http://blogs.csun.edu/news/clips/2009/10/20/field-study-just-how-relevant-is-political-science/
the original article from New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/books/20poli.html?_r=3
comments from Steve Saideman (Montreal, Quebec, Canada Political Scientist, McGill University
http://saideman.blogspot.com/2009/10/nsf-coburn-and-poli-sci-continued.html