August 13, 2010 11:05AM 

# Social Science Friday 

By [Justin Logan](https://www.cato.org/people/justin-logan) 

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A few odds and ends from the social science blogosphere:

- A rare [Michael Kinsley stumble](http://www.themonkeycage.org/2010/08/bizarre_twisty_argument_about.html).
- [The danger of data without theory](http://duckofminerva.blogspot.com/2010/08/danger-of-data-without-theory.html).
- [General David Petraeus will receive the Hubert H. Humphrey Award in recognition of notable public service by a political scientist](http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-08/apsa-aps080410.php) at this year’s American Political Science Association annual meeting in Washington.

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[Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Regulation](https://www.cato.org/regulatory-studies) 

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