He has worked at the London School of Economics, the Université catholique de Louvain, the University of California, Irvine, and, most recently, Bryn Mawr College.

During the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, he revealed that he had accepted a job at Media Matters for America and allowed his name and photograph to be published.

[3] Black's weblog Eschaton generally features short entries on a variety of topics ranging from policy commentary to breaking news and links.

"[4] Following a similar announcement from The Talent Show,[5] this was a satirical reaction to Federal Election Commission hearings[6] on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.

[8] Duncan Black is credited with creating the neologism "Friedman Unit" to refer to The New York Times columnist Tom Friedman's predilection for repeatedly using the next six months as the critical time period for the Iraq War[9] and the term "High Broderism" for an approach to politics characterized by "the worship of bipartisanship for its own sake" as a cover for "the defense of...'the establishment' at all costs".