voting. Campaign … Continue reading → …

April 2026 Top 40 New CRAN Packages

2026-05-30

Three hundred seventy-six of the new packages submitted to CRAN in April were still there in mid-May. Here are my Top 40 picks in twenty-three categories: Actuarial Analysis, Archaeology, Biology, Causal Inference, Computational Methods, Ecology…

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[R] How to Position the Legend Inside a Plot in ggplot2

2026-05-30

Zhenguo Zhang’s Blog https://fortune9.netlify.app/2026/05/30/r-position-legend-inside-plot/ -

By default, ggplot2 places the legend outside the plot area (usually on the right). However, sometimes you may want to move the legend inside the plot to sa…

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