Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Where are people respected the most? by Tyler Cowen

Where are people respected the most? by Tyler Cowen

The Great Gatsby Curve Revisited: Part 1 by Scott Winship and Donald Schneider

The Great Gatsby Curve Revisited: Part 1 by Scott Winship and Donald Schneider

13 data milestones for 2013 by Andrea Caumont

13 data milestones for 2013 by Andrea Caumont

The Lost Art of the Cutaway from Messy Nessy Chic

The Lost Art of the Cutaway from Messy Nessy Chic

What's the most intellectual joke you know? from Reddit

What's the most intellectual joke you know? from Reddit

NPR: Colleges Use Photoshop to Paint Faux Diversity by Paul Caron

NPR: Colleges Use Photoshop to Paint Faux Diversity by Paul Caron

10 Forms of 2013 Media Malpractice by Tom Blumer

10 Forms of 2013 Media Malpractice by Tom Blumer

Of Photo-Opportunism and Hazmat Garbage Collection by Adam Garfinkle

Of Photo-Opportunism and Hazmat Garbage Collection by Adam Garfinkle

New York Investigators Obtain Fraudulent Ballots 97 Percent of Time by John Fund

New York Investigators Obtain Fraudulent Ballots 97 Percent of Time by John Fund

Inadvertent Comedy from the ASA, or, an ecofeminist does milk by Roger Kimball

Inadvertent Comedy from the ASA, or, an ecofeminist does milk by Roger Kimball

The NY Times Looks In the Wrong Place for Corrupt Academics by John Hinderaker

The NY Times Looks In the Wrong Place for Corrupt Academics by John Hinderaker

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Apocalypse, New Jersey: A Dispatch From America's Most Desperate Town by Matt Taibbi

Apocalypse, New Jersey: A Dispatch From America's Most Desperate Town by Matt Taibbi

Dear Princeton Law School

Dear Princeton Law School

Pants On Fire: PolitiFact Tries To Hide That It Rated 'True' in 2008 Obamacare's 'Keep Your Health Plan' Promise by Avik Roy

Pants On Fire: PolitiFact Tries To Hide That It Rated 'True' in 2008 Obamacare's 'Keep Your Health Plan' Promise by Avik Roy

Democracy, Redistribution, and Inequality by Daron Acemoglu, Suresh Naidu, Pascual Restrepo, James A. Robinson

Democracy, Redistribution, and Inequality by Daron Acemoglu, Suresh Naidu, Pascual Restrepo, James A. Robinson

Israel's Christian Awakening by Adi Schwartz

Israel's Christian Awakening by Adi Schwartz

Jon Stewart, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and the Zionist Takeover of Egypt by Walter Russell Mead

Jon Stewart, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and the Zionist Takeover of Egypt by Walter Russell Mead

In Surge in Manhattan Toddlers, Rich White Families Lead Way by Sam Roberts

In Surge in Manhattan Toddlers, Rich White Families Lead Way by Sam Roberts

Why does Singapore have such a low birth rate? by Tyler Cowen

Why does Singapore have such a low birth rate? by Tyler Cowen

The Suicide Juggernaut by Wesley J. Smith

The Suicide Juggernaut by Wesley J. Smith

What Children Really Think About Magic by Alison Gopnik

What Children Really Think About Magic by Alison Gopnik

The End of Erdogan’s Cave of Wonders: An I-Told-You-So by David P. Goldman

The End of Erdogan’s Cave of Wonders: An I-Told-You-So by David P. Goldman

America's market sector develops skills our education system leaves untapped by Michael Barone

America's market sector develops skills our education system leaves untapped by Michael Barone

Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues by Bari Weiss

Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues by Bari Weiss

Ramona Pierson's remarkable tale: From near-death to Silicon Valley CEO by Bruce Newman

Ramona Pierson's remarkable tale: From near-death to Silicon Valley CEO by Bruce Newman

Compelling Evidence Makes the Case for a Market-Driven Health Care System by James C. Capretta and Kevin Dayaratna

Compelling Evidence Makes the Case for a Market-Driven Health Care System by James C. Capretta and Kevin Dayaratna

Monday, December 23, 2013

The bias against creativity: Why people desire but reject creative ideas by Jennifer S. Mueller

The bias against creativity: Why people desire but reject creative ideas by Jennifer S. Mueller

People don’t actually like creativity by Jessica Olien

People don’t actually like creativity by Jessica Olien

Inequality and Good Intentions by Casey B. Mulligan

Inequality and Good Intentions by Casey B. Mulligan

Human development of the ability to learn from bad news by Christina Moutsianaa, Neil Garretta, Richard C. Clarkeb, R. Beau Lottob, Sarah-Jayne Blakemorec, and Tali Sharota

Human development of the ability to learn from bad news by Christina Moutsianaa, Neil Garretta, Richard C. Clarkeb, R. Beau Lottob, Sarah-Jayne Blakemorec, and Tali Sharota

Why Teachers of Color Quit by Amanda Machado

Why Teachers of Color Quit by Amanda Machado

The Genuine Conflict Being Ignored in the Duck Dynasty Debate by Larry Alex Taunton

The Genuine Conflict Being Ignored in the Duck Dynasty Debate by Larry Alex Taunton

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Being right or being happy: pilot study by Bruce Arroll, Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Simon Moyes, and Timothy Kenealy

Being right or being happy: pilot study by Bruce Arroll, Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Simon Moyes, and Timothy Kenealy

Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Corporate and Financial Sectors by Marianne Bertrand, Claudia Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz

Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Corporate and Financial Sectors by Marianne Bertrand, Claudia Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz

Why is the urge to impress women called a "ludicrous tendency of men" in The Wall Street Journal? by Ann Althouse

Why is the urge to impress women called a "ludicrous tendency of men" in The Wall Street Journal? by Ann Althouse

The Cheerleader Effect: What Men Do to Impress by Robert M. Sapolsky

The Cheerleader Effect: What Men Do to Impress by Robert M. Sapolsky

Who’s good at forecasts? by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner

Who’s good at forecasts? by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner

On Immigration Policy, Deportation Relief Seen As More Important Than Citizenship: A Survey of Hispanics and Asian Americans by Mark Hugo Lopez, Paul Taylor, Cary Funk and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera

On Immigration Policy, Deportation Relief Seen As More Important Than Citizenship: A Survey of Hispanics and Asian Americans by Mark Hugo Lopez, Paul Taylor, Cary Funk and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera

Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is ASA by Alan Luxenberg

Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is ASA by Alan Luxenberg

Friday, December 20, 2013

In Search of Effective Ethics & Compliance Programs by Maurice E. Stucke

In Search of Effective Ethics & Compliance Programs by Maurice E. Stucke

ADHD: About 1 in 20 adults may have a disorder usually associated with grade school by Suzanne Allard Levingston

ADHD: About 1 in 20 adults may have a disorder usually associated with grade school by Suzanne Allard Levingston

Richard Florida, Mr. Creative Class, Is Now Mr. Rust Belt by Alec MacGillis

Richard Florida, Mr. Creative Class, Is Now Mr. Rust Belt by Alec MacGillis

Even For Rich Kids, Marriage Matters by W. Bradford Wilcox

Even For Rich Kids, Marriage Matters by W. Bradford Wilcox

The Canard of Decline by Josef Joffe

The Canard of Decline by Josef Joffe

Health Insurance Doesn’t Always Make You Healthier by Walter Russell Mead

Health Insurance Doesn’t Always Make You Healthier by Walter Russell Mead

Henrik Jordahl on Swedish education and its privatization by Tyler Cowen

Henrik Jordahl on Swedish education and its privatization by Tyler Cowen

Economic convergence between black immigrants and black natives by Tyler Cowen

Economic convergence between black immigrants and black natives by Tyler Cowen

Monday, December 16, 2013

The Fall of the House of Tsarnaev by Sally Jacobs, David Filipov and Patricia Wen

The Fall of the House of Tsarnaev by Sally Jacobs, David Filipov and Patricia Wen

The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder by Alan Schwarz

The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder by Alan Schwarz

It’s a Man’s World, And It Always Will Be by Camille Paglia

It’s a Man’s World, And It Always Will Be by Camille Paglia

Top of the class by Richard Murphy and Felix Weinhardt

Top of the class by Richard Murphy and Felix Weinhardt

Sweden rethinks pioneering school reforms, private equity under fire from Reuters

Sweden rethinks pioneering school reforms, private equity under fire from Reuters

A Formula for Happiness by Arthur C. Brooks

A Formula for Happiness by Arthur C. Brooks

Boy Trouble by Kay S. Hymowitz

Boy Trouble by Kay S. Hymowitz

Friday, December 13, 2013

Gun-Control Dishonesty by Charles C. W. Cooke

Gun-Control Dishonesty by Charles C. W. Cooke

Obama the oblivious by Charles Krauthammer

Obama the oblivious by Charles Krauthammer

Guns, Suicides and Natural Experiments by Alex Tabarrok

Guns, Suicides and Natural Experiments by Alex Tabarrok

The False ADHD Controversy by Ross Pomeroy

The False ADHD Controversy by Ross Pomeroy

Taking a ridiculous racial issue and making it more ridiculous by Ann Althouse

Taking a ridiculous racial issue and making it more ridiculous by Ann Althouse

Yes, Men Should Do More Housework by Derek Thompson

Yes, Men Should Do More Housework by Derek Thompson

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Humanities Scholars Overturn Biology, Discover Trait-Based Politics In Fear Response by Hank Campbell

Humanities Scholars Overturn Biology, Discover Trait-Based Politics In Fear Response by Hank Campbell

3 Reasons Why Our Teenagers Can’t Find Jobs by Bonnie Ramthun

3 Reasons Why Our Teenagers Can’t Find Jobs by Bonnie Ramthun

Understanding the Children's Book Consumer in the Digital Age by Kristen McLean and Carl Kulo

Understanding the Children's Book Consumer in the Digital Age by Kristen McLean and Carl Kulo

The Global 50: The World's Largest Book Publishers, 2012 from Publishers Weekly

The Global 50: The World's Largest Book Publishers, 2012 from Publishers Weekly

The United States Book Market by GBO New York

The United States Book Market by GBO New York

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Rising riches: 1 in 5 in US reaches affluence by Hope Yen

Rising riches: 1 in 5 in US reaches affluence by Hope Yen

The Minimum Wage Ain’t What It Used to Be by David Neumark

The Minimum Wage Ain’t What It Used to Be by David Neumark

Faces in Things website

Faces in Things website

Why don't French books sell abroad? by Hugh Schofield

Why don't French books sell abroad? by Hugh Schofield

The nature of the Medicaid cost problem by Tyler Cowen

The nature of the Medicaid cost problem by Tyler Cowen

Race, Class, and the Stigma of Riding the Bus in America by Amanda Hess

Race, Class, and the Stigma of Riding the Bus in America by Amanda Hess

A Streetcar Named Disaster by Jacob Anbinder

A Streetcar Named Disaster by Jacob Anbinder

MSNBC’s Alternative Universe by Charles C. W. Cooke

MSNBC’s Alternative Universe by Charles C. W. Cooke

The Biggest Junk Science of 2013 from Real Clear Science

The Biggest Junk Science of 2013 from Real Clear Science

Monday, December 9, 2013

I Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been Canceled by Melinda Taub

I Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been Canceled by Melinda Taub

An Update On The Problem Of Maria by Timothy McSweeney

An Update On The Problem Of Maria by Timothy McSweeney

The USAF Band Holiday Flash Mob at the National Air and Space Museum video

The USAF Band Holiday Flash Mob at the National Air and Space Museum video

Surprising Diversity in Aging Revealed in Nature from ScienceDaily

Surprising Diversity in Aging Revealed in Nature from ScienceDaily

Scientific standards in epidemiologic studies of the menace of daily life by A.R. Feinstein

Scientific standards in epidemiologic studies of the menace of daily life by A.R. Feinstein

Does Wealth Inequality Matter for Growth? The Effect of Billionaire Wealth, Income Distribution, and Poverty by Sutirtha Bagchi and Jan Svejnar

Does Wealth Inequality Matter for Growth? The Effect of Billionaire Wealth, Income Distribution, and Poverty by Sutirtha Bagchi and Jan Svejnar

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Selling out over the Long term to achieve upward mobility by Brian Wang

Selling out over the Long term to achieve upward mobility by Brian Wang

Longform website

Longform website

ScienceDaily website

ScienceDaily website

Trouble at the Lab from The Economist

Trouble at the Lab from The Economist

How to Read About Science by Jennifer Richler

How to Read About Science by Jennifer Richler

An Education in College Justice by James Taranto

An Education in College Justice by James Taranto

The Income Inequality Problem is Overblown by Diana Furchtgott-Roth

The Income Inequality Problem is Overblown by Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Friday, December 6, 2013

Steven Pinker On Reason video

Steven Pinker On Reason video

Steven Pinker on Taboos, Political Correctness, and Dissent video

Steven Pinker on Taboos, Political Correctness, and Dissent video

Boys Rule Boys Read! blog

Boys Rule Boys Read! blog

Seven Deadly Sins of Science Reporting by Avi Roy & Anders Sandberg

Seven Deadly Sins of Science Reporting by Avi Roy & Anders Sandberg

Inside a Brain Circuit, the Will to Press On by Emily Singer

Inside a Brain Circuit, the Will to Press On by Emily Singer

David Foster Wallace’s advice on arguing persuasively by Bryan A. Garner

David Foster Wallace’s advice on arguing persuasively by Bryan A. Garner

This Argentine Found a Trick to Uncork Bottles. You Won’t Believe What Happened Next by Walter Russell Mead

This Argentine Found a Trick to Uncork Bottles. You Won’t Believe What Happened Next by Walter Russell Mead

Conservatives and Structural Racism by Ross Douthat

Conservatives and Structural Racism by Ross Douthat

Obama’s Shallow Inequality Speech And The Presidency That Might Have Been by Ben Domenech

Obama’s Shallow Inequality Speech And The Presidency That Might Have Been by Ben Domenech

The rising star system for scientific achievement and collaboration by Tyler Cowen

The rising star system for scientific achievement and collaboration by Tyler Cowen

The Stem and the Flower by David Brooks

The Stem and the Flower by David Brooks

The rise of secretarial journalism by Matthew Continetti

The rise of secretarial journalism by Matthew Continetti

Thursday, December 5, 2013

What Does Bias Look Like? by Megan McArdle

What Does Bias Look Like? by Megan McArdle

Unbiasing Academia by Megan McArdle

Unbiasing Academia by Megan McArdle

Keynote at 2013 CFN Conference by Megan McArdle

Keynote at 2013 CFN Conference by Megan McArdle

Segregation by Culture by Claude S. Fischer

Segregation by Culture by Claude S. Fischer

The rise of West German wage inequality by Tyler Cowen

The rise of West German wage inequality by Tyler Cowen

It's Not About The Nail by Jason Headley

It's Not About The Nail by Jason Headley

How Not to Measure Sexual Harassment by Megan McArdle

How Not to Measure Sexual Harassment by Megan McArdle

Britain's divided schools: a disturbing portrait of inequality by Anushka Asthana

Britain's divided schools: a disturbing portrait of inequality by Anushka Asthana

How Fair is Britain? from The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission

How Fair is Britain? from The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission

A new kind of ghetto from The Economist

A new kind of ghetto from The Economist

‘What Starving Wages?’ America’s Fattest Union Members Protest Walmart Providing Jobs To Poor People by soopermexican

‘What Starving Wages?’ America’s Fattest Union Members Protest Walmart Providing Jobs To Poor People by soopermexican

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Wars Since 1900 from the Polynational War Memorial website

Wars Since 1900 from the Polynational War Memorial website

The Value of Science by Richard Feynman

The Value of Science by Richard Feynman

Majority rules on climate science? by Jeff Jacoby

Majority rules on climate science? by Jeff Jacoby

The Great Stratification by Jeffrey J. Williams

The Great Stratification by Jeffrey J. Williams

Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up by Brooke Donatone

Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up by Brooke Donatone

Curing the Healthcare Crisis by John C. Goodman

Curing the Healthcare Crisis by John C. Goodman

Children's Choices for Recreational Reading: A Three-Part Investigation of Selection Preferences, Rationales, and Processes by Kathleen A. J. Mohr

Children's Choices for Recreational Reading: A Three-Part Investigation of Selection Preferences, Rationales, and Processes by Kathleen A. J. Mohr

Reading Preferences and Self-Selected Reading by Dianne L. Monson

Reading Preferences and Self-Selected Reading by Dianne L. Monson

The cheerleader effect by Tyler Cowen

The cheerleader effect by Tyler Cowen

Low-Information Leadership by Peggy Noonan

Low-Information Leadership by Peggy Noonan

Monday, December 2, 2013

The Real Humanities Crisis by Gary Gutting

The Real Humanities Crisis by Gary Gutting

Rewarding Effort, not Results: How Parties Own Issues Because of Their Priorities, not Their Performance by Patrick J. Egan

Rewarding Effort, not Results: How Parties Own Issues Because of Their Priorities, not Their Performance by Patrick J. Egan

The Body Language Infographic by Nick Morgan

The Body Language Infographic by Nick Morgan

The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance by K. Anders Ericsson, Ralf Th. Krampe, and Clemens Tesch-Romer

The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance by K. Anders Ericsson, Ralf Th. Krampe, and Clemens Tesch-Romer

Spreading the Wealth Around by Greg Mankiw

Spreading the Wealth Around by Greg Mankiw

Arnold Kling’s bad demographic news for libertarians by Tyler Cowen

Arnold Kling’s bad demographic news for libertarians by Tyler Cowen

U.S. Immigrants’ Attitudes Toward Libertarian Values by Tyler Cowen

U.S. Immigrants’ Attitudes Toward Libertarian Values by Tyler Cowen

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

The Great Shakeup of the American Family by Natalie Angier

The Great Shakeup of the American Family by Natalie Angier

The Rise of Mommy Fearmongering: Be Afraid… Of Everything! by Julie Gunlock

The Rise of Mommy Fearmongering: Be Afraid… Of Everything! by Julie Gunlock

The mover’s advantage: The superior performance of migrant scientists by Tyler Cowen

The mover’s advantage: The superior performance of migrant scientists by Tyler Cowen

Kids Today Run Slower Than Their Parents Did by Kevin Mathews

Kids Today Run Slower Than Their Parents Did by Kevin Mathews

Technology didn't kill middle class jobs, public policy did by Dean BakeR

Technology didn't kill middle class jobs, public policy did by Dean Baker

Academe as a Drug Gang by Scott Jaschik

Academe as a Drug Gang by Scott Jaschik

Friday, November 22, 2013

50 Years of Night in Eastern Kentucky: 'A lot of people here have just given up' by John Cheves

50 Years of Night in Eastern Kentucky: 'A lot of people here have just given up' by John Cheves

Malcolm Gladwell Is America's Best-Paid Fairy-Tale Writer by John Gray

Malcolm Gladwell Is America's Best-Paid Fairy-Tale Writer by John Gray

Death of a Professor by L.V. Anderson

Death of a Professor by L.V. Anderson

An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis

An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis

How 'Undermatching' Harms Smart Low-Income Students By Russell K. Nieli

How 'Undermatching' Harms Smart Low-Income Students by Russell K. Nieli

The Search for the Lost Marines of Tarawa by Wil S. Hylton

The Search for the Lost Marines of Tarawa by Wil S. Hylton

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Frequent Tests Can Enhance College Learning, Study Finds by Benedict Carey

Frequent Tests Can Enhance College Learning, Study Finds by Benedict Carey

The Evolution of Bitchiness by Olga Khazan

The Evolution of Bitchiness by Olga Khazan

Return of the oppressed by Peter Turchin

Return of the oppressed by Peter Turchin

Blame Rich, Overeducated Elites as Our Society Frays by Peter Turchin

Blame Rich, Overeducated Elites as Our Society Frays by Peter Turchin

New Evidence Raises Doubts on Obama’s Preschool for All by Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

New Evidence Raises Doubts on Obama’s Preschool for All by Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

Is There Anything Good About Men? by Roy F. Baumeister

Is There Anything Good About Men? by Roy F. Baumeister

Monday, November 18, 2013

On Education by Anna Barbauld

On Education by Anna Barbauld

You’re So Self-Controlling by Maria Konnikova

You’re So Self-Controlling by Maria Konnikova

Schools safe as ever despite spate of shootings, scares by Greg Toppo

Schools safe as ever despite spate of shootings, scares by Greg Toppo

The Myth of Technology and the Death of Distance by Phillip Longman

The Myth of Technology and the Death of Distance by Phillip Longman

Jury finds girls, parents liable for calling teacher 'perv' by Tracey Kaplan

Jury finds girls, parents liable for calling teacher 'perv' by Tracey Kaplan

The World of English Freedoms by Daniel Hannan

The World of English Freedoms by Daniel Hannan

The Black Swan of Cairo by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Mark Blyth

The Black Swan of Cairo by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Mark Blyth

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Pew Study: 27% of Jewish Children Live in Orthodox Homes by David Bernstein

Pew Study: 27% of Jewish Children Live in Orthodox Homes by David Bernstein

Accounting for the great divergence by Stephen Broadberry

Accounting for the great divergence by Stephen Broadberry

When Liberal Convictions Run Into the Reality of Parenting by Carolyn O'Laughlin

When Liberal Convictions Run Into the Reality of Parenting by Carolyn O'Laughlin

Lay off men, Lessing tells feminists by Fiachra Gibbons

Lay off men, Lessing tells feminists by Fiachra Gibbons

Questions You Should Never Ask a Writer by Doris Lessing

Questions You Should Never Ask a Writer by Doris Lessing

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

It's Time For Companies To Fire Their Human Resource Departments by Kyle Smith

It's Time For Companies To Fire Their Human Resource Departments by Kyle Smith

Why We Hate HR from Fast Company

Why We Hate HR from Fast Company

Redskins: A Manufactured Controversy by W. James Antle III

Redskins: A Manufactured Controversy by W. James Antle III

Job Outlook 2013 from NACE

Job Outlook 2013 from NACE

The Real Reason New College Grads Can’t Get Hired by Martha C. White

The Real Reason New College Grads Can’t Get Hired by Martha C. White

College Grads’ Bad Habits Driving Unemployment by Walter Russell Mead

College Grads’ Bad Habits Driving Unemployment by Walter Russell Mead

Not the hundred best novels? by Michael Caines

Not the hundred best novels? by Michael Caines

Firearms and Suicides in US States by Alex Tabarrok

Firearms and Suicides in US States by Alex Tabarrok

Government Preschool: Like Treating Cancer With A Band-Aid by Joy Pullman

Government Preschool: Like Treating Cancer With A Band-Aid by Joy Pullman

The Stereotypes About Math That Hold Americans Back by Jo Boaler

The Stereotypes About Math That Hold Americans Back by Jo Boaler

A Response to Feminism by Melissa Bond

A Response to Feminism by Melissa Bond

How Do We Judge Books Written Under Pseudonyms? by Francine Prose and Daniel Mendelsohn

How Do We Judge Books Written Under Pseudonyms? by Francine Prose and Daniel Mendelsohn

Why It's So Hard to Kill Keynesianism by Megan McArdle

Why It's So Hard to Kill Keynesianism by Megan McArdle

Thursday, November 7, 2013

The First Eight Years: giving kids a foundation for lifetime success from the Annie E. Casey Foundation

The First Eight Years: giving kids a foundation for lifetime success from the Annie E. Casey Foundation

Are Gun Owners a Bunch of Racists? by Robert VerBruggen

Are Gun Owners a Bunch of Racists? by Robert VerBruggen

Why We Need a New Pendleton Act by Francis Fukuyama

Why We Need a New Pendleton Act by Francis Fukuyama

In Bias Test, Shades of Gray by John Tierney

In Bias Test, Shades of Gray by John Tierney

A Theory of Good Intentions by Paul Niehaus

A Theory of Good Intentions by Paul Niehaus

Spengler's Universal Laws collected from Thoughts and Ideas

Spengler's Universal Laws collected from Thoughts and Ideas

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Fear of crime shades New Orleans response to teen's shooting by Matthew Teague

Fear of crime shades New Orleans response to teen's shooting by Matthew Teague

The Slow Death of Free Speech at Harvard by Harvey Silverglate

The Slow Death of Free Speech at Harvard by Harvey Silverglate

Bad behavior isn't an illness by Theodore Dalrymple

Bad behavior isn't an illness by Theodore Dalrymple

Low Life Expectancy in the United States: Is the Health Care System at Fault? by Samuel H. Preston and Jessica Y. Ho

Low Life Expectancy in the United States: Is the Health Care System at Fault? by Samuel H. Preston and Jessica Y. Ho

Beyond Those Health Care Numbers by N. Gregory Mankiw

Beyond Those Health Care Numbers by N. Gregory Mankiw

The Myth of Americans' Poor Life Expectancy by Avik Roy

The Myth of Americans' Poor Life Expectancy by Avik Roy

Why Men Don't Read: How Publishing is Alienating Half the Population by Jason Pinter

Why Men Don't Read: How Publishing is Alienating Half the Population by Jason Pinter

Friday, November 1, 2013

The Tacit-Knowledge Economy by Ricardo Hausmann

The Tacit-Knowledge Economy by Ricardo Hausmann

In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution by Susan Brownmiller

In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution by Susan Brownmiller

Americans Keep Moving to States With Low Taxes and Housing Costs by Michael Barone

Americans Keep Moving to States With Low Taxes and Housing Costs by Michael Barone

Why First-Born Kids Do Better in School by V. Joseph Hotz

Why First-Born Kids Do Better in School by V. Joseph Hotz

13 Nutrition Lies That Made The World Sick And Fat by Kris Gunnars

13 Nutrition Lies That Made The World Sick And Fat by Kris Gunnars

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Marriage Makes Our Children Richer—Here's Why by W. Bradford Wilcox

Marriage Makes Our Children Richer—Here's Why by W. Bradford Wilcox

The Simple Falsehoods of Race book review by Richard Thompson Ford

The Simple Falsehoods of Race book review by Richard Thompson Ford

Immigration: A Bigger Problem Than You Think by Walter Russell Mead

Immigration: A Bigger Problem Than You Think by Walter Russell Mead

2013 PayScale College ROI Report

2013 PayScale College ROI Report

TIGTA: IRS Cannot Account for 23% of its IT Assets by Paul Caron

TIGTA: IRS Cannot Account for 23% of its IT Assets by Paul Caron

Unintended Consequences by Michael Lerner

Unintended Consequences by Michael Lerner

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

How the Alger Hiss Case Explains the Tea Party by Cass R. Sunstein

How the Alger Hiss Case Explains the Tea Party by Cass R. Sunstein

So the Very Young Know and Understand: Reframing Discussion of The Cay by Susan Griffith

So the Very Young Know and Understand: Reframing Discussion of The Cay by Susan Griffith

There’s one key difference between kids who excel at math and those who don’t by Miles Kimball and Noah Smith

There’s one key difference between kids who excel at math and those who don’t by Miles Kimball and Noah Smith

Can Everyone Do Algebra? by Robert VerBruggen

Can Everyone Do Algebra? by Robert VerBruggen

How Many Copies Does It Take To Be an Amazon Bestseller? by Gabe Habash

How Many Copies Does It Take To Be an Amazon Bestseller? by Gabe Habash

NHS pulls the plug on its £11bn IT system by Oliver Wright

NHS pulls the plug on its £11bn IT system by Oliver Wright

Climate Change and Value-Added: New Evidence Requires New Thinking by Thomas J. Kane

Climate Change and Value-Added: New Evidence Requires New Thinking by Thomas J. Kane

Anti-bullying videos questioned after two students' suicides by Matt Pearce and Melanie Mason

Anti-bullying videos questioned after two students' suicides by Matt Pearce and Melanie Mason

Saturday, October 26, 2013

The 'Nocebo' Effect: Pessimism Can Hinder Treatment by Lauran Neergaard

The 'Nocebo' Effect: Pessimism Can Hinder Treatment by Lauran Neergaard

Pessimism Is Hazardous to Health, a Study Says by Philip J. Hilts

Pessimism Is Hazardous to Health, a Study Says by Philip J. Hilts

There's Less Hostility To Women Candidates Than Often Thought by David Mark

There's Less Hostility To Women Candidates Than Often Thought by David Mark

The Glorious, Futile Progressive Policy Agenda by Molly Ball

The Glorious, Futile Progressive Policy Agenda by Molly Ball

“I Quit Academia,” an Important, Growing Subgenre of American Essays by Rebecca Schuman

“I Quit Academia,” an Important, Growing Subgenre of American Essays by Rebecca Schuman

Where Have All the Geniuses Gone? by Darrin M. McMahon.

Where Have All the Geniuses Gone? by Darrin M. McMahon.

The Unavoidability of Faith by Miles Kimball

The Unavoidability of Faith by Miles Kimball

The True Size of Africa, Revisited by Miles Kimball

The True Size of Africa, Revisited by Miles Kimball

Book Review of David and Goliath by Tracy Quan

Book Review of David and Goliath by Tracy Quan

Friday, October 25, 2013

How to Succeed as an Author: Give Up on Writing: The rancid smell of 21st century literary success by Lionel Shriver

How to Succeed as an Author: Give Up on Writing by Lionel Shriver

The Rape 'Epidemic' Doesn't Actually Exist by Caroline Kitchens

The Rape 'Epidemic' Doesn't Actually Exist by Caroline Kitchens

The Implications of Behavioral Economics Are Not Obvious by Alex Tabarrok

The Implications of Behavioral Economics Are Not Obvious by Alex Tabarrok

Stopping Overtreatment Sounds Easy, Until It's Your Heart Attack by Megan McArdle

Stopping Overtreatment Sounds Easy, Until It's Your Heart Attack by Megan McArdle

Biglaw Memo From Top Firm Advises That Women ‘Don’t Giggle,’ Don’t ‘Show Cleavage’ by Staci Zaretsky

Biglaw Memo From Top Firm Advises That Women ‘Don’t Giggle,’ Don’t ‘Show Cleavage’ by Staci Zaretsky

And Still I Persist… website

And Still I Persist… website

Patterns in Litigation: Systems Failure (1976-2000) by Bruce F. Webster

Patterns in Litigation: Systems Failure (1976-2000) by Bruce F. Webster

The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks

The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks

Septic code: why some large IT projects never go into production by Bruce F. Webster

Septic code: why some large IT projects never go into production by Bruce F. Webster

Obamacare and the Thermocline of Truth by Bruce F. Webster

Obamacare and the Thermocline of Truth by Bruce F. Webster

Missing the point on binge drinking by Ruth Marcus

Missing the point on binge drinking by Ruth Marcus

Debtors’ prison: The euro zone is blighted by private debt even more than by government debt from The Economist

Debtors’ prison: The euro zone is blighted by private debt even more than by government debt from The Economist

What Men Like in Men by Rafford Pyke

What Men Like in Men by Rafford Pyke

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The Poem That Made Sherman Alexie Want to 'Drop Everything and Be a Poet' by Joe Fassler

The Poem That Made Sherman Alexie Want to 'Drop Everything and Be a Poet' by Joe Fassler

37 Ways To Proudly Wear Your Love Of Books by Alanna Okun

37 Ways To Proudly Wear Your Love Of Books by Alanna Okun

Corey Robin website

Corey Robin website

First instinct of her generation by D.G. Myers

First instinct of her generation by D.G. Myers

Let’s Talk About Racism in the Classics by Amanda Nelson

Let’s Talk About Racism in the Classics by Amanda Nelson

Another 10 Books Children Should Read by Noah Millman

Another 10 Books Children Should Read by Noah Millman

The 8 Habits of Highly Successful Young-Adult Fiction Authors by Nolan Feeney

The 8 Habits of Highly Successful Young-Adult Fiction Authors by Nolan Feeney

Race-Hustling Results: Part III by Thomas Sowell

Race-Hustling Results: Part III by Thomas Sowell

(In)competence in Appellate and District Court Brief Writing on Rule 12 and 56 Motions by Scott A. Moss

(In)competence in Appellate and District Court Brief Writing on Rule 12 and 56 Motions by Scott A. Moss

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Race-Hustling Results by Thomas Sowell

Race-Hustling Results by Thomas Sowell

Politicians’ Extortion Racket by Peter Schweizer

Politicians’ Extortion Racket by Peter Schweizer

The Baby Bust: Our National Reproductive System Is Broken by Walter Russell Mead

The Baby Bust: Our National Reproductive System Is Broken by Walter Russell Mead

Less Than Equal: Racial Disparities in Wealth Accumulation by Signe-Mary McKernan, Caroline Ratcliffe, Eugene Steuerle, and Sisi Zhang

Less Than Equal: Racial Disparities in Wealth Accumulation by Signe-Mary McKernan, Caroline Ratcliffe, Eugene Steuerle, and Sisi Zhang

Black-white higher education gap larger today than 50 years ago by Austin Nichols

Black-white higher education gap larger today than 50 years ago by Austin Nichols

Charlie Stross’s vision of the Coase theorem, as applied to publishing by Tyler Cowen

Charlie Stross’s vision of the Coase theorem, as applied to publishing by Tyler Cowen

Why Do Teachers Quit? And why do they stay? by Liz Riggs

Why Do Teachers Quit? And why do they stay? by Liz Riggs

Black Boys Have an Easier Time Fitting In at Suburban Schools Than Black Girls by Aboubacar Ndiaye

Black Boys Have an Easier Time Fitting In at Suburban Schools Than Black Girls by Aboubacar Ndiaye

What Would an Ideal College Look Like? A Lot Like This by John Tierney

What Would an Ideal College Look Like? A Lot Like This by John Tierney

Civility in Congress (1935-2011) as reflected in the Taking Down process from the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Civility in Congress (1935-2011) as reflected in the Taking Down process from the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Much Bigger Than The Shutdown: Niall Ferguson's Public Flogging Of Paul Krugman by Ralph Benko

Much Bigger Than The Shutdown: Niall Ferguson's Public Flogging Of Paul Krugman by Ralph Benko

Krugtron the Invincible, Part 1 by Niall Ferguson

Krugtron the Invincible, Part 1 by Niall Ferguson

Krugtron the Invincible, Part 2 by Niall Ferguson

Krugtron the Invincible, Part 3 by Niall Ferguson

Civilizing the Marketplace of Ideas by Niall Ferguson

Monday, October 21, 2013

Race, Equality and the Rule of Law: Critical Race Theory's Attack on the Promises of Liberalism by Jeffrey J. Pyle

Race, Equality and the Rule of Law: Critical Race Theory's Attack on the Promises of Liberalism by Jeffrey J. Pyle

Bending the Law by Alex Kozinski

Bending the Law by Alex Kozinski

Nick Brown Smelled Bull by Vinnie Rotondaro

Nick Brown Smelled Bull by Vinnie Rotondaro

Washington's open secret: Profitable PACs by Steve Kroft

Washington's open secret: Profitable PACs by Steve Kroft

Some Historical Perspective from the Foresight Institute

Some Historical Perspective from the Foresight Institute

Many stuck near the bottom by Joel Kotkin

Many stuck near the bottom by Joel Kotkin

The Emerging Geography of Inequality by Richard Morrill

The Emerging Geography of Inequality by Richard Morrill

The Democratic Disasters to Come by Victor Davis Hanson

The Democratic Disasters to Come by Victor Davis Hanson

The Reality of America's Finances by Jon Gabriel

The Reality of America's Finances by Jon Gabriel

Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Middle Class Gets Wise by Jonathan Cowan and Jim Kessler

The Middle Class Gets Wise by Jonathan Cowan and Jim Kessler

Welcome to the information age - 174 newspapers a day by Richard Alleyne

Welcome to the information age - 174 newspapers a day by Richard Alleyne

Art and Science in Technology website by Roger Bohn

Art and Science in Technology website by Roger Bohn

How Much Information? 2009 Report on American Consumers by Roger Bohn

How Much Information? 2009 Report on American Consumers by Roger Bohn

The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day by Nick Bilton

The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day by Nick Bilton

The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day by Nick Bilton

The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day by Nick Bilton

How Washington Really Redistributes Income by James Freeman

How Washington Really Redistributes Income by James Freeman

Rich People Love Diversity, Until They Have Kids by Jessica Grose

Rich People Love Diversity, Until They Have Kids by Jessica Grose

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Friday, October 18, 2013

About The Bora Controversy by Amy Alkon

About The Bora Controversy by Amy Alkon

Sex, Power, and Dominance: The Evolutionary Psychology of Sexual Harassment by Kingsley R. Browne

Sex, Power, and Dominance: The Evolutionary Psychology of Sexual Harassment by Kingsley R. Browne

The Strangely Persistent "Transposition Fallacy": Why "Statistically Significant" Evidence of Discrimination May Not BE Significant by Kingsley R. Browne

The Strangely Persistent "Transposition Fallacy": Why "Statistically Significant" Evidence of Discrimination May Not BE Significant by Kingsley R. Browne

As Barriers Disappear, Some Gender Gaps Widen by John Tierney

As Barriers Disappear, Some Gender Gaps Widen by John Tierney

Why can't a man be more like a woman? Sex differences in Big Five personality traits across 55 cultures by David P. Schmitt et al

Why can't a man be more like a woman? Sex differences in Big Five personality traits across 55 cultures by David P. Schmitt et al

What 'Lean In' Misunderstands About Gender Differences by Christina Hoff Sommers

What 'Lean In' Misunderstands About Gender Differences by Christina Hoff Sommers

Are Successful Women Really Less Likable Than Successful Men? by Eleanor Barkhorn

Are Successful Women Really Less Likable Than Successful Men? by Eleanor Barkhorn

Getting Back on Track by Walter Russell Mead

Getting Back on Track by Walter Russell Mead

Socialized medicine’s class system by Leigh Biltis

Socialized medicine’s class system by Leigh Biltis

Paradise Regained Again And Again And Again by Sarah Hoyt

Paradise Regained Again And Again And Again by Sarah Hoyt

Fifty Shades of Marx by Sarah Hoyt

Fifty Shades of Marx by Sarah Hoyt

Self-forged chains by Sarah Hoyt

Self-forged chains by Sarah Hoyt

Regular Bedtimes Tied to Better Behavior by Nicholas Bakalar

Regular Bedtimes Tied to Better Behavior by Nicholas Bakalar

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Average Is Over—But the American Dream Lives On by Andrew Lewis

Average Is Over—But the American Dream Lives On by Andrew Lewis

Wealth of today's sports stars is 'no match for the fortunes of Rome's chariot racers' by Murray Wardrop

Wealth of today's sports stars is 'no match for the fortunes of Rome's chariot racers' by Murray Wardrop

The Big Business of Big Hits: How Blockbusters Conquered Movies, TV, and Music by Derek Thompson

The Big Business of Big Hits: How Blockbusters Conquered Movies, TV, and Music by Derek Thompson

The Poem That Made Sherman Alexie Want to 'Drop Everything and Be a Poet' by Joe Fassler

The Poem That Made Sherman Alexie Want to 'Drop Everything and Be a Poet' by Joe Fassler

Crime rises among second-generation immigrants as they assimilate by Rich Morin

Crime rises among second-generation immigrants as they assimilate by Rich Morin

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

A One-Off Capital Levy? from the Financial Times

A One-Off Capital Levy? from the Financial Times

Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming by Neil Gaiman

Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming by Neil Gaiman

The Rich Don't Care For the Poor? What a Laugh by Diana Furchtgott-Roth

The Rich Don't Care For the Poor? What a Laugh by Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Cities Are Trying to Fix Their Schools by Luring the Middle Class: It Won't Work by Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara

Cities Are Trying to Fix Their Schools by Luring the Middle Class: It Won't Work by Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara

"Gender Roles: Nature or Nurture", Camille Paglia versus Jane Flax

"Gender Roles: Nature or Nurture", Camille Paglia versus Jane Flax

Cohorts born in the late 1930s and 40s did especially well by Tyler Cowen

Cohorts born in the late 1930s and 40s did especially well by Tyler Cowen

Why US government IT fails so hard, so often by Sean Gallagher

Why US government IT fails so hard, so often by Sean Gallagher

Europe Is Burning, Slowly by Walter Russell Mead

Europe Is Burning, Slowly by Walter Russell Mead

Portrait of a Declining Russia by Walter Russell Mead

Portrait of a Declining Russia by Walter Russell Mead

Failure by Scott Adams

Failure by Scott Adams

Self-Published Erotica is Being Singled Out For Sweeping Deletions From Major eBookstores by Nate Hoffelder

Self-Published Erotica is Being Singled Out For Sweeping Deletions From Major eBookstores by Nate Hoffelder

Friday, October 11, 2013

Conscious parallelism concept

Conscious parallelism concept

Some Women are Dying Younger: Is Welfare Reform to Blame? by Nausicaa Renner

Some Women are Dying Younger: Is Welfare Reform to Blame? by Nausicaa Renner

Looking Through Orwell by Andrew Ferguson

Looking Through Orwell by Andrew Ferguson

40 Years of Government Nutrition Data May Be Flawed by Ross Pomeroy

40 Years of Government Nutrition Data May Be Flawed by Ross Pomeroy

Climate change warnings -- science or "scientific-sounding"? by Daniel B. Botkin

Climate change warnings -- science or "scientific-sounding"? by Daniel B. Botkin

Why are children in the same family so different from one another? by Robert Plomin and Denise Daniels

Why are children in the same family so different from one another? by Robert Plomin and Denise Daniels

Our Logo Looks Like Underpants: A Case Study in Internationalization by Robert J. Moore

Our Logo Looks Like Underpants: A Case Study in Internationalization by Robert J. Moore

Thursday, October 10, 2013

A Married Mom and Dad Really Do Matter: New Evidence from Canada by Mark Regnerus

A Married Mom and Dad Really Do Matter: New Evidence from Canada by Mark Regnerus

Scientists Are Bad At Identifying Important Science, Study Finds by Francie Diep

Scientists Are Bad At Identifying Important Science, Study Finds by Francie Diep

The Moral Stereotypes of Liberals and Conservatives: Exaggeration of Differences across the Political Spectrum by Jesse Graham, Brian A. Nosek, and Jonathan Haidt

The Moral Stereotypes of Liberals and Conservatives: Exaggeration of Differences across the Political Spectrum by Jesse Graham, Brian A. Nosek, and Jonathan Haidt

The conservative shift in public opinion has happened in all 50 states by Peter Enns

The conservative shift in public opinion has happened in all 50 states by Peter Enns

Getting beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City by Tyler Cowen

Getting beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City by Tyler Cowen

The Philosopher and the Student: Was the saga of Colin McGinn really a clear-cut case of sexual harassment? by Katie Roiphe

The Philosopher and the Student: Was the saga of Colin McGinn really a clear-cut case of sexual harassment? by Katie Roiphe

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Replication studies: Bad copy by Ed Yong

Replication studies: Bad copy by Ed Yong

The Trouble With Malcolm Gladwell by Christopher Chabris

The Trouble With Malcolm Gladwell by Christopher Chabris

The Adult Skill Gap by Alex Tabarrok

The Adult Skill Gap by Alex Tabarrok

On Life Expectancy in America by Don Boudreaux

On Life Expectancy in America by Don Boudreaux

Galápagos syndrome concept

Galápagos syndrome concept

Model minority concept

Model minority concept

SAT Scores and Family Income by Catherine Rampell

SAT Scores and Family Income by Catherine Rampell

Asian Immigrants and What No One Mentions Aloud by educationrealist

Asian Immigrants and What No One Mentions Aloud by educationrealist

U.S. Adults Fare Poorly in a Study of Skills by Richard Perez-Pena

U.S. Adults Fare Poorly in a Study of Skills by Richard Perez-Pena

Uncertainty Shocks Are Aggregate demand Shocks by Sylvain Leduc and Zheng Liu

Uncertainty Shocks Are Aggregate demand Shocks by Sylvain Leduc and Zheng Liu

OECD literacy leagues: poverty and inequality blamed for England's results by Richard Adams

OECD literacy leagues: poverty and inequality blamed for England's results by Richard Adams

OECD Skills Outlook 2013: First Results from the Survey of Adult Skills

OECD Skills Outlook 2013: First Results from the Survey of Adult Skills

Education in England: sliding down the class from The Guardian

Education in England: sliding down the class from The Guardian

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

The (Needed) Revolution Emerging in Higher Education by Tyler Durden

The (Needed) Revolution Emerging in Higher Education by Tyler Durden

Harvard Business School's Garbage In, Garbage Out "Gender Equity" Experiment by Yves Smith

Harvard Business School's Garbage In, Garbage Out "Gender Equity" Experiment by Yves Smith

14 Books That Traumatized You As A Kid by Adam Ellis

14 Books That Traumatized You As A Kid by Adam Ellis

Spoof Paper Accepted to 157 Open Access Journals by Ross Pomeroy

Spoof Paper Accepted to 157 Open Access Journals by Ross Pomeroy

The Flimsy Evidence for Flossing by Ross Pomeroy

The Flimsy Evidence for Flossing by Ross Pomeroy

Great myths die hard by Héloïse D. Dufour and Sean B. Carroll

Great myths die hard by Héloïse D. Dufour and Sean B. Carroll

Monday, October 7, 2013

ACLU says ATF blocks whistleblower book on scandal by Alicia A. Caldwell

ACLU says ATF blocks whistleblower book on scandal by Alicia A. Caldwell

There is no war on women by Penny Young Nance

There is no war on women by Penny Young Nance

Of 2 Minds: How Fast and Slow Thinking Shape Perception and Choice [Excerpt] by Daniel Kahneman

Of 2 Minds: How Fast and Slow Thinking Shape Perception and Choice [Excerpt] by Daniel Kahneman

Colonoscopies Clarify Inner Workings of Minds by Jag Bhalla

Colonoscopies Clarify Inner Workings of Minds by Jag Bhalla

Every Day Is Interdependence Day by Jag Bhalla

Every Day Is Interdependence Day by Jag Bhalla

Is the Tea Party Fair-Minded? An interview with Jonathan Haidt by Alison George

Is the Tea Party Fair-Minded? An interview with Jonathan Haidt by Alison George

What the Tea Partiers Really Want by Jonathan Haidt

What the Tea Partiers Really Want by Jonathan Haidt

Is Amazon Ruining Serious Literature? by Mark Tapson

Is Amazon Ruining Serious Literature? by Mark Tapson

Distracted Driving: America's "Deadly Epidemic" by Carl M. Cannon

Distracted Driving: America's "Deadly Epidemic" by Carl M. Cannon

No Happy Harmony by Elizabeth Corey

No Happy Harmony by Elizabeth Corey

When Wealth Disappears by Stephen D. King

When Wealth Disappears by Stephen D. King

Long-term barriers to growth by Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg

Long-term barriers to growth by Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg

Some Takeaways from the Pew Study of American Jewish Life by David Bernstein

Some Takeaways from the Pew Study of American Jewish Life by David Bernstein

It Is Not True That 15% Of Americans Live In Poverty by Tim Worstall

It Is Not True That 15% Of Americans Live In Poverty by Tim Worstall

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Slackpropagation website

Slackpropagation website

Machine Learning and Social Science: Taking the Best of Both Worlds (A Case Study) by Burr Settles

Machine Learning and Social Science: Taking the Best of Both Worlds (A Case Study) by Burr Settles

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science website

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science website

Student evaluations of teaching are probably biased. Does it matter? by Erik Voeten

Student evaluations of teaching are probably biased. Does it matter? by Erik Voeten

For Better Social Skills, Scientists Recommend a Little Chekhov by Pam Belluck

For Better Social Skills, Scientists Recommend a Little Chekhov by Pam Belluck

Ideas that spread fast and slow by Andrew Gelman

Ideas that spread fast and slow by Andrew Gelman

So much medical research is pretend-science by Kaiser Fung

So much medical research is pretend-science by Kaiser Fung

Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik, website

Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik, website

Multi-Channel Attribution Modeling: The Good, Bad and Ugly Models by Avinash Kaushik

Multi-Channel Attribution Modeling: The Good, Bad and Ugly Models by Avinash Kaushik

Attribution in online marketing: a Big Data problem by Kaiser Fung

Attribution in online marketing: a Big Data problem by Kaiser Fung

Story time, says these education journalists by Kaiser Fung

Story time, says these education journalists by Kaiser Fung

Story time by Kaiser Fung

Story time by Kaiser Fung

Problems with the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers by Richard Rothstein, Helen F. Ladd, et al.

Problems with the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers by Richard Rothstein, Helen F. Ladd, et al.

On “Geek” Versus “Nerd” by Burr Settles

On “Geek” Versus “Nerd” by Burr Settles

Friday, October 4, 2013

Six decades in Detroit: How abandonment, racial tensions and financial missteps bankrupted the city by Joel Kurth, Mike Wilkinson and Louis Aguilar

Six decades in Detroit: How abandonment, racial tensions and financial missteps bankrupted the city by Joel Kurth, Mike Wilkinson and Louis Aguilar

The real clash is within civilisations by Frank Furedi

The real clash is within civilisations by Frank Furedi

The Not-So-Great Professor: Jeffrey Sachs’ Incredible Failure to Eradicate Poverty in Africa by Howard W. French

The Not-So-Great Professor: Jeffrey Sachs’ Incredible Failure to Eradicate Poverty in Africa by Howard W. French

The Unrise of the Creative Working Class by Richey Piiparinen

The Unrise of the Creative Working Class by Richey Piiparinen

The science of good news by Hank Campbell

The science of good news by Hank Campbell

21 Best Tom Clancy Quotes from Daily Beast

21 Best Tom Clancy Quotes from Daily Beast

High-School Sports Aren't Killing Academics by Daniel H. Bowen & Collin Hitt

High-School Sports Aren't Killing Academics by Daniel H. Bowen & Collin Hitt

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Health Care Where Your Community Is Your Insurance by Walter Russell Mead

Health Care Where Your Community Is Your Insurance by Walter Russell Mead

What makes us left or right handed? New study rules out strong genetic factors by Fraser Wilson

What makes us left or right handed? New study rules out strong genetic factors by Fraser Wilson

China Lost 14 Million People in World War II. Why Is This Forgotten? by Michael Todd

China Lost 14 Million People in World War II. Why Is This Forgotten? by Michael Todd

The Old Way to Be Gay? by Alice Dreger

The Old Way to Be Gay? by Alice Dreger

How America's Marriage Crisis Makes Income Inequality So Much Worse by Derek Thompson

How America's Marriage Crisis Makes Income Inequality So Much Worse by Derek Thompson

How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear (and How Secondary Liability Rules Help Resurrect Old Songs) by Paul J. Heald

How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear (and How Secondary Liability Rules Help Resurrect Old Songs) by Paul J. Heald

Africa's Growth Prospects in a European Mirror: A Historical Perspective by Stephen Broadberry and Leigh Gardner

Africa's Growth Prospects in a European Mirror: A Historical Perspective by Stephen Broadberry and Leigh Gardner

Pension Funds Paying Millions for Useless Advice by Walter Russell Mead

Pension Funds Paying Millions for Useless Advice by Walter Russell Mead

Are Gaia’s Real Friends on the Right? by Walter Russell Mead

Are Gaia’s Real Friends on the Right? by Walter Russell Mead

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Life on the island by Emily Esfahani Smith

Life on the island by Emily Esfahani Smith

What Can Be Done To Improve Struggling High Schools? by Julie Berry Cullen, Steven D. Levitt, Erin Robertson,

What Can Be Done To Improve Struggling High Schools? by Julie Berry Cullen, Steven D. Levitt, Erin Robertson,
and Sally Sadoff

Culture Warrior, Gaining Ground: E. D. Hirsch Sees His Education Theories Taking Hold by Al Baker

Culture Warrior, Gaining Ground: E. D. Hirsch Sees His Education Theories Taking Hold by Al Baker

New Orleans is an Early Test for School Choice by Walter Russell Mead

New Orleans is an Early Test for School Choice by Walter Russell Mead

Will a Computer at Home Help My Children in School? by Timothy Taylor

Will a Computer at Home Help My Children in School? by Timothy Taylor

Those Who Pay Zero in U.S. Income Tax by Timothy Taylor

Those Who Pay Zero in U.S. Income Tax by Timothy Taylor

BS Jobs and BS Economics by Alex Tabarrok

BS Jobs and BS Economics by Alex Tabarrok

Friday, September 27, 2013

Marketing American Girlhood by Elizabeth Marshall

Marketing American Girlhood by Elizabeth Marshall

Machiavelli: Still Shocking after Five Centuries book review by Stewart Patrick

Machiavelli: Still Shocking after Five Centuries book review by Stewart Patrick

Parenting, Time Use, and Disparities in Academic Outcomes by Meredith Phillips

Parenting, Time Use, and Disparities in Academic Outcomes by Meredith Phillips

Social Reproduction and Child-Rearing Practices: Social Class, Children's Agency, and the Summer Activity Gap by Tiffani Chin and Meredith Phillips

Social Reproduction and Child-Rearing Practices: Social Class, Children's Agency, and the Summer Activity Gap by Tiffani Chin and Meredith Phillips

Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke

The Parenting Gap by Richard V. Reeves, Isabel Sawhill, & Kimberly Howard

The Parenting Gap by Richard V. Reeves, Isabel Sawhill, & Kimberly Howard

Violence in Chicago: A Tale of Two Cities by Noah Berlatsky

Violence in Chicago: A Tale of Two Cities by Noah Berlatsky

Are Women Really Less Corrupt Than Men? by Joshua Keating

Are Women Really Less Corrupt Than Men? by Joshua Keating