Global Issues website

Global Issues website

Environmental problems from Lenntech

Environmental problems from Lenntech

Surfeits of Certitude by Peter Wood

Surfeits of Certitude by Peter Wood

Days of Auld Lang What? The origin of the New Year's anthem—and what it means to us by Peggy Noonan

Days of Auld Lang What? The origin of the New Year's anthem—and what it means to us by Peggy Noonan

The Weight of the Poor, A Strategy to End Poverty by Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven

The Weight of the Poor, A Strategy to End Poverty by Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven

The Second Time is Farce: Frances Fox Piven Calls for a new Cloward-Piven Strategy for Today by Ron Radosh

The Second Time is Farce: Frances Fox Piven Calls for a new Cloward-Piven Strategy for Today by Ron Radosh

I, I, Me, Me, My, My — for Pacifism! by Victor Davis Hanson

I, I, Me, Me, My, My — for Pacifism! by Victor Davis Hanson

Obama and the State of Progressivism, 2011 by Peter Berkowitz

Obama and the State of Progressivism, 2011 by Peter Berkowitz

Eight Botched Environmental Forecasts by Maxim Lott

Eight Botched Environmental Forecasts by Maxim Lott

Delaying Sex Makes Better Relationships, Study Finds by Jeanna Bryner

Delaying Sex Makes Better Relationships, Study Finds by Jeanna Bryner

Please Stop "Helping" Us by John Stossel

Please Stop "Helping" Us by John Stossel

Post-Partisan Power by Steven F. Hayward, Mark Muro, Ted Nordhaus, Michael Shellenberger

Post-Partisan Power by Steven F. Hayward, Mark Muro, Ted Nordhaus, Michael Shellenberger

Japan and the Limits of Keynesianism by Megan McArdle

Japan and the Limits of Keynesianism by Megan McArdle

The Problem of Measurement by Megan McArdle

The Problem of Measurement by Megan McArdle

The Difference Between Men and Women by Dave Barry

The Difference Between Men and Women by Dave Barry

Why men can't help it by Dave Barry

Why men can't help it by Dave Barry

Rest Easy, Fellow Citizens: The Feds Are On The Case by Dave Barry

Rest Easy, Fellow Citizens: The Feds Are On The Case by Dave Barry

Concept: Small World Networks

Concept: Small World Networks

Hidden flaws in strategy by Charles Roxburgh

Hidden flaws in strategy by Charles Roxburgh

Tired of strategic planning? by Eric D. Beinhocker and Sarah Kaplan

Tired of strategic planning? by Eric D. Beinhocker and Sarah Kaplan

Creative destruction: How can corporations make themselves more like the market? by Richard N. Foster and Sarah Kaplan

Creative destruction: How can corporations make themselves more like the market? by Richard N. Foster and Sarah Kaplan

Creative destruction and the financial crisis: An interview with Richard Foster from McKinsey Quarterly

Creative destruction and the financial crisis: An interview with Richard Foster from McKinsey Quarterly

The 4 Pillars of Organisational Success by Jillian Barrie

The 4 Pillars of Organisational Success by Jillian Barrie

North America by Anthony Trollope

North America by Anthony Trollope

A Ride Across Palestine by Anthony Trollope

A Ride Across Palestine by Anthony Trollope

Life of Cicero by Anthony Trollope

Life of Cicero by Anthony Trollope

Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

Confession of an atheist by Bruce Anderson

Confession of an atheist by Bruce Anderson

Hot Sensations Vs. Cold Facts by Larry Bell

Hot Sensations Vs. Cold Facts by Larry Bell

Fleeced: The upper 1% earned 19.6% of total income before tax, and paid 41% of the individual federal income tax. "No other major country is so depend

Fleeced: The upper 1% earned 19.6% of total income before tax, and paid 41% of the individual federal income tax. "No other major country is so dependent on so few taxpayers" from the blogprof

The Original Birth of Freedom by André Glucksmann

The Original Birth of Freedom by André Glucksmann

Economic Optimism? Yes, I’ll Take That Bet by John Tierney

Economic Optimism? Yes, I’ll Take That Bet by John Tierney

Demographic Transition: An Historical Sociological Perspective from University of Michigan's Global Change 2

Demographic Transition: An Historical Sociological Perspective from University of Michigan's Global Change 2

Population Growth over Human History from University of Michigan's Global Change Curriculum

Population Growth over Human History from University of Michigan's Global Change Curriculum

Obama and Income Inequality: No New Brazils! from Newsweek

Obama and Income Inequality: No New Brazils! from Newsweek

Merry Christmas to America’s Top 1 Percent by Deroy Murdock

Merry Christmas to America’s Top 1 Percent by Deroy Murdock

The New Ten Commandments from Ebon Musings

The New Ten Commandments from Ebon Musings

Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries from the OECD

Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries from the OECD

Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours by David Barstow, David Rohde, and Stephanie Saul

Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours by David Barstow, David Rohde, and Stephanie Saul

The end of middle America? Working class white families are unraveling before our eyes by Kay Hymowitz

The end of middle America? Working class white families are unraveling before our eyes by Kay Hymowitz

How Superstars’ Pay Stifles Everyone Else by Eduardo Porter

How Superstars’ Pay Stifles Everyone Else by Eduardo Porter

A Quest to Explain What Grades Really Mean by Tamar Lewin

A Quest to Explain What Grades Really Mean by Tamar Lewin

Taxes and the Top Percentile Myth: A 2008 OECD study of leading economies found that 'taxation is most progressively distributed in the United States.

Taxes and the Top Percentile Myth: A 2008 OECD study of leading economies found that 'taxation is most progressively distributed in the United States.' by Alan Reynolds

Denisovans Bred With Humans Outside Of Africa from FuturePundit

Denisovans Bred With Humans Outside Of Africa from FuturePundit

The Fallacy of a Pain-Free Path to a Healthy Housing Market by Danielle DiMartino Booth and David Luttrell

The Fallacy of a Pain-Free Path to a Healthy Housing Market by Danielle DiMartino Booth and David Luttrell

How innovation spreads through a community via communication by Lee Hopkins

How innovation spreads through a community via communication by Lee Hopkins

Six Degrees of Separation by Andrew Davidson

Six Degrees of Separation by Andrew Davidson

Predictions are Hard, Especially About the Future by Megan McArdle

Predictions are Hard, Especially About the Future by Megan McArdle

The Forest of Rhetoric: silva rhetoricae by Dr. Gideon Burton

The Forest of Rhetoric: silva rhetoricae by Dr. Gideon Burton

Chimp Girls Show Doll Preference from FuturePundit

Chimp Girls Show Doll Preference from FuturePundit

How Government Failure Caused the Great Recession by Mark J. Perry and Robert Dell

How Government Failure Caused the Great Recession by Mark J. Perry and Robert Dell

John Galt Tells Oregon Politicians to Screw Off by Dan Mitchell

John Galt Tells Oregon Politicians to Screw Off by Dan Mitchell

Five Years In, Gauging Impact of Gates Grants by Donald G. McNeil Jr.

Five Years In, Gauging Impact of Gates Grants by Donald G. McNeil Jr.

Bones Give Peek Into the Lives of Neanderthals by Carl Zimmer

Bones Give Peek Into the Lives of Neanderthals by Carl Zimmer

A Reader's Delight by Noel Perrin

A Reader's Delight by Noel Perrin

Vanishing Act by Paul Collins

Vanishing Act by Paul Collins

Give The People What They Want by Walter Russell Mead

Give The People What They Want by Walter Russell Mead

How to read a book; the art of getting a liberal education by Mortimer J. Adler

How to read a book; the art of getting a liberal education by Mortimer J. Adler

The Great Ideas Volumes I and II by Mortimer J. Adler

The Great Ideas Volumes I and II by Mortimer J. Adler

Google Scholar

Google Scholar

Braindancing Smorgasbord

Braindancing Smorgasbord

The Center for the Study of The Great Ideas

The Center for the Study of The Great Ideas

There Once Was a Poem that Knew Facts: The Unlikely Love Affair Between Poetry and Nonfiction by Allan Wolf

There Once Was a Poem that Knew Facts: The Unlikely Love Affair Between Poetry and Nonfiction by Allan Wolf

The Evolution of the Perfect American Christmas Tree by Wynne Parry

The Evolution of the Perfect American Christmas Tree by Wynne Parry

Extended Unemployment and UI Benefits by Rob Valletta and Katherine Kuang

Extended Unemployment and UI Benefits by Rob Valletta and Katherine Kuang

In the bleak midwinter: Poverty looms for the long-term unemployed from The Economist

In the bleak midwinter: Poverty looms for the long-term unemployed from The Economist

Regulation by Prosecution: The Problems with Treating Corporations as Criminals by James R. Copland

Regulation by Prosecution: The Problems with Treating Corporations as Criminals by James R. Copland

Town Mute for 30 Years About a Bully’s Killing by A.G. Sulzberger

Town Mute for 30 Years About a Bully’s Killing by A.G. Sulzberger

Mao's Great Leap to Famine by Frank Dikotter

Mao's Great Leap to Famine by Frank Dikotter

Mapping America: Every City, Every Block from the US Census Bureau

Mapping America: Every City, Every Block from the US Census Bureau

Conversation by Samuel Johnson

Conversation, by Samuel Johnson

Of Conversation: An Apology by H.G. Wells

Of Conversation: An Apology by H.G. Wells

Hints towards an essay on conversation by Jonathan Swift

Hints towards an essay on conversation by Jonathan Swift

Polite Conversation in Three Dialogues by Jonathan Swift

Polite Conversation in Three Dialogues by Jonathan Swift

An Essay: Joseph Priestley by Thomas H. Huxley

An Essay: Joseph Priestley by Thomas H. Huxley

Multimillionaires Without High School Diplomas by Jane Lee and Helen A. Coster

Multimillionaires Without High School Diplomas by Jane Lee and Helen A. Coster

Census: Segregation hits 100-year lows in most American metro areas by Patrik Johnsson

Census: Segregation hits 100-year lows in most American metro areas by Patrik Johnsson

Untangling the Myths About Attention Disorder by Perri Klass, M.D.

Untangling the Myths About Attention Disorder by Perri Klass, M.D.

Unbundle the Welfare State by Jim Manzi

Unbundle the Welfare State by Jim Manzi

Ben Franklin’s Nation by David Brooks

Ben Franklin’s Nation by David Brooks

Pronounced Gender And Age Differences Are Evident In Personal Health Care Spending Per Person by Jonathan Cylus, Micah Hartman, Benjamin Washington, K

Pronounced Gender And Age Differences Are Evident In Personal Health Care Spending Per Person by Jonathan Cylus, Micah Hartman, Benjamin Washington, Kimberly Andrews and Aaron Catlin

Corruption Perceptions Index 2010 from Transparency International

Corruption Perceptions Index 2010 from Transparency International

Motivating Students, or Why Big Bird Must Die by Robert Weissberg

Motivating Students, or Why Big Bird Must Die by Robert Weissberg

The Education Gimmick of the Year Club Strikes Again by Robert Weissberg

The Education Gimmick of the Year Club Strikes Again by Robert Weissberg

Reconsidering Culture and Poverty by Mario Luis Small, David J. Harding, and Michele Lamont

Reconsidering Culture and Poverty by Mario Luis Small, David J. Harding, and Michele Lamont

What People Want: Rethinking Poverty, Culture, and Educational Attainment by Stephen Vaisey

What People Want: Rethinking Poverty, Culture, and Educational Attainment by Stephen Vaisey

Evil Educators by Robert Weissberg

Evil Educators by Robert Weissberg

Reading Is Not a Skill by Mark Bauerlein

Reading Is Not a Skill by Mark Bauerlein

There's No Such Thing as a Reading Test by E.D. Hirsch and Robert Pondiscio

There's No Such Thing as a Reading Test by E.D. Hirsch and Robert Pondiscio

‘Learning Styles’ No Basis for Policy by Mark Bauerlein

‘Learning Styles’ No Basis for Policy by Mark Bauerlein

Saluting the Canon by Mark Bauerlein

Saluting the Canon by Mark Bauerlein

Snooty Europhiles should be forced to crawl in penitence by Boris Johnson

Snooty Europhiles should be forced to crawl in penitence by Boris Johnson

New UCLA study raises questions about genetic testing of newborns by Meg Sullivan

New UCLA study raises questions about genetic testing of newborns by Meg Sullivan

Brains alone won’t get you into McMaster medical school by James Bradshaw

Brains alone won’t get you into McMaster medical school by James Bradshaw

Why Surgeons Dread Redheads by Meredith Melnick

Why Surgeons Dread Redheads by Meredith Melnick

The Ponzi Scheme That Changed My Life by Michael Kubin

The Ponzi Scheme That Changed My Life by Michael Kubin

Literary Smackdown: Chaucer vs. Shakespeare by Caroline Stanley

Literary Smackdown: Chaucer vs. Shakespeare by Caroline Stanley

Look: What your reaction to someone's eye movements says about your politics from e!Science News

Look: What your reaction to someone's eye movements says about your politics from e!Science News

Why married men tend to behave better from e!Science News

Why married men tend to behave better from e!Science News

The Crisis of the American Intellectual by Walter Russell Mead

The Crisis of the American Intellectual by Walter Russell Mead

American Challenges: The Blue Model Breaks Down by Walter Russell Mead

American Challenges: The Blue Model Breaks Down by Walter Russell Mead

China’s Army of Graduates Struggles for Jobs by Andrew Jacobs

China’s Army of Graduates Struggles for Jobs by Andrew Jacobs

Fiscal Fitness by Megan McArdle

Fiscal Fitness by Megan McArdle

Who Spends Stimulus the Quickest? by Megan McArdle

Who Spends Stimulus the Quickest? by Megan McArdle

Muslims Save Jews in Untold WWll Story by David Weinberg

Muslims Save Jews in Untold WWll Story by David Weinberg

Indication of a Divide or Superfluity? by Justin Katz

Indication of a Divide or Superfluity? by Justin Katz

The National Marriage Project, University of Virginia

The National Marriage Project, University of Virginia

The Crisis of the Middle by Rich Lowry

The Crisis of the Middle by Rich Lowry

The State of Our Unions, Marriage in America 2010: When Marriage Disappears by W. Braford Wilcox

The State of Our Unions, Marriage in America 2010: When Marriage Disappears by W. Braford Wilcox

Iran’s Other War by Michael J. Totten

Iran’s Other War by Michael J. Totten

Some Essentials on the Popularity of (American) Proverbs by Peter Grzybek and Christoh Chlosta

Some Essentials on the Popularity of (American) Proverbs by Peter Grzybek and Christoh Chlosta

No Jobs? Young Graduates Make Their Own by Hannah Seligson

No Jobs? Young Graduates Make Their Own by Hannah Seligson

Using Waste, Swedish City Cuts Its Fossil Fuel Use by Elisabeth Rosenthal

Using Waste, Swedish City Cuts Its Fossil Fuel Use by Elisabeth Rosenthal

Physorg.com

Physorg.com

The Great College Degree Scam by Richard Vedder

The Great College Degree Scam by Richard Vedder

Monckton’s Mexican Missive #4 by Anthony Watts

Monckton’s Mexican Missive #4 by Anthony Watts

Married men are nicer, and here's why by Alison McCook

Married men are nicer, and here's why by Alison McCook

Income-related gaps in school readiness in the US and the UK: An analysis of the mediating factors by Jane Waldfogel and Elizabeth Washbrook

Income-related gaps in school readiness in the US and the UK: An analysis of the mediating factors by Jane Waldfogel and Elizabeth Washbrook

The ‘Islamophobia’ myth by Jeff Jacoby

The ‘Islamophobia’ myth by Jeff Jacoby

Math Puzzles’ Oldest Ancestors Took Form on Egyptian Papyrus by Pam Belluck

Math Puzzles’ Oldest Ancestors Took Form on Egyptian Papyrus by Pam Belluck

Tracing the Spark of Creative Problem-Solving by Benedict Carey

Tracing the Spark of Creative Problem-Solving by Benedict Carey

How Partisanship Works by Ross Douthat

How Partisanship Works by Ross Douthat

Down and Out on $250,000 a Year by Karen Hube

Down and Out on $250,000 a Year by Karen Hube

MSM Inertia: What We Can Learn from 120 Years of Climate Catastrophe Reporting by Art Horn

MSM Inertia: What We Can Learn from 120 Years of Climate Catastrophe Reporting by Art Horn

Managing Decision- Priority- Mental Error from Michael Gaspard

Managing Decision- Priority- Mental Error from Michael Gaspard

ERRORS IN DIAGNOSTIC DECISION MAKING AND CLINICAL JUDGMENT by Marley W. Watkins

ERRORS IN DIAGNOSTIC DECISION MAKING AND CLINICAL JUDGMENT by Marley W. Watkins

Information acquisition and choice under uncertainty by Isabelle Brocas and Juan D. Carrillo

Information acquisition and choice under uncertainty by Isabelle Brocas and Juan D. Carrillo

Human Errors in Decision Making by Mohamad , Shahriari, Aliandrina, Dessy and Feng, Yan

Human Errors in Decision Making by Mohamad , Shahriari, Aliandrina, Dessy and Feng, Yan

The Pigford Shakedown: How the Black Farmers’ Cause Was Hijacked by Politicians, Trial Lawyers & Community Organizers — Leaving Us With a Billion Doll

The Pigford Shakedown: How the Black Farmers’ Cause Was Hijacked by Politicians, Trial Lawyers & Community Organizers — Leaving Us With a Billion Dollar Tab by Publius

As Bullies Go Digital, Parents Play Catch-Up by Jan Hoffman

As Bullies Go Digital, Parents Play Catch-Up by Jan Hoffman

World-Newspapers

World-Newspapers

Fiscal Spending Jobs Multipliers: Evidence from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by Daniel J. Wilson

Fiscal Spending Jobs Multipliers: Evidence from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by Daniel J. Wilson

FYI: What Would Happen If Every Element On The Periodic Table Came Into Contact Simultaneously? by Bjorn Carey

FYI: What Would Happen If Every Element On The Periodic Table Came Into Contact Simultaneously? by Bjorn Carey

The Case of Cory Maye by Radley Balko

The Case of Cory Maye by Radley Balko

What Happened to U.S. Health Care Costs? by Megan McArdle

What Happened to U.S. Health Care Costs? by Megan McArdle

New Life Form Discovered by Phil Bowermaster

New Life Form Discovered by Phil Bowermaster

The Eleventh Commandment: Punish Free Riders Religion and the evolutionary origin of cooperation by Ronald Bailey

The Eleventh Commandment: Punish Free Riders Religion and the evolutionary origin of cooperation by Ronald Bailey

Reality Isn't Negotiable: The Government Can't Raise More than 19% in Taxes for Long by Veronique de Rugy

Reality Isn't Negotiable: The Government Can't Raise More than 19% in Taxes for Long by Veronique de Rugy

The primitive social network: bullying required by Michael Marshall

The primitive social network: bullying required by Michael Marshall

Americans Vote for Maturity by Peggy Noonan

Americans Vote for Maturity by Peggy Noonan

Culture and institutions: economic development in the regions of Europe by Guido Tabellini

Culture and institutions: economic development in the regions of Europe by Guido Tabellini

The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill

The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill

Numeracy in the Newsroom: A Case Study of Mathematical Competence and Confidence by Scott R. Maier

Numeracy in the Newsroom: A Case Study of Mathematical Competence and Confidence by Scott R. Maier

Democrats’ Diversity Problem by Josh Kraushaar

Democrats’ Diversity Problem by Josh Kraushaar