Sunday, October 30, 2011

What Tax Dollars Can’t Buy by Ross Douthat

What Tax Dollars Can’t Buy by Ross Douthat

Getting Ahead in America by Ron Haskins

Getting Ahead in America by Ron Haskins

Stuck at the bottom by Rich Lowry

Stuck at the bottom by Rich Lowry

Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement from U.S. Census Bureau

Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement from U.S. Census Bureau

Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007 from the Congressional Budget Office

Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007 from the Congressional Budget Office

CBO Report Shows Rich Got Richer, As Did Most Americans from Bloomberg

CBO Report Shows Rich Got Richer, As Did Most Americans from Bloomberg

Where the One Percent Fit in the Hierarchy of Income from The New York Times

Where the One Percent Fit in the Hierarchy of Income from The New York Times

What’s Luck Got to Do With It? by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen

What’s Luck Got to Do With It? by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen

The debt fallout: How Social Security went ‘cash negative’ earlier than expected by Lori Montgomery

The debt fallout: How Social Security went ‘cash negative’ earlier than expected by Lori Montgomery

How MIT Won Balloon Search-and-Rescue Challenge by Charles Choi

How MIT Won Balloon Search-and-Rescue Challenge by Charles Choi

A Ghostly Scream From the Sahara by Sarah Zielinski

A Ghostly Scream From the Sahara by Sarah Zielinski

Saturday, October 29, 2011

An Ideal Husband by Maureen Dowd

An Ideal Husband by Maureen Dowd

Women and Science Fiction by Ilya Somin

Women and Science Fiction by Ilya Somin

Sex, Bias and Data by John Tierney

Sex, Bias and Data by John Tierney

Spoiled Children of Capitalism by Jonah Goldberg

Spoiled Children of Capitalism by Jonah Goldberg

Using your browser URL history to estimate gender by Mike Nolet

Using your browser URL history to estimate gender by Mike Nolet

The Can't Do Society by Victor Davis Hanson

The Can't Do Society by Victor Davis Hanson

Cheer up. We're winning in the War on Terror by Gerard Baker

Cheer up. We're winning in the War on Terror by Gerard Baker

American Empire from Armed and Dangerous

American Empire from Armed and Dangerous

Reflection Day by Victor Davis Hanson

Reflection Day by Victor Davis Hanson

Why Nice Guys Usually Get the Girls by Omar Tonsi Eldakar

Why Nice Guys Usually Get the Girls by Omar Tonsi Eldakar

Domestic Dust-Ups by Kathleen Parker

Domestic Dust-Ups by Kathleen Parker

Fragile by Design by Arnold Kling

Fragile by Design by Arnold Kling

Ladders of Memory by Caroline H. Dworin

Ladders of Memory by Caroline H. Dworin

Is Aging an Accident of Evolution? by Casey Kazan

Is Aging an Accident of Evolution? by Casey Kazan

Friday, October 28, 2011

Gang Control, Not Gun Control by Robert Farago

Gang Control, Not Gun Control by Robert Farago

Stemming the Tide by Walter Russell Mead

Stemming the Tide by Walter Russell Mead

On Tyranny and Liberty by Myron Magnet

On Tyranny and Liberty by Myron Magnet

The Federalist No. 51 by James Madison

The Federalist No. 51 by James Madison

How the Potato Changed the World by Charles C. Mann

How the Potato Changed the World by Charles C. Mann

Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong by David H. Freedman

Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong by David H. Freedman

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Don’t mind the gap by By Shikha Dalmia

Don’t mind the gap by Shikha Dalmia

Remembering Satan Part I by Lawrence Wright

Remembering Satan Part I by Lawrence Wright

Remembering Satan Part II by Lawrence Wright

Study "Proves" Warming Occurred, Pundits Seize Chance to Bash Skeptics by Jason Mick

Study "Proves" Warming Occurred, Pundits Seize Chance to Bash Skeptics by Jason Mick

How Revolutionary Tools Cracked a 1700s Code by John Markoff

How Revolutionary Tools Cracked a 1700s Code by John Markoff

Demography A tale of three islands from The Economist

Demography A tale of three islands from The Economist

Gene Expression website

Gene Expression website

Think right, not deep by Razib Khan

Think right, not deep by Razib Khan

7 reasons why Obama is wrong on income inequality by James Pethokoukis

7 reasons why Obama is wrong on income inequality by James Pethokoukis

Misperceptions About the Magnitude and Timing of Changes in American Income Inequality by Robert J. Gordon

Misperceptions About the Magnitude and Timing of Changes in American Income Inequality by Robert J. Gordon

Hearing on Impediments to Job Creation by Andrew G. Biggs

Hearing on Impediments to Job Creation by Andrew G. Biggs

Large changes in fiscal policy: taxes versus spending by Alberto Alesina and Silvia Ardagna

Large changes in fiscal policy: taxes versus spending by Alberto Alesina and Silvia Ardagna

What Successful Fiscal Adjustments Look Like by Veronique de Rugy

What Successful Fiscal Adjustments Look Like by Veronique de Rugy

The Kids Are Actually Sort of Alright by Noreen Malone

The Kids Are Actually Sort of Alright by Noreen Malone

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Dreaming of a Unified Korea? by Walter Russell Mead

Dreaming of a Unified Korea? by Walter Russell Mead

The Little State With a Big Mess by Mary Williams Walsh

The Little State With a Big Mess by Mary Williams Walsh

The Paradox of the New Elite by Alexander Stille

The Paradox of the New Elite by Alexander Stille

Don’t Blink! The Hazards of Confidence by Daniel Kahneman

Don’t Blink! The Hazards of Confidence by Daniel Kahneman

A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute by Matt Richtel

A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute by Matt Richtel

How to Read Moby-Dick by Kathryn Harrison

How to Read Moby-Dick by Kathryn Harrison

Measurement and Its Discontents by Robert P. Crease

Measurement and Its Discontents by Robert P. Crease

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Brain Activity Encodes Reward Magnitude and Delay During Choice from e!ScienceNews

Brain Activity Encodes Reward Magnitude and Delay During Choice from e!ScienceNews

This Is Your Brain on Arts by Steve Mirsky

This Is Your Brain on Arts by Steve Mirsky

Election Analysis: America Can Take Pride in This Historic, Inspirational Disaster by Iowahawk

Election Analysis: America Can Take Pride in This Historic, Inspirational Disaster by Iowahawk

One in Four Read No Books Last Year by Alan Fram

One in Four Read No Books Last Year by Alan Fram

Gifted Children: How To Bring Out Their Potential by Christian Fischer

Gifted Children: How To Bring Out Their Potential by Christian Fischer

Obese Women But Not Obese Men More Impulsive? from FuturePundit

Obese Women But Not Obese Men More Impulsive? from FuturePundit

We Blew It by P.J. O'Rourke

We Blew It by P.J. O'Rourke

Fed directors benefited from bailouts by Joel Gehrke

Fed directors benefited from bailouts by Joel Gehrke

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The 1% Ain't What It Used To Be by Megan McArdle

The 1% Ain't What It Used To Be by Megan McArdle

Children prefer cooperation from the Max-Planck Gesellschaft

Children prefer cooperation from the Max-Planck Gesellschaft

Dense Urban Thinking Down Under by Joel Kotkin

Dense Urban Thinking Down Under by Joel Kotkin

A Real Live Violation of the Third Amendment by Ilya Somin

A Real Live Violation of the Third Amendment by Ilya Somin

Don’t Occupy Education? by Charles C. W. Cooke

Don’t Occupy Education? by Charles C. W. Cooke

5 reasons why income inequality is a myth — and Occupy Wall Street is wrong by James Pethokoukis

5 reasons why income inequality is a myth — and Occupy Wall Street is wrong by James Pethokoukis

More Trouble in France: Mayotte by Michel Gurfinkiel

More Trouble in France: Mayotte by Michel Gurfinkiel

Myth of the Great Railroad Land Give Away by Shannon Love

Myth of the Great Railroad Land Give Away by Shannon Love

Obama's Small Donor Base Image is A Myth by Andrew Malcolm

Obama's Small Donor Base Image is A Myth by Andrew Malcolm

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Income Inequality and Poverty in OECD Countries: How Does Japan Compare? by Marco Mira d'Ercole

Income Inequality and Poverty in OECD Countries: How Does Japan Compare? by Marco Mira d'Ercole

Why Isn't Detroit a Paradise? by Shannon Love

Why Isn't Detroit a Paradise? by Shannon Love

Five myths about healthy eating by Katherine Mangu-Ward

Five myths about healthy eating by Katherine Mangu-Ward

The Cyber Road Less Traveled by Leslie Goff

The Cyber Road Less Traveled by Leslie Goff

Ten Ways to Use Linkedin by Guy Kawasaki

Ten Ways to Use Linkedin by Guy Kawasaki

Give Me Liberty and Give Me Death by P.J. O'Rourke

Give Me Liberty and Give Me Death by P.J. O'Rourke

The Moral Sciences Club website

The Moral Sciences Club website

The Integrity Gap from Baseball Crank

The Integrity Gap from Baseball Crank

Michael Clemens for Treasury Secretary by Will Wilkinson

Michael Clemens for Treasury Secretary by Will Wilkinson

The Battle Over Boo Radley by Kate Hammer

The Battle Over Boo Radley by Kate Hammer

The Ten Percent Solution by Jeremy E.C. Genovese

The Ten Percent Solution by Jeremy E.C. Genovese

Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues website

Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues website

Acton Institute website

Acton Institute website

Defending the Moral Basis of Capitalism by Paul T. Prentice

Defending the Moral Basis of Capitalism by Paul T. Prentice

Five Myths About Our Land of Opportunity by Isabel V. Sawhill

Five Myths About Our Land of Opportunity by Isabel V. Sawhill

Roar of the lion father by Todd Zywicki

Roar of the lion father by Todd Zywicki

How to Read a Book with Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren

How to Read a Book with Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren

Modelling Argumentation, Toulmin-style by Ian Alexander

Modelling Argumentation, Toulmin-style by Ian Alexander

Introduction to Logic from p.l.e.

Introduction to Logic from p.l.e.

Measuring Strength of Motivation for Medical School by Marja GH Nieuwhof et al

Measuring Strength of Motivation for Medical School by Marja GH Nieuwhof et al

Coming clean on 'dirty DUIs' in Contra Costa County by Maura Dolan

Coming clean on 'dirty DUIs' in Contra Costa County by Maura Dolan

The Great Restoration by David Brooks

The Great Restoration by David Brooks

Made a Mistake? Just Treat Us to Ice Cream by Adam Bryant

Made a Mistake? Just Treat Us to Ice Cream by Adam Bryant

“Sybil Exposed”: Memory, lies and therapy by Laura Miller

“Sybil Exposed”: Memory, lies and therapy by Laura Miller

Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About the Job Market for Lawyers by Ilya Somin

Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About the Job Market for Lawyers by Ilya Somin

The Austerity Myth: Federal Spending Up 5% This Year by John Merline

The Austerity Myth: Federal Spending Up 5% This Year by John Merline

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Climategate: Alarmism is Underpinned by Fraud by Ian Plimer

Climategate: Alarmism is Underpinned by Fraud by Ian Plimer

Major Nidal Hasan Had An Enabler by Mark Steyn

Major Nidal Hasan Had An Enabler by Mark Steyn

Holding Holder Accountable by Jennifer Rubin

Holding Holder Accountable by Jennifer Rubin

The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry

The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry

Promoting Racial Paranoia by Heather Mac Donald

Promoting Racial Paranoia by Heather Mac Donald

Deconstructing ClimateGate's Smoking-Gun Email by Tom Blumer

Deconstructing ClimateGate's Smoking-Gun Email by Tom Blumer

Urbanization and Environmental Sustainability from Earthtrends

Urbanization and Environmental Sustainability from Earthtrends

Urbanization By Country from NationMaster

Urbanization By Country from NationMaster

Airbrushing Out Mary Jo Kopechne by Mark Steyn

Airbrushing Out Mary Jo Kopechne by Mark Steyn

Fall from Grace: Arming America and the Bellesiles Scandal by James Lindgren

Fall from Grace: Arming America and the Bellesiles Scandal by James Lindgren

The Great Climate Change Science Scandal by Jonathan Leake

The Great Climate Change Science Scandal by Jonathan Leake

Where Politics Don't Belong by Tyler Cowen

Where Politics Don't Belong by Tyler Cowen

The Meaning of Motley CRU by Kenneth P. Green

The Meaning of Motley CRU by Kenneth P. Green

Why Does the Public Oppose ObamaCare? by Jay Cost

Why Does the Public Oppose ObamaCare? by Jay Cost

Global Warming Bombshell by John Hinderaker

Global Warming Bombshell by John Hinderaker

Fact-Checking the President on Health Insurance by Scott Harrington

Fact-Checking the President on Health Insurance by Scott Harrington

Men, the Gender Wars Are Over - We Won by Matt Patterson

Men, the Gender Wars Are Over - We Won by Matt Patterson

Entrepreneurs Go on Strike by C. Edmund Wright

Entrepreneurs Go on Strike by C. Edmund Wright

Vanished Persian Army Said Found in Desert by Rossella Lorenzi

Vanished Persian Army Said Found in Desert by Rossella Lorenzi

What Should Colleges Teach? by Stanley Fish

What Should Colleges Teach? by Stanley Fish

The Healthcare-Competitiveness Fallacy by Greg Mankiw

The Healthcare-Competitiveness Fallacy by Greg Mankiw

The Mae West presidency by Donald Sensing

The Mae West presidency by Donald Sensing

Cons Targeting Jews: First Madoff, Now Stanford by Todd Bensman

Cons Targeting Jews: First Madoff, Now Stanford by Todd Bensman

Secret history: The story behind the world’s oldest museum, built by a Babylonian princess 2,500 years ago by Alasdair Wilkins

Secret history: The story behind the world’s oldest museum, built by a Babylonian princess 2,500 years ago by Alasdair Wilkins

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Is Government Action Worse than Global Warming? by Ronald Bailey

Is Government Action Worse than Global Warming? by Ronald Bailey

Debt Be Not Proud by John Steele Gordon

Debt Be Not Proud by John Steele Gordon

Health Reform Should Begin With Ending Fraud by Tom Coburn and Jim Frogue

Health Reform Should Begin With Ending Fraud by Tom Coburn and Jim Frogue

False Rape Accusations Are Not Rare from Billoblog

False Rape Accusations Are Not Rare from Billoblog

Once Upon an ACORN by Matthew Vadum

Once Upon an ACORN by Matthew Vadum

Hard Evidence by Christopher Hitchens

Hard Evidence by Christopher Hitchens

Dismantling America by Thomas Sowell

Dismantling America by Thomas Sowell

All Falling Down . . . by Victor Davis Hanson

All Falling Down . . . by Victor Davis Hanson

Obama Like Me? Roman, Please by Iowahawk

Obama Like Me? Roman, Please by Iowahawk

A Very Interesting Next Three Years by Victor Davis Hanson

A Very Interesting Next Three Years by Victor Davis Hanson

Right-wing women rock by Ian Robinson

Right-wing women rock by Ian Robinson

Falling fertility from The Economist

Falling fertility from The Economist

Engaging with the public by John Hawks

Engaging with the public by John Hawks

Making Moral Sense of the Market by Douglas A. Hicks

Making Moral Sense of the Market by Douglas A. Hicks

The Whole Truth by Julian Baggini

The Whole Truth by Julian Baggini.

"The Student Loan Racket" - The Complete Infographic by Tyler Durden

"The Student Loan Racket" - The Complete Infographic by Tyler Durden

Why Are Most of the Atlantic Cover Stories Written By Women About Marriage and Babies? Jessica Grose

Why Are Most of the Atlantic Cover Stories Written By Women About Marriage and Babies? Jessica Grose

Women at Work A new tally shows how few female writers appear in magazines by Meghan ORourke

Women at Work A new tally shows how few female writers appear in magazines by Meghan ORourke

Things could actually get a lot worse in The Economist

Things could actually get a lot worse in The Economist

Friday, October 14, 2011

How Classics Create an Aliterate Society by Donald R. Gallo

How Classics Create an Aliterate Society by Donald R. Gallo

The Man Who Defined Deviancy Up by Holman Jenkins

The Man Who Defined Deviancy Up by Holman Jenkins

A Question of Character by David M. Kennedy

A Question of Character by David M. Kennedy

Ten Principles of Effective Writing: F.L. Lucas on Style by Richard Nordquist

Ten Principles of Effective Writing: F.L. Lucas on Style by Richard Nordquist

Trial and Error by Matt Ridley

Trial and Error by Matt Ridley

Are You There God? It's Me, Monica by Caitlin Flanagan

Are You There God? It's Me, Monica by Caitlin Flanagan

The Wifely Duty by Caitlin Flanagan

The Wifely Duty by Caitlin Flanagan

Delayed Childbearing by Gina Maranto

Delayed Childbearing by Gina Maranto

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Scientists Solve DNA Puzzle of the Black Death by Nicholas Wade

Scientists Solve DNA Puzzle of the Black Death by Nicholas Wade

Steven Pinker on violence by Tyler Cowen

Steven Pinker on violence by Tyler Cowen

Summers Vindicated (again) by Alex Tabarrok

Summers Vindicated (again) by Alex Tabarrok

Daring to Discuss Women in Science by John Tierney

Daring to Discuss Women in Science by John Tierney

Bachelorhood and Its Discontents by Christopher Orlet

Bachelorhood and Its Discontents by Christopher Orlet

The Migration History of Humans: DNA Study Traces Human Origins Across the Continents by Gary Stix

The Migration History of Humans: DNA Study Traces Human Origins Across the Continents by Gary Stix

A Scientist Takes On Gravity by Dennis Overbye

A Scientist Takes On Gravity by Dennis Overbye

Brains, Books and the Future of Print by Lane Wallace

Brains, Books and the Future of Print by Lane Wallace

The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated? by Michael Grunwald

The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated? by Michael Grunwald

Starbucks Does Not Use Two-Phase Commit by Gregor Hohpe

Starbucks Does Not Use Two-Phase Commit by Gregor Hohpe

What Bono says and what he does by Mark Steyn

What Bono says and what he does by Mark Steyn

Texting May Be Taking a Toll by Katie Hafner

Texting May Be Taking a Toll by Katie Hafner

Expenditures for Health Programs Always Outpace Early Estimates by Devon Herrick

Expenditures for Health Programs Always Outpace Early Estimates by Devon Herrick

Blowup by Malcolm Gladwell

Blowup by Malcolm Gladwell

Ride The High Horse by Tom Maguire

Ride The High Horse by Tom Maguire

The Blue-State Meltdown and the Collapse of the Chicago Model by Joel Kotkin

The Blue-State Meltdown and the Collapse of the Chicago Model by Joel Kotkin

New Evidence on the Foreclosure Crisis by Stan Liebowitz

New Evidence on the Foreclosure Crisis by Stan Liebowitz

Priced to Sell by Malcolm Gladwell

Priced to Sell by Malcolm Gladwell

American Universities and the Nazis by David Bernstein

American Universities and the Nazis by David Bernstein

Obama’s healthcare horror by Camille Paglia

Obama’s healthcare horror by Camille Paglia

Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Health Care Crisis? from Classical Values

Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Health Care Crisis? from Classical Values

“The scholarship equivalent of Yale donning a burqa to suppress the temptations its immodesty might otherwise inspire”

“The scholarship equivalent of Yale donning a burqa to suppress the temptations its immodesty might otherwise inspire” by Roger Kimball

When Liberal Leaders Confront a Centrist Nation by Michael Barone

When Liberal Leaders Confront a Centrist Nation by Michael Barone

Obama's Hoof-in-Mouth Disease by Larry Kudlow

Obama's Hoof-in-Mouth Disease by Larry Kudlow

In Government We Trust? by Daniel Henninger

In Government We Trust? by Daniel Henninger

Big New Journalism Idea: The Hate Beat by Matt Welch

Big New Journalism Idea: The Hate Beat by Matt Welch

The Myth of Financial Deregulation by Anthony Randazzo

The Myth of Financial Deregulation by Anthony Randazzo

Getting There From Here by Atul Gawande

Getting There From Here by Atul Gawande

We can’t talk about immigration by Mark Steyn

We can’t talk about immigration by Mark Steyn

Taking the President On Faith by Kathleen Parker

Taking the President On Faith by Kathleen Parker

'A Tax on Thin Air' by Robert Tracinski and Tom Minchin

'A Tax on Thin Air' by Robert Tracinski and Tom Minchin

Country From Which US Declared Independence from Marist Poll

Country From Which US Declared Independence from Marist Poll

Reason.tv: Is Sweden a Supermodel for America’s Economy? by Nick Gillespie

Reason.tv: Is Sweden a Supermodel for America’s Economy? by Nick Gillespie

Press Secretary 101 by Rich Galen

Press Secretary 101 by Rich Galen

Give It a Rest, Genius by Ann Hulbert

Give It a Rest, Genius by Ann Hulbert

Criminal Injustice by Steve Salerno

Criminal Injustice by Steve Salerno

Strengths and Weaknesses of S-Curves by Theodore Modis

Strengths and Weaknesses of S-Curves by Theodore Modis
Open-Minded Man Grimly Realizes How Much Life He's Wasted Listening To Bullshit from The Onion

Tests for Husbands and Wives by Dr. George W. Crane

Tests for Husbands and Wives by Dr. George W. Crane

Thy Neighbor’s Wealth by Catherine Rampell

Thy Neighbor’s Wealth by Catherine Rampell

Do we all want freedom? by Theodore Dalrymple

Do we all want freedom? by Theodore Dalrymple

Democracy -- the Negro's Hope by Frances Gaither

Democracy -- the Negro's Hope by Frances Gaither

The Yellow Virtues by Frank Dikötter

The Yellow Virtues by Frank Dikötter

Relax, We’ll Be Fine by David Brooks

Relax, We’ll Be Fine by David Brooks

Transmission of Genital HPV Through the Hands by Eugene Volokh

Transmission of Genital HPV Through the Hands by Eugene Volokh

What Do Parents Owe Their Children? by Jason Sorens

What Do Parents Owe Their Children? by Jason Sorens

E-Books: The Future Is Here by Megan McArdle

E-Books: The Future Is Here by Megan McArdle

Electronic reading devices are transforming the concept of a book by Alex Pham and David Sarno

Electronic reading devices are transforming the concept of a book by Alex Pham and David Sarno

The Future Of America's Economy by Niall Ferguson, video

The Future Of America's Economy by Niall Ferguson, video

Critical and Historical Essays Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Critical and Historical Essays Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay

The Obama Problem by Monty Pelerin

The Obama Problem by Monty Pelerin

Forgive Student Loans? by Richard Vedder

Forgive Student Loans? by Richard Vedder

Monday, October 10, 2011

Does Science Support the Punitive Parenting of "Tiger Mothering"? by Charles Q. Choi

Does Science Support the Punitive Parenting of "Tiger Mothering"? by Charles Q. Choi

The Man and the Snake by Ambrose Bierce

The Man and the Snake by Ambrose Bierce

Lyceum Address: The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions by Abraham Lincoln

Lyceum Address: The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions by Abraham Lincoln

What Is Wisdom? from Alice Loves Shakespeare

What Is Wisdom? from Alice Loves Shakespeare

The Fortress and the Church by Adashsikra

The Fortress and the Church by Adashsikra

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James

Ed Schools’ Pedagogical Puzzle by Sharon Otterman

Ed Schools’ Pedagogical Puzzle by Sharon Otterman

Overlords by David Thompson

Overlords by David Thompson

Lacus Curtius from Wikipedia

Lacus Curtius from Wikipedia

America’s Honor: The stories behind Memorial Day by Peter Collier

America’s Honor: The stories behind Memorial Day by Peter Collier

The Causes of Economic Growth by Reuven Brenner

The Causes of Economic Growth by Reuven Brenner

Black and right by Ray Sawhill

Black and right by Ray Sawhill

No More Adventures in Wonderland by Maria Tatar

No More Adventures in Wonderland by Maria Tatar

Popular Development Economics—An Anthropologist among the Mandarins Mike McGovern

Popular Development Economics—An Anthropologist among the Mandarins by Mike McGovern

Babies show sense of fairness, altruism as early as 15 months from e! Science News

Babies show sense of fairness, altruism as early as 15 months from e! Science News

Group Urges More Money to Aid Poor in School by Winnie Hu

Group Urges More Money to Aid Poor in School by Winnie Hu

The Jonestown Massacre Revisited by Alan Riding

The Jonestown Massacre Revisited by Alan Riding

Silver Treasure, Worth $18 Million, Found in North Atlantic by William J. Broad

Silver Treasure, Worth $18 Million, Found in North Atlantic by William J. Broad

Happy Columbus Day (Observed) by Walter Russell Mead

Happy Columbus Day (Observed) by Walter Russell Mead

The Geography of Same-Sex Couples by Nate Berg

The Geography of Same-Sex Couples by Nate Berg

The Geniuses We'll Never Know by Niall Ferguson

The Geniuses We'll Never Know by Niall Ferguson

Anglosphere: Celebrating Wrong Italian? (Columbus vs. Cabot) by James C. Bennett

Anglosphere: Celebrating Wrong Italian? (Columbus vs. Cabot) by James C. Bennett

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: Paying Attention to What Isn’t There by Maria Konnikova

Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: Paying Attention to What Isn’t There by Maria Konnikova

Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: Perspective Is Everything, Details Alone Are Nothing by Maria Konnikova

Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: Perspective Is Everything, Details Alone Are Nothing by Maria Konnikova

I Sing of Fizzy Fluid Retention by P. J. O'Rourke

I Sing of Fizzy Fluid Retention by P. J. O'Rourke

The Luck Factor by Richard Wiseman

The Luck Factor by Richard Wiseman

Basic Emotions by Sandy Gautam

Basic Emotions by Sandy Gautam

Paul Ryan: Restoring the Rule of Law by Paul A. Rahe

Paul Ryan: Restoring the Rule of Law by Paul A. Rahe

The Library by George Crabbe

The Library by George Crabbe

Democracy in difficult places from The Economist

Democracy in difficult places from The Economist

Making Room for Readers by Steve Himmer

Making Room for Readers by Steve Himmer

Epictetus Quotes from Goodreads

Epictetus Quotes from Goodreads

Charles Darwin, Economist by Robert Frank

Charles Darwin, Economist by Robert Frank

Why Scientific Progress Sometimes Goes Boink by Adam Mann

Why Scientific Progress Sometimes Goes Boink by Adam Mann

The Big Easy's School Revolution by Matthew Kaminski

The Big Easy's School Revolution by Matthew Kaminski

Friday, October 7, 2011

Where Are the Jobs? by David Brooks

Where Are the Jobs? by David Brooks

Innovation Starvation by Neal Stephenson

Innovation Starvation by Neal Stephenson

Why Economics MUST Explain the Modern World by Gregory Clark

Why Economics MUST Explain the Modern World by Gregory Clark

Why Shakespeare Is For All Time by Theodore Dalrymple

Why Shakespeare Is For All Time by Theodore Dalrymple

Welcome, stranger from The Economist

Welcome, stranger from The Economist

The hundred most influential books since the war by Peter Stothard

The hundred most influential books since the war by Peter Stothard

Of Bibliophilia and Biblioclasm by Theodore Dalyrmple

Of Bibliophilia and Biblioclasm by Theodore Dalyrmple

Why Science is the Source of All Progress by David Deutsch

Why Science is the Source of All Progress by David Deutsch

The Future Is Getting Better All The Time by Walter Russell Mead

The Future Is Getting Better All The Time by Walter Russell Mead

The second economy by W. Brian Arthur

The second economy by W. Brian Arthur

Census: Housing bust worst since Great Depression by Associated Press

Census: Housing bust worst since Great Depression by Associated Press

Class in American Legal Education by Richard H. Sander

Class in American Legal Education by Richard H. Sander

Elizabeth Warren and liberalism, twisting the ‘social contract’ by George F. Will

Elizabeth Warren and liberalism, twisting the ‘social contract’ by George F. Will

Wall Street Protestors Have Met the Enemy and It Is They by David P. Goldman

Wall Street Protestors Have Met the Enemy and It Is They by David P. Goldman

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Incentives for Advanced Work Let Pupils and Teachers Cash In by Sam Dillon

Incentives for Advanced Work Let Pupils and Teachers Cash In by Sam Dillon

The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons: Culture Conflict, Rationality Conflict, and Climate Change by Dan M. Kahan, et al

The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons: Culture Conflict, Rationality Conflict, and Climate Change by Dan M. Kahan, et al

Should We Tax Financial Transactions? by Megan McArdle

Should We Tax Financial Transactions? by Megan McArdle

Are Republicans or Democrats More Anti-Science? Comparing the scientific ignorance of our mainstream parties by Ronald Bailey

Are Republicans or Democrats More Anti-Science? Comparing the scientific ignorance of our mainstream parties by Ronald Bailey

Media Silence Is Deafening About Important Gun News by John Lott

Media Silence Is Deafening About Important Gun News by John Lott

The Lost Sex Study by Philip Yancey

The Lost Sex Study by Philip Yancey

“Conclusions That Defy Common Sense” by Eugene Volokh

“Conclusions That Defy Common Sense” by Eugene Volokh

Healthier and Wealthier by Sonia Arrison

Healthier and Wealthier by Sonia Arrison

Health and Wealth of Nations by David E. Bloom and David Canning

Health and Wealth of Nations by David E. Bloom and David Canning

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Monday, October 3, 2011

The Truth Wears Off by Jonah Lehrer

The Truth Wears Off by Jonah Lehrer

Religion and Other Curiosities website by Peter Berger

Religion and Other Curiosities website by Peter Berger

What Happens when a Leftist Philosopher Discovers God? by Peter Berger

What Happens when a Leftist Philosopher Discovers God? by Peter Berger

Prof. Duane: “Don’t Talk to the Cops!” by James Duane

Prof. Duane: “Don’t Talk to the Cops!” by James Duane

The Science is Settled: You’re Just Too Stupid to Live by Stewart Baker

The Science is Settled: You’re Just Too Stupid to Live by Stewart Baker

How your brain reacts to mistakes depends on your mindset from e! ScienceNews

How your brain reacts to mistakes depends on your mindset from e! ScienceNews