Readers interested in a serious analysis of my father's role in Soviet-American relations might wish to see "The Case Against Harry Dexter White: Still Not Proven," a paper by James M. Boughton, historian of the International Monetary Fund, published in the summer 2001 issue of History of Political Economy.
Such gatherings did much to refine the literary language and also helped to prepare a cultured public that could engage in the serious analysis of moral and psychological problems.
Emma Brockes's review of "Sarah, Robert Gottliebb's biography of the French actress Sarah Bernhardt ("Mystery Diva, Sept. 19), seems more interested in Bernhardt's quirks and mannerisms — traveling with her own coffin, wearing a hat adorned with a stuffed bat — than in a serious analysis of her life and times.
Compared to the laboratory setting, the crowdsourcing environment is quite noisy by nature, so before the newly collected data can be used in any serious analysis to draw reliable conclusions, data cleansing must be conducted.
Given the political and legal significance of the Apportionment Commission's work, a serious analysis in The Times of what happened and why was long overdue.
But I'm sure we'll have a lot more serious analysis in the months to come.
Karl Rove, once an arbiter of conservative sentiment, in a moment of serious analysis on Fox News, criticized Ms. O'Donnell the night she won the primary, saying her extremism made her unelectable.
This often happens in the absence of serious analysis of the policy issues, institutional interplay or larger social setting.
You can easily contrast the lofty, universal and revolutionary rhetoric of Jefferson in the Declaration with the sober, somber and serious analysis of Washington in the Farewell Address.
