David Glenn's article get discussed by Henry Farrell (lots of comments there), Ted Frank and King.
Lott finally mentions the lawsuit on his blog. No comments there, so far.
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David Glenn's article on academic blogging in the Chronicle of Higher Education mentions the role of blogs in the investigation of Lott's conduct.
William Sjostrom writes "Lott always releases his data." But Lott has not released the data for his 1997 survey.
More interesting analysis of Lott's lawsuit from Ted Frank. First, after looking at the examples of the use of "replicate" he concludes:
I appear to have been too generous to Lott's complaint when I first criticized it.
Then Ben Zycher, who once mounted a defence of Lott consisting of nothing…
Ted Frank has your must read blog post on Lott's lawsuit against Levitt. He has a copy of the complaint and an explanation from Lott:
When a book sells well over a million copies this goes beyond a mere debate among academics. To say that other scholars have been unable to replicate one's work…
David Glenn has a stellar article in the Chronicle of Higher Education on Lott's lawsuit. (Free access only for five days.) Glenn writes:
The passage concludes with these 60 words:
Then there is the troubling allegation that Lott actually invented some of the survey data that support his more-…
There's a good reason you won't find comments at Lott's blog... they are strictly filtered for anything that contradicts Lott.
This selective filtering of blog comments is little more than an end-run around the criticism of sock puppets. The sock puppet's purpose is to give the appearance that the "community" supports the blogger. The same thing is accomplished by selecting which posts to publish and which to trash. If the blogger throws out reasoned criticism, the blogger creates the false impression that everyone supports his argument except the slow-witted.
Lott hasn't created a place for "comments," he's created an echo chamber.
Lott is obviously using his blog for advertising purposes. As such, it would be counterproductive for him--or his bank account--to allow comments that are derogatory to him or his tattered reputation.