I was an avid reader of Nate Silver's from the moment in 2008 that I noticed he was figuring things out about the Obama v. Clinton race ahead of everyone else. When his blog went to the NYT I thought, "good for him". But just a day or two ago I finally admitted to myself that somehow, being at the NYT has made it lame. I've stopped reading it, even stopped checking it. I doubt that Nate has gotten dumber. It must be something about the NYT.