Lessons for the Living From the Departed by Hugo Lindgren

Lessons for the Living From the Departed by Hugo Lindgren

Examine Inequality’s Causes Before Prescribing Solutions by Nick Gillespie

Examine Inequality’s Causes Before Prescribing Solutions by Nick Gillespie

Sentimentalizing Serial Murder by Theodore Dalrymple

Sentimentalizing Serial Murder by Theodore Dalrymple

Brace For an Avalanche of Unfunded Debt by Mort Zuckerman

Brace For an Avalanche of Unfunded Debt by Mort Zuckerman

Class Dismissed by Sandra Tsing Loh

Class Dismissed by Sandra Tsing Loh

So What Are We Going to Do About It? by Eugene Volokh

So What Are We Going to Do About It? by Eugene Volokh

Scary Chart of the Day – College Textbook Inflation by William A. Jacobson

Scary Chart of the Day – College Textbook Inflation by William A. Jacobson

How savage has European austerity (spending cuts) been? by Tyler Cowen

How savage has European austerity (spending cuts) been? by Tyler Cowen

The Inequality That Matters by Tyler Cowen

The Inequality That Matters by Tyler Cowen

Why economic mobility measures are overrated by Tyler Cowen

Why economic mobility measures are overrated by Tyler Cowen

Firefighters Don’t Fight Fires by Alex Tabarrok

Firefighters Don’t Fight Fires by Alex Tabarrok

What I Learned in the Poverty War by Peter Cove

What I Learned in the Poverty War by Peter Cove

Do We Need More Elite High Schools? by Robert Samuelson

Do We Need More Elite High Schools? by Robert Samuelson

The Boy Who Played With Fusion by Tom Clynes

The Boy Who Played With Fusion by Tom Clynes

Clues to Mass Rampage Killers by Randall Collins

Clues to Mass Rampage Killers by Randall Collins

Are Government Workers Overpaid, or Underpaid? by Megan McArdle

Are Government Workers Overpaid, or Underpaid? by Megan McArdle

The Future of Tax Rates by Megan McArdle

The Future of Tax Rates by Megan McArdle

Two Cautionary Tales of Gun Control by Joyce Lee Malcolm

Two Cautionary Tales of Gun Control by Joyce Lee Malcolm

The Flowering of Middle Eastern Christianity and the Challenges it Faces by Juan Cole

The Flowering of Middle Eastern Christianity and the Challenges it Faces by Juan Cole

Working Conditions in China: Supply and Demand by Alex Tabarrok

Working Conditions in China: Supply and Demand by Alex Tabarrok

15 Things overachievers do by Penelope Trunk

15 Things overachievers do by Penelope Trunk

Lecture on religion and Politics by George Will

Lecture on religion and Politics by George Will

Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri

George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation by George Washington

George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation by George Washington

The Ultimatest Grocery List by Bill Keaggy

The Ultimatest Grocery List by Bill Keaggy

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® by Stephen R. Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® by Stephen R. Covey

The Domesday Book Online website

The Domesday Book Online website

The Hundred Best Lists of All Time by Gary Belsky

The Hundred Best Lists of All Time by Gary Belsky

The Echo Housing Bubble Across the United States from Dr. Housing Blog

The Echo Housing Bubble Across the United States from Dr. Housing Blog

Math Is Coming by Frank J. Fleming

Math Is Coming by Frank J. Fleming

Live Free or Die -- Literally by Charlie Musick

Live Free or Die -- Literally by Charlie Musick

The Rise of Asia: U.K.-Style Education by Walter Russell Mead

The Rise of Asia: U.K.-Style Education by Walter Russell Mead

Perfect 10? Never Mind That. Ask Her for Her Credit Score by Jessica Silver-Greenberg

Perfect 10? Never Mind That. Ask Her for Her Credit Score by Jessica Silver-Greenberg

Predicting Heavy Drug Use from Office of the President (2004)

Predicting Heavy Drug Use from Office of the President (2004)

A braindead view of free will by Angus Kennedy

A braindead view of free will by Angus Kennedy

Half the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong by Ronald Bailey

Half the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong by Ronald Bailey

Erratic Environment May Be Key to Human Evolution by Charles Choi

Erratic Environment May Be Key to Human Evolution by Charles Choi

Study Says Community Reinvestment Act Induced Banks To Take Bad Risks by J.D. Tuccille

Study Says Community Reinvestment Act Induced Banks To Take Bad Risks by J.D. Tuccille

Reynolds’ Law by philo

Reynolds’ Law by philo

The Global One-Room Schoolhouse by John Seely Brown

The Global One-Room Schoolhouse by John Seely Brown

Reflections on Newtown by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Reflections on Newtown by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

It's Time to End the War on Salt by Melinda Wenner Moyer

It's Time to End the War on Salt by Melinda Wenner Moyer

The Federal-State Crack-up by Mario Loyola

The Federal-State Crack-up by Mario Loyola

The truth is that politicians are telling lies: Government is simply unaffordable by Janet Daley

The truth is that politicians are telling lies: Government is simply unaffordable by Janet Daley

Taxpayers Aren't Stationary Targets by Sheldon Richman

Taxpayers Aren't Stationary Targets by Sheldon Richman

Have the men in blue crossed the line? by Andrew Gilligan

Have the men in blue crossed the line? by Andrew Gilligan

Human rites by Harvey Whitehouse

Human rites by Harvey Whitehouse

Letting strangers live rent-free in his house: cool or crazy? by Sandy Banks

Letting strangers live rent-free in his house: cool or crazy? by Sandy Banks

What Turned Jaron Lanier Against the Web? by Ron Rosenbaum

What Turned Jaron Lanier Against the Web? by Ron Rosenbaum

For Many Poor Students, Leap to College Ends in a Hard Fall by Jason DeParle

For Many Poor Students, Leap to College Ends in a Hard Fall by Jason DeParle

Redistributing Up by Deborah Nelson and Himanshu Ojha

Redistributing Up by Deborah Nelson and Himanshu Ojha

Is the Ivy League Fair to Asian Americans? by Conor Friedersdorf

Is the Ivy League Fair to Asian Americans? by Conor Friedersdorf

Cleverer still from The Economist

Cleverer still from The Economist

How the Tree Frog Has Redefined Our View of Biology by Helen Fields

How the Tree Frog Has Redefined Our View of Biology by Helen Fields

An opinion on gun control by Larry Correia

An opinion on gun control by Larry Correia

Ideas and Political Entrepreneurs: Explaining Institutional Change by Ed Lopez

Ideas and Political Entrepreneurs: Explaining Institutional Change by Ed Lopez

Trends In Mass Shootings by Tom Maguire

Trends In Mass Shootings by Tom Maguire

The 7 most illuminating economic charts of 2012 by James Pethokoukis

The 7 most illuminating economic charts of 2012 by James Pethokoukis

Examine inequality’s causes before prescribing solutions by Nick Gillespie

Examine inequality’s causes before prescribing solutions by Nick Gillespie

"Empirical evidence suggests a sure fire way to dramatically lower gun homicides: repeal drug laws" by Douglas A. Berman

"Empirical evidence suggests a sure fire way to dramatically lower gun homicides: repeal drug laws" by Douglas A. Berman

How minimal is our intelligence? by Douglas Reay

How minimal is our intelligence? by Douglas Reay

Graph of the day: Perhaps mass shootings aren’t becoming more common by Brad Plumer

Graph of the day: Perhaps mass shootings aren’t becoming more common by Brad Plumer

Constraining Predation: Formal and Informal Institutions by Ed Lopez

Constraining Predation: Formal and Informal Institutions by Ed Lopez

To Stop Shootings, Americans Focus on Police, Mental Health by Frank Newport

To Stop Shootings, Americans Focus on Police, Mental Health by Frank Newport

Scientists Confirm That Pharaoh Ramesses III Was Murdered by Brett Smith

Scientists Confirm That Pharaoh Ramesses III Was Murdered by Brett Smith

Democrats’ diversity drought by Aaron Blake

Democrats’ diversity drought by Aaron Blake

Do-Gooders Ruining Lives in Congo—with the Best of Intentions, Of Course by Walter Russell Mead

Do-Gooders Ruining Lives in Congo—with the Best of Intentions, Of Course by Walter Russell Mead

Criminals target each other, trend shows by Kevin Johnson

Criminals target each other, trend shows by Kevin Johnson

Washington Post Boring Itself to Death by Mark Judge

Washington Post Boring Itself to Death by Mark Judge

Cooling Down the Fears of Climate Change by Matt Ridley

Cooling Down the Fears of Climate Change by Matt Ridley

You Can Give a Boy a Doll, but You Can't Make Him Play With It by Christina Hoff Sommers

You Can Give a Boy a Doll, but You Can't Make Him Play With It by Christina Hoff Sommers

A better target for gun control by Ezra Klein

A better target for gun control by Ezra Klein

The Data Vigilante by Christopher Shea

The Data Vigilante by Christopher Shea

What Did Kids Read Before Hans Christian Andersen? by Brian Palmer

What Did Kids Read Before Hans Christian Andersen? by Brian Palmer

The Fuzzy Face of Climate Change by Zac Unger

The Fuzzy Face of Climate Change by Zac Unger

Has World War II carrier pigeon message been cracked? by Anna Browning

Has World War II carrier pigeon message been cracked? by Anna Browning

Un-hitching the middle class by Kathleen Parker

Un-hitching the middle class by Kathleen Parker

The Social Security ‘Trust Fund’ is Real—but Useless by Megan McArdle

The Social Security ‘Trust Fund’ is Real—but Useless by Megan McArdle

States That Spend Less, Tax Less—and Grow More from The Tax Prof

States That Spend Less, Tax Less—and Grow More from The Tax Prof

There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre by Megan McArdle

There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre by Megan McArdle

Why Does Government Spending Increase Under Term Limits? by Ed Lopez

Why Does Government Spending Increase Under Term Limits? by Ed Lopez

Snitching markets in everything by Tyler Cowen

Snitching markets in everything by Tyler Cowen

Why aren’t there more retractions in business and economics journals? by Ivan Oransky

Why aren’t there more retractions in business and economics journals? by Ivan Oransky

Ancient Australian fossils were on land, not at sea, geologist proposes from e! Science News

Ancient Australian fossils were on land, not at sea, geologist proposes from e! Science News

The Facts about Mass Shootings by John Fund

The Facts about Mass Shootings by John Fund

Odds and Ends by Arthur Hu

Odds and Ends by Arthur Hu

“Those who believe in soulmates are found to be 150 percent more likely to end up divorced.” by Helen Smith

“Those who believe in soulmates are found to be 150 percent more likely to end up divorced.” by Helen Smith

How we read by Andrew Martin

How we read by Andrew Martin

The Myth of American Meritocracy: How corrupt are Ivy League admissions? by Ron Unz

The Myth of American Meritocracy: How corrupt are Ivy League admissions? by Ron Unz

How to Read Like a Reading Machine by Tyler Cowen

How to Read Like a Reading Machine by Tyler Cowen

17 Things I Learned From Reading Every Last Word of The Economist’s “The World in 2013” Issue by Mark Leibovich

17 Things I Learned From Reading Every Last Word of The Economist’s “The World in 2013” Issue by Mark Leibovich

Re-thinking the way colleges teach critical thinking by Scott K. Johnson

Re-thinking the way colleges teach critical thinking by Scott K. Johnson

The Round World Made Flat: The curious neoliberal social scientism of Jared Diamond, book review by Jackson Lears

The Round World Made Flat: The curious neoliberal social scientism of Jared Diamond, book review by Jackson Lears

N. Joseph Woodland, Inventor of the Bar Code, Dies at 91 by Margalit Fox

N. Joseph Woodland, Inventor of the Bar Code, Dies at 91 by Margalit Fox

Kludgeocracy: The American Way of Policy by Steven M. Teles

Kludgeocracy: The American Way of Policy by Steven M. Teles

Why the Swedes Move to Norway And Why I Tagged Along by David Michael

Why the Swedes Move to Norway And Why I Tagged Along by David Michael

Police, Crime and the Usefulness of Economics by Alex Tabarrok

Police, Crime and the Usefulness of Economics by Alex Tabarrok

Americans living longer, with unhealthy lifestyles by Peter Rudegeair

Americans living longer, with unhealthy lifestyles by Peter Rudegeair

A Brief History of American Prosperity by Guy Sorman

A Brief History of American Prosperity by Guy Sorman

Moral Sense and Social Science by John J. DiIulio, Jr.

Moral Sense and Social Science by John J. DiIulio, Jr.

Ancient Australian fossils were on land, not at sea, geologist proposes from University of Oregon

Ancient Australian fossils were on land, not at sea, geologist proposes from University of Oregon

Archaeologists Find Ancient Evidence Of Cheese-Making by Adam Cole and Helen Thompson

Archaeologists Find Ancient Evidence Of Cheese-Making by Adam Cole and Helen Thompson

Librarian Sketch by Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry

Librarian Sketch by Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry

Neighborhood Scout website

Neighborhood Scout website

Are genes our puppet masters, or just a single link in a complex chain?: Jim Watson goes after the epigenetics fans by John Timmer

Are genes our puppet masters, or just a single link in a complex chain?: Jim Watson goes after the epigenetics fans. by John Timmer

National Survey of Student Engagement

National Survey of Student Engagement

Journeys of the Imagination by Allan Wolf

Journeys of the Imagination by Allan Wolf

The Nighttime Earth from Space Like You've Never Seen it Before by Betsy Mason

The Nighttime Earth from Space Like You've Never Seen it Before by Betsy Mason

"An open-book exam still distinguishes good students from poor ones..." by Ann Althouse

"An open-book exam still distinguishes good students from poor ones..." by Ann Althouse

Monday Map: Federal Aid to State Budgets by Nick Kasprak

Monday Map: Federal Aid to State Budgets by Nick Kasprak

Why are so few educated Asian women marrying? by Tyler Cowen

Why are so few educated Asian women marrying? by Tyler Cowen

The Recession's Toll: How Middle Class Wealth Collapsed to a 40-Year Low by Jordan Weissmann

The Recession's Toll: How Middle Class Wealth Collapsed to a 40-Year Low by Jordan Weissmann

Who Will Hold Colleges Accountable? by Kevin Carey

Who Will Hold Colleges Accountable? by Kevin Carey

How Older Parenthood Will Upend American Society by Judith Shulevitz

How Older Parenthood Will Upend American Society by Judith Shulevitz

The Mysterious Case Of America's Negative Real Wage Growth by Tyler Durden

The Mysterious Case Of America's Negative Real Wage Growth by Tyler Durden

Mysterious mass whale graveyard unearthed in the Chilean desert by Bryan Nelson

Mysterious mass whale graveyard unearthed in the Chilean desert by Bryan Nelson

The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek, illustrated version

The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek, illustrated version

How Education Hijacked Brain Research by Max Coltheart

How Education Hijacked Brain Research by Max Coltheart

Putting Words in Mark Twain's Mouth by Carl M. Cannon

Putting Words in Mark Twain's Mouth by Carl M. Cannon

Quote Investigator: Dedicated to Tracing Quotations website

Quote Investigator: Dedicated to Tracing Quotations website

Amazing tale of a desperate WWII pilot’s encounter with a German flying ace by Maureen Callahan

Amazing tale of a desperate WWII pilot’s encounter with a German flying ace by Maureen Callahan

Just How Wise is the Sage of Omaha? by Megan McArdle

Just How Wise is the Sage of Omaha? by Megan McArdle

Profiting From a Child’s Illiteracy by Nicholas D. Kristof

Profiting From a Child’s Illiteracy by Nicholas D. Kristof

The income inequality factor liberals can't talk about by Conn Carroll

The income inequality factor liberals can't talk about by Conn Carroll

Why second-hand bookshops are just my type by Theodore Dalrymple

Why second-hand bookshops are just my type by Theodore Dalrymple

The Other Tooth Collector by Pamela Paul

The Other Tooth Collector by Pamela Paul, a review of ‘The Tooth Mouse,’ by Susan Hood

Hitler Has a Following in India by David Shaftel

Hitler Has a Following in India by David Shaftel

Death by Algorithm: West Point Code Shows Which Terrorists Should Disappear First by Noah Shachtman

Death by Algorithm: West Point Code Shows Which Terrorists Should Disappear First by Noah Shachtman

New York City, December 1963 and The Best of All Summers by Bobby Stevenson

The Best of All Summers by Bobby Stevenson

Why You're Not Married by Tracy McMillan

Why You're Not Married by Tracy McMillan

Why America's Best Scientists Don't Get Funded by Alex Berezow

Why America's Best Scientists Don't Get Funded by Alex Berezow

Gypsies arrived in Europe 1,500 years ago, genetic study says by Giles Tremlett

Gypsies arrived in Europe 1,500 years ago, genetic study says by Giles Tremlett

The Plight of the Alpha Female by Kay S. Hymowitz

The Plight of the Alpha Female by Kay S. Hymowitz

Measuring the Distribution of Spitefulness by Erik O. Kimbrough1 and J. Philipp Reiss

Measuring the Distribution of Spitefulness by Erik O. Kimbrough1 and J. Philipp Reiss

'Rivers of Blood' speech by Enoch Powell

'Rivers of Blood' speech by Enoch Powell

For Young Latino Readers, an Image Is Missing by Motoko Rich

For Young Latino Readers, an Image Is Missing by Motoko Rich

Why Don't Parents Name Their Daughters Mary Anymore? by Philip Cohen

Why Don't Parents Name Their Daughters Mary Anymore? by Philip Cohen

Where Masturbation and Homosexuality Do Not Exist by Alice Dreger

Where Masturbation and Homosexuality Do Not Exist by Alice Dreger

The Future of Shopping by Megan McArdle

The Future of Shopping by Megan McArdle

Another Postrel Moment by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Another Postrel Moment by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

The Perversity of Diversity by Thomas Sowell

The Perversity of Diversity by Thomas Sowell

Biggs and Richwine: The Underworked Public Employee by Andrew G. Biggs and Jason Richwine

The Underworked Public Employee by Andrew G. Biggs and Jason Richwine

For Second Opinion, Consult a Computer? by Katie Hafner

For Second Opinion, Consult a Computer? by Katie Hafner

Our Demographic Decline by Megan McArdle

Our Demographic Decline by Megan McArdle

Europe’s Real Crisis by Megan McArdle

Europe’s Real Crisis by Megan McArdle

Is global drought really getting worse? from The Economist

Is global drought really getting worse? from The Economist

Dead bodies on Mount Everest from Altered Dimensions

Dead bodies on Mount Everest from Altered Dimensions

Why Don’t People Get It About Jefferson and Slavery? by David Post

Why Don’t People Get It About Jefferson and Slavery? by David Post

Europeans more closely related than previously thought from e! Science News

Europeans more closely related than previously thought from e! Science News

Unlearning liberty book review by Tim Black

Unlearning liberty book review by Tim Black

Mistaken Nation by Paul Farhi

Mistaken Nation by Paul Farhi

A Nation of Singles by Jonathan V. Last

A Nation of Singles by Jonathan V. Last

Is This Why Americans Have Lost The Drive To "Earn" More by Tyler Durden

Is This Why Americans Have Lost The Drive To "Earn" More by Tyler Durden

A Compelling, Chutzpadik History Of 'Jews And Words' from NPR's Weekend Edition

A Compelling, Chutzpadik History Of 'Jews And Words' from NPR's Weekend Edition, Saturday December 1, 2012

Ideology, Motivated Reasoning, and Cognitive Reflection: An Experimental Study by Dan M. Kahan

Ideology, Motivated Reasoning, and Cognitive Reflection: An Experimental Study by Dan M. Kahan

The science communication problem: one good explanation, four not so good ones, and a fitting solution by Dan Kahan

The science communication problem: one good explanation, four not so good ones, and a fitting solution by Dan Kahan

More Babies, Please by Ross Douthat

More Babies, Please by Ross Douthat

A color-coded map of the world’s most and least emotional countries by Max Fisher

A color-coded map of the world’s most and least emotional countries by Max Fisher

The Sadistic Brutality of England’s Government-Run Healthcare by Dan Mitchell

The Sadistic Brutality of England’s Government-Run Healthcare by Dan Mitchell

Do Citizens Want to Have Their Say? Media, Agricultural Biotechnology, and Authoritarian Views of Democratic Processes in Science by Dominique Brossard & James Shanahan

Do Citizens Want to Have Their Say? Media, Agricultural Biotechnology, and Authoritarian Views of Democratic Processes in Science by Dominique Brossard & James Shanahan

Cross-cutting Social Networks: Testing Democratic Theory in Practice by Diana C. Mutz

Cross-cutting Social Networks: Testing Democratic Theory in Practice by Diana C. Mutz