GREAT MOMENTS IN SOVIET PSYCHIATRY: Study showing conservatives showed signs of ‘psychoticism’ turns out to be bunk.

Perhaps instead of “psychoticism,” the “researchers” at Virginia Commonwealth University should have simply used the phrase “philosophical intoxication” — I’m sure they’d concur that it has an excellent pedigree.

“By the way, your tax dollars paid for this essential social science research,” Steve Hayward adds at Power Line. “A note at the end says, ‘The data for this article were collected with the financial support of the National Institute of Health.’ And people wonder why Republicans in Congress want to cut off federal funding for social science research. As an alternative, I suggest redirecting federal social science funds to Retraction Watch.  And cue Emily Litella whenever you’re ready.”