Commonplace of a Magpie: January 2012

Forget global warming - it's Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again) by David Rose

F.A. Hayek On "The Great Utopia" by Tyler Durden

F.A. Hayek On "The Great Utopia" by Tyler Durden

U.S. Income Inequality: It’s Not So Bad by Thomas A. Garrett

U.S. Income Inequality: It’s Not So Bad by Thomas A. Garrett

Facts on the Distributions of Earnings, Income, and Wealth in the United States: 2007 Update by Javier Díaz-Giménez, Andy Glover, and José-Víctor Ríos-Rull

Facts on the Distributions of Earnings, Income, and Wealth in the United States: 2007 Update by Javier Díaz-Giménez, Andy Glover, and José-Víctor Ríos-Rull

Angry about inequality? Don’t blame the rich by James Q. Wilson

Angry about inequality? Don’t blame the rich by James Q. Wilson

Over 279,000 Federal Workers Owe $3.4 Billion in Back Taxes from Paul L. Caron

Over 279,000 Federal Workers Owe $3.4 Billion in Back Taxes from Paul L. Caron

The Once and Future Liberalism by Walter Russell Mead

The Once and Future Liberalism by Walter Russell Mead

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Not Fade Away: The myth of American decline by Robert Kagan

Not Fade Away: The myth of American decline by Robert Kagan

Saturday, January 28, 2012

What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind? by Alison Gopnik

What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind? by Alison Gopnik

Deep Attention: On reading by Lauren F. Winner

Deep Attention: On reading by Lauren F. Winner

Friday, January 27, 2012

The Non-Communicable Disease Paradox by Martin Tobias

The Non-Communicable Disease Paradox by Martin Tobias

How Thick is Your Bubble by Charles Murray

How Thick is Your Bubble Quiz by Charles Murray

The Message in the Dye 3 Data by David Archibald

The Message in the Dye 3 Data by David Archibald

The Simon-Erlich Wager at Seven Billion People by David Middleton

The Simon-Erlich Wager at Seven Billion People by David Middleton

Decimals of Precision – Trenberth’s missing heat by Willis Eschenbach

Decimals of Precision – Trenberth’s missing heat by Willis Eschenbach

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Gender bias at NPR — and what it reveals about the world of literary fiction by Eugenia Williamson

Gender bias at NPR — and what it reveals about the world of literary fiction by Eugenia Williamson

The zero-sum president from The Economist

The zero-sum president from The Economist

Survival’s Ick Factor by James Gorman

Survival’s Ick Factor by James Gorman

Nutrition: No Obesity Link to Junk Food in Schools by Nicholas Bakalar

Nutrition: No Obesity Link to Junk Food in Schools by Nicholas Bakalar

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Extensive, two-year study finds red-light cameras don’t decrease accidents from No Silence Here

Extensive, two-year study finds red-light cameras don’t decrease accidents from No Silence Here

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Ruinous Reign of Race-and-Gender Historians by KC Johnson

The Ruinous Reign of Race-and-Gender Historians by KC Johnson

Why Contemporary Western Elites Don’t Understand the World and Why Their Foreign Policies Fail by Barry Rubin

Why Contemporary Western Elites Don’t Understand the World and Why Their Foreign Policies Fail by Barry Rubin

Monday, January 23, 2012

Rules for Radicals by Saul David Alinsky

Rules for Radicals by Saul David Alinsky

The Most Important Passage from the Secret Larry Summers Memo by Derek Thompson

The Most Important Passage from the Secret Larry Summers Memo by Derek Thompson

Predictions about the death of American hegemony may have been greatly exaggerated by Daniel W. Drezner

Predictions about the death of American hegemony may have been greatly exaggerated by Daniel W. Drezner

The Gist of Nietzsche by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and H.L. Mencken

The Gist of Nietzsche by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and H.L. Mencken

When It Comes To Depression, Serotonin Isn't The Whole Story by Alix Spiegel

When It Comes To Depression, Serotonin Isn't The Whole Story by Alix Spiegel

The Best States to Grow Up In by Nancy Folbre

The Best States to Grow Up In by Nancy Folbre

The Paradox of Civil Society by Michael W. Foley and Bob Edwards

The Paradox of Civil Society by Michael W. Foley and Bob Edwards

Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital by Robert D. Putnam

Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital by Robert D. Putnam

E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture by Robert D. Putnam

E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture by Robert D. Putnam

The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by H.L. Mencken

The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by H.L. Mencken

'Women worse at math than men' explanation scientifically incorrect, MU researchers say from e! Science News

'Women worse at math than men' explanation scientifically incorrect, MU researchers say from e! Science News

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Counting By Race Can Throw Off Some Numbers by Susan Saulny

Counting By Race Can Throw Off Some Numbers by Susan Saulny

The Liberty Manifesto by P.J. O'Rourke

The Liberty Manifesto by P.J. O'Rourke

The Corruption of School Accountability by Richard Rothstein

The Corruption of School Accountability by Richard Rothstein

Wealth creation from Econbrowser

Wealth creation from Econbrowser

How to Read a Pudding by Walter Russell Mead

How to Read a Pudding by Walter Russell Mead

The Horrors of English Orthography by Walter Russell Mead

The Horrors of English Orthography by Walter Russell Mead

What You (Really) Need to Know by Lawrence H. Summers

What You (Really) Need to Know by Lawrence H. Summers

The New American Divide by Charles Murray

The New American Divide by Charles Murray

What Happened Before the Big Bang? The New Philosophy of Cosmology by Ross Andersen

What Happened Before the Big Bang? The New Philosophy of Cosmology by Ross Andersen

The Sinking of the West by Mark Steyn

The Sinking of the West by Mark Steyn

The Sociopath We All Know and Sometimes Love by Abraham H. Miller

The Sociopath We All Know and Sometimes Love by Abraham H. Miller

Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Wealth Issue by David Brooks

The Wealth Issue by David Brooks

Friday, January 20, 2012

The Medium is the Medium by David Brooks

The Medium is the Medium by David Brooks

Thought Experiments for Kids from MetaFilter

Thought Experiments for Kids from MetaFilter

The Influence of Teachers by Mihaly Csikszantmihalyi and Jane McCormack

The Influence of Teachers by Mihaly Csikszantmihalyi and Jane McCormack

Structural Cognition by Richard Tabor

Structural Cognition by Richard Tabor

Global MetroMonitor 2011: Volatility, Growth, and Recovery by Emilia Istrate,et al

Global MetroMonitor 2011: Volatility, Growth, and Recovery by Emilia Istrate,et al

Why School Junk Food Isn't Making Kids Fat by Benjamin Radford

Why School Junk Food Isn't Making Kids Fat by Benjamin Radford

The Coming Higher-Ed Revolution by Stuart M. Butler

The Coming Higher-Ed Revolution by Stuart M. Butler

Rethinking "Out of Africa" by Christopher Stringer

Rethinking "Out of Africa" by Christopher Stringer

Into the mind of a Neanderthal by Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge

Into the mind of a Neanderthal by Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge

A Federal Budget of Just $10 Million, but Something’s Familiar by James Barron

A Federal Budget of Just $10 Million, but Something’s Familiar by James Barron

Thursday, January 19, 2012

What Reading Does For The Mind by Anne E. Cunningham and Keith E. Stanovich

What Reading Does For The Mind by Anne E. Cunningham and Keith E. Stanovich

The Anglosphere Primer: Part 1 by James C. Bennett

The Anglosphere Primer by James C. Bennett

Living With a Superpower from The Economist

Living With a Superpower from The Economist

The Adaptable Organization by Eric D. Beinhocker

The Adaptable Organization by Eric D. Beinhocker

All Sex, All the Time by Theodore Dalrymple

All Sex, All the Time by Theodore Dalrymple

First Person Plural by Paul Bloom

First Person Plural by Paul Bloom

The Beholden State by Steven Malanga

The Beholden State by Steven Malanga

Thinking Clearly About Economic Inequality by Will Wilkinson

Thinking Clearly About Economic Inequality by Will Wilkinson

Capitalism and Human Nature by Will Wilkinson

Capitalism and Human Nature by Will Wilkinson

Darwinian Liberalism by Larry Arnhart

Darwinian Liberalism by Larry Arnhart

What Happened to Studying by Keith O'Brien

What Happened to Studying by Keith O'Brien

How Facts Backfire by Joe Keohane

How Facts Backfire by Joe Keohane

The Corruption of America by Porter Stansberry

The Corruption of America by Porter Stansberry

I Know The Feeling from JustOneMinute

I Know The Feeling from JustOneMinute

The 'Commerce Clause Mandate' by James Huffman

The 'Commerce Clause Mandate' by James Huffman

Does the Constitution Protect the Unenumerated Right to Economic Liberty? by Damon W. Root

Does the Constitution Protect the Unenumerated Right to Economic Liberty? by Damon W. Root

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Income Mobility Means Some People Have to Lose Everything by Megan McArdle

Income Mobility Means Some People Have to Lose Everything by Megan McArdle

Are Inequality and Immobility Inseparable? by Ross Douthat

Are Inequality and Immobility Inseparable? by Ross Douthat

We Can Get Our Kids Reading by James Patterson

We Can Get Our Kids Reading by James Patterson

The Business Case for Reading Novels by Anne Kreamer

The Business Case for Reading Novels by Anne Kreamer

Is the Era of Big Religion Over? by Jeremy Lott

Is the Era of Big Religion Over? by Jeremy Lott

Not Fade Away: Against the myth of American decline by Robert Kagan

Not Fade Away: Against the myth of American decline by Robert Kagan

An Ignored 'Disparity' by Thomas Sowell

An Ignored 'Disparity' by Thomas Sowell

Rich America, Poor America by Niall Ferguson

Rich America, Poor America by Niall Ferguson

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Regrets of the Typical American, Findings From a Nationally Representative Sample by Mike Morrison and Neal J. Roese

Regrets of the Typical American, Findings From a Nationally Representative Sample by Mike Morrison and Neal J. Roese

Ten Principles for Creating Healthy Communities by Margaret Wheatley

Margaret Whealtey's Ten Principles for Creating Healthy Communities

Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton - review by Terry Eagleton

Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton - review by Terry Eagleton

The Importance of Good Building Design by Ross Pomeroy

The Importance of Good Building Design by Ross Pomeroy

Study says natural light boosts learning by Kenneth J. Cooper

Study says natural light boosts learning by Kenneth J. Cooper

Sex on the Brain Proves Costly for Men by Tom Jacobs

Sex on the Brain Proves Costly for Men by Tom Jacobs

The State of Science in America by Alex B. Berezow & Ross Pomeroy

The State of Science in America by Alex B. Berezow & Ross Pomeroy

Educational performance at individual tertiary providers from New Zealand

Educational performance at individual tertiary providers from New Zealand

So Why Read Anymore? by Victor Davis Hanson

So Why Read Anymore? by Victor Davis Hanson

Chaos on the Costa Concordia by Bob Krumm

Chaos on the Costa Concordia by Bob Krumm

Monday, January 16, 2012

Ancient advice (literally!) on how to win an election by Steven Levingston

Ancient advice (literally!) on how to win an election by Steven Levingston

Sunday, January 15, 2012

In schools, self-esteem boosting is losing favor to rigor, finer-tuned praise by Michael Alison Chandler,

In schools, self-esteem boosting is losing favor to rigor, finer-tuned praise by Michael Alison Chandler,

The Science of How We Walk by Eric Jaffe

The Science of How We Walk by Eric Jaffe

Money is in the Eye of the Beholder by Joseph Stromberg

Money is in the Eye of the Beholder by Joseph Stromberg

Are allergies for real? by Alasdair Wilkins

Are allergies for real? by Alasdair Wilkins

Saturday, January 14, 2012

8 Theories on Why College Kids Are Studying Less by Max Fisher

8 Theories on Why College Kids Are Studying Less by Max Fisher

Mind The Gap by Claude S. Fischer

Mind The Gap by Claude S. Fischer

Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky

Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky

Beware Those Black Swans by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Beware Those Black Swans by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Hey, Wait a Minute! by David P. Barash

Hey, Wait a Minute! by David P. Barash

Reconsidering Weber: Literacy and the Spirit of Capitalism by Artemy Malkov and Daria Khaltourina

Reconsidering Weber: Literacy and the Spirit of Capitalism by Artemy Malkov and Daria Khaltourina

We're Too Broke to Be This Stupid by Mark Steyn

We're Too Broke to Be This Stupid by Mark Steyn

The Common Sense of Progress by F.A. Hayek

The Common Sense of Progress by F.A. Hayek

The Cultural Dynamics of Globalization by Peter L. Berger

The Cultural Dynamics of Globalization by Peter L. Berger

The Churn Among Firms by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

The Churn Among Firms by W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm

The "Spirit of Liberty" Speech by Learned Hand

The "Spirit of Liberty" Speech by Learned Hand

We Ten Million by Alix Christie

We Ten Million by Alix Christie

The Science of Self-Help by Algis Valiunas

The Science of Self-Help by Algis Valiunas

On Being Conservative by Michael Oakeshott

On Being Conservative by Michael Oakeshott

Getting Over the Code Delusion by Steve Talbott

Getting Over the Code Delusion by Steve Talbott

Churchill on Science and Civilization by Justin D. Lyons

Churchill on Science and Civilization by Justin D. Lyons

How Can I Possibly Be Free? by Raymond Tallis

How Can I Possibly Be Free? by Raymond Tallis

The Winds of War, The Sands of Time, v2.0 from The Futurist

The Winds of War, The Sands of Time, v2.0 from The Futurist

Social Justice: A conservative persepctive by Bruce A. Thyer

Social Justice: A conservative persepctive by Bruce A. Thyer

Is Democracy Like Sex? by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Is Democracy Like Sex? by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. quotations

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. quotations

Of Human Umbrage by Isaac Chotiner

Of Human Umbrage by Isaac Chotiner

Blair, Bush, and the Problem of Political Judgment by Laurence Prusak

Blair, Bush, and the Problem of Political Judgment by Laurence Prusak

Best. Decade. Ever by Charles Kenny

Best. Decade. Ever by Charles Kenny

They Died For You by Rick Atkinson

They Died For You by Rick Atkinson

The Eureka Hunt by Jonah Lehrer

The Eureka Hunt by Jonah Lehrer

Ten Principles of Classical Liberalism by G. Stolyarov II

Ten Principles of Classical Liberalism by G. Stolyarov II

A Message to Redistributionists by P.J. O'Rourke

A Message to Redistributionists by P.J. O'Rourke

How to Get a Real Education by Scott Adams

How to Get a Real Education by Scott Adams

Truths of the Information Age by Robert Harris

Truths of the Information Age by Robert Harris

The Bible is Dead; Long Live the Bible by Timothy Beal

The Bible is Dead; Long Live the Bible by Timothy Beal

The Reins of Self-Control: Changing your expectations could change your willpower by Lena Groeger

The Reins of Self-Control: Changing your expectations could change your willpower by Lena Groeger

The World Through Language by Lena Groeger

The World Through Language by Lena Groeger

Why I Am Not a Conservative by F.A. Hayek

Why I Am Not a Conservative by F.A. Hayek

Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Freeedman

Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Freeedman

Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie by Daniel Duane

Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie by Daniel Duane

The Higher Education Bubble Richard Vedder

The Higher Education Bubble by Richard Vedder

For Many Latinos, Racial Identity Is More Culture Than Color by Mireya Navarro

For Many Latinos, Racial Identity Is More Culture Than Color by Mireya Navarro

Friday, January 13, 2012

David Ramsey on the 5 Basics of Personal Finance

David Ramsey on the 5 Basics of Personal Finance

The Great Fact by Donald Beaudreaux

The Great Fact by Donald Beaudreaux

Keep the Briefs Brief, Literary Justices Advise by Adam Liptak

Keep the Briefs Brief, Literary Justices Advise by Adam Liptak

Something of Myself by Rudyard Kipling

Something of Myself by Rudyard Kipling

Darkness Too Visible by Meghan Cox Gurdon

Darkness Too Visible by Meghan Cox Gurdon

Benevolent Autocrats by William Easterly

Benevolent Autocrats by William Easterly

The History of Torture—Why We Can't Give It Up by Colin Woodard

The History of Torture—Why We Can't Give It Up by Colin Woodard

Leading the Transformation in Global Outsourcing from Pravesh Mehra and Puneet Kalra

Leading the Transformation in Global Outsourcing from Pravesh Mehra and Puneet Kalra

Real science vs. fake science: How can you tell them apart? by Emily Willingham

Real science vs. fake science: How can you tell them apart? by Emily Willingham

Revenge of the Nerd by Daniel J. Flynn

Revenge of the Nerd by Daniel J. Flynn

Happy Birthday, Common Sense by Chris Weigant

Happy Birthday, Common Sense by Chris Weigant

Basel Accords, Not Fan, Fred or Bonuses, Caused the Crisis by Joseph Lawler

Basel Accords, Not Fan, Fred or Bonuses, Caused the Crisis by Joseph Lawler

"Highly Tweeted Articles Were 11 Times More Likely to Be Highly Cited" by Alexis Madrigal

"Highly Tweeted Articles Were 11 Times More Likely to Be Highly Cited" by Alexis Madrigal

Why Are Smart People Usually Ugly? by Daniel Engber

Why Are Smart People Usually Ugly? by Daniel Engber

Judith Clark’s Radical Transformation by Tom Robbins

Judith Clark’s Radical Transformation by Tom Robbins

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Head Start A 50 Year Flop? Say It Ain’t So, Joe by Walter Russell Mead

Head Start A 50 Year Flop? Say It Ain’t So, Joe by Walter Russell Mead

Longevity & health in ancient Paleolithic vs. Neolithic peoples by Ward Nicholson

Longevity & health in ancient Paleolithic vs. Neolithic peoples by Ward Nicholson

How Bad Decisions Can Lead to Billion-Dollar Mistakes from Knowledge@Wharton, review

How Bad Decisions Can Lead to Billion-Dollar Mistakes from Knowledge@Wharton, review

Is Violence History? by Peter Singer, review

Is Violence History? by Peter Singer, review

Media Argumentation: Dialectic, Persuasion, and Rhetoric by Douglas Walton, reviewed by Gary Curtis

Media Argumentation: Dialectic, Persuasion, and Rhetoric by Douglas Walton, reviewed by Gary Curtis

How Much Does File Sharing Resemble Stealing--And Does it Matter? by Megan McArdle

How Much Does File Sharing Resemble Stealing--And Does it Matter? by Megan McArdle

Positivity of the English Language by Isabel M. Kloumann, Christopher M. Danforth, Kameron Decker Harris, Catherine A. Bliss, and Peter Sheridan Dodds

Positivity of the English Language by Isabel M. Kloumann, Christopher M. Danforth, Kameron Decker Harris, Catherine A. Bliss, and Peter Sheridan Dodds

Study: We May Be Less Happy, But Our Language Isn't by Joshua E. Brown

Study: We May Be Less Happy, But Our Language Isn't by Joshua E. Brown

11 Insane Features of Normal Human Anatomy by Maggie Ryan Sandford

11 Insane Features of Normal Human Anatomy by Maggie Ryan Sandford

Can Science Define Life In Three Words? by Carl Zimmer

Can Science Define Life In Three Words? by Carl Zimmer

The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff

The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff

The Value of Teachers by Nicholas D. Kristof

The Value of Teachers by Nicholas D. Kristof

The vast Asian realm of the lost humans by Michael Marshall

The vast Asian realm of the lost humans by Michael Marshall

Meet X-woman: a possible new species of human by Ewen Callaway

Meet X-woman: a possible new species of human by Ewen Callaway

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Mr. Obama’s 99% — Are We Poor or Just Unequal or Both or Neither? by Victor Davis Hanson

Mr. Obama’s 99% — Are We Poor or Just Unequal or Both or Neither? by Victor Davis Hanson

Baby Boomer Retirement Security: The Roles of Planning, Financial Literacy, and Housing Wealth by Annamaria Lusardi and Olivia S. Mitchell, November 2006

Baby Boomer Retirement Security: The Roles of Planning, Financial Literacy, and Housing Wealth by Annamaria Lusardi and Olivia S. Mitchell, November 2006

A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke

A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke

The top nine education myths by a much missed debunker by Maureen Downey

The top nine education myths by a much missed debunker by Maureen Downey

Parental supervision not required: the freedom of classic children's fiction by Sarah Hall

Parental supervision not required: the freedom of classic children's fiction by Sarah Hall

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Is Confidence in Science as a Source of Progress Based on Faith or Fact? by Andrew C. Revkin

Is Confidence in Science as a Source of Progress Based on Faith or Fact? by Andrew C. Revkin

The Aims of Education by Alfred North Whitehead

The Aims of Education by Alfred North Whitehead

The Null Hypothesis: It's How I Roll by Ethan Siegel

The Null Hypothesis: It's How I Roll by Ethan Siegel

Taking a Novel Approach to Life by Eric Felten

Taking a Novel Approach to Life by Eric Felten

The Ten Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living the Good Life by M. A. Soupios and Panos Mourdoukoutas

The Ten Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living the Good Life by M. A. Soupios and Panos Mourdoukoutas

Don't Let the Economy Pick Your Major For You by Derek Thompson

Don't Let the Economy Pick Your Major For You by Derek Thompson

Creative Hypothesis Generating in Psychology: Some Useful Heuristics by William J. McGuire

Creative Hypothesis Generating in Psychology: Some Useful Heuristics by William J. McGuire

Monday, January 9, 2012

LFM Review: Page One, The New York Times & Modern Media Bias by David Ross

LFM Review: Page One, The New York Times & Modern Media Bias by David Ross

Carbon emissions 'will defer Ice Age' by Richard Black

Carbon emissions 'will defer Ice Age' by Richard Black

Crime pays, review by Mons Kallentoft

Crime pays, review by Mons Kallentoft

Who Killed Horatio Alger? by Luigi Zingales

Who Killed Horatio Alger? by Luigi Zingales

10 Insider Tips for Getting Hired at Google (or Any Coveted Company) by Matthew Carpenter-Arevalo

10 Insider Tips for Getting Hired at Google (or Any Coveted Company) by Matthew Carpenter-Arevalo

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Be It Resolved by John Tierney

Be It Resolved by John Tierney

The Chump Effect: Reporters are credulous, studies show by Andrew Ferguson

The Chump Effect: Reporters are credulous, studies show by Andrew Ferguson

Why Best Buy is Going out of Business...Gradually by Larry Downes

Why Best Buy is Going out of Business...Gradually by Larry Downes

The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives by Eric Jackson

The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives by Eric Jackson

Government: The redistributionist behemoth by George F. Will

Government: The redistributionist behemoth by George F. Will

The Uneasy Case For Progressive Taxation by Walter J. Blum and Harry Kalven, Jr.

The Uneasy Case For Progressive Taxation by Walter J. Blum and Harry Kalven, Jr.

Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain by Annie Lowrey

Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain by Annie Lowrey

Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Surprisingly Mundane Genetic 'Secrets' of Earth's Oldest People by Aleixs Madrigal

The Surprisingly Mundane Genetic 'Secrets' of Earth's Oldest People by Aleixs Madrigal

The United States Is Probably Not the Worst Developed Country in the World by Derek Thompson

The United States Is Probably Not the Worst Developed Country in the World by Derek Thompson

Friday, January 6, 2012

The Other Reason Europe Is Going Broke by Adam Davidson

The Other Reason Europe Is Going Broke by Adam Davidson

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Don't Worry, Read Happy: Alan Jacobs on The Pleasures of Reading, Interview by John Wilson

Don't Worry, Read Happy: Alan Jacobs on The Pleasures of Reading, Interview by John Wilson

What Big Media Can Learn From the New York Public Library by Alexis Madrigal

What Big Media Can Learn From the New York Public Library by Alexis Madrigal

2012 Economic Scorecard: The Case for Hope, Despair, and Utter Confusion by Derek Thompson

2012 Economic Scorecard: The Case for Hope, Despair, and Utter Confusion by Derek Thompson

Remembering Technology by Alexis Madrigal

Remembering Technology by Alexis Madrigal

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

In China, the Grievances Keep Coming by Yu Hua

In China, the Grievances Keep Coming by Yu Hua

Why Climategate was not a computer hack by Pointman

Why Climategate was not a computer hack by Pointman

Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us by Jonah Lehrer

Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us by Jonah Lehrer

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Yule Blogs by Walter Russell Mead

Yule Blogs by Walter Russell Mead

Yule Blog 2011-12: How Real Is The Meaning?

Yule Blog 2011-12: God's Dilemma

Yule Blog 2011-12: Personal Meaning

Yule Blog 2011-12: Meaning in Three Dimensions

Yule Blog 2011-2012: The Meaning of Christmas

Yule Blog 2011-2012: The Hinge of Fate

Yule Blog 2011-12: Born of a WHAT?!??

Yule Blog 2011-2012: Rolling the Credits

Christmas Gift! Yule Blog 2011-2012

The Thirteen Blogs of Christmas: 2011

Blue Meltdown hits the Pentagon by Walter Russell Mead

The Rise of Consumption Equality by Andy Kessler

The Rise of Consumption Equality by Andy Kessler