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
Monday, December 30, 2013
This Is Your Brain on Gluten by James Hamblin
This Is Your Brain on Gluten by James Hamblin
Sunday, December 29, 2013
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
The Suicide Juggernaut by Wesley J. Smith
The Suicide Juggernaut by Wesley J. Smith
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
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Stereotyping in Europe by Tyler Cowen
Stereotyping in Europe by Tyler Cowen
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Tackling a Racial Gap in Breast Cancer Survival by Tara Parker-Pope
Tackling a Racial Gap in Breast Cancer Survival by Tara Parker-Pope
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
As New Services Track Habits, the E-Books Are Reading You by David Streitfeld
As New Services Track Habits, the E-Books Are Reading You by David Streitfeld
Monday, December 23, 2013
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
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
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
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Even For Rich Kids, Marriage Matters by W. Bradford Wilcox
Even For Rich Kids, Marriage Matters by W. Bradford Wilcox
Health Insurance Doesn’t Always Make You Healthier by Walter Russell Mead
Health Insurance Doesn’t Always Make You Healthier by Walter Russell Mead
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The Thought Leader by David Brooks
The Thought Leader by David Brooks
Women think the workplace is unfair… this is why they’re wrong by Naomi Schaefer Riley
Women think the workplace is unfair… this is why they’re wrong by Naomi Schaefer Riley
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
Top of the class by Richard Murphy and Felix Weinhardt
Top of the class by Richard Murphy and Felix Weinhardt
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
Sunday, December 15, 2013
A nice "WWYD" about racial harmony via Ann Althouse
A nice "WWYD" about racial harmony via Ann Althouse
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
The False ADHD Controversy by Ross Pomeroy
The False ADHD Controversy by Ross Pomeroy
Thursday, December 12, 2013
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
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
An Update On The Problem Of Maria by Timothy McSweeney
An Update On The Problem Of Maria by Timothy McSweeney
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
Seven Deadly Sins of Science Reporting by Avi Roy & Anders Sandberg
Seven Deadly Sins of Science Reporting by Avi Roy & Anders Sandberg
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
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
Britain's divided schools: a disturbing portrait of inequality by Anushka Asthana
Britain's divided schools: a disturbing portrait of inequality by Anushka Asthana
Labels:
Culture,
Disparate Impact,
Education,
Gender,
Measurement,
Poverty,
Race,
UK
How Fair is Britain? from The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission
How Fair is Britain? from The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission
Labels:
Culture,
Disparate Impact,
Education,
Gender,
Measurement,
Race,
UK
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Wars Since 1900 from the Polynational War Memorial website
Wars Since 1900 from the Polynational War Memorial website
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Blockbluster: Who needs hits? by Kelefa Sanneh
Blockbluster: Who needs hits? by Kelefa Sanneh
A Challenge to Our Beliefs by Thomas Sowell
A Challenge to Our Beliefs by Thomas Sowell
Monday, December 2, 2013
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
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Doris Lessing & the Left by Cathy Young
Doris Lessing & the Left by Cathy Young
Productivity in Italy: The great unlearning by Fadi Hassan and Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano
Productivity in Italy: The great unlearning by Fadi Hassan and Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Research ethics: 3 ways to blow the whistle by Ed Yong, Heidi Ledford & Richard Van Noorden
Research ethics: 3 ways to blow the whistle by Ed Yong, Heidi Ledford & Richard Van Noorden
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Academe as a Drug Gang by Scott Jaschik
Academe as a Drug Gang by Scott Jaschik
Monday, November 25, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Law vs. Moral Values by Walter E. Williams
Law vs. Moral Values by Walter E. Williams
The American Police State by Marc Parry
The American Police State by Marc Parry
The Socialist Phenomenon by Igor Shafarevich
The Socialist Phenomenon by Igor Shafarevich
Friday, November 22, 2013
Death of a Professor by L.V. Anderson
Death of a Professor by L.V. Anderson
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
Is There Anything Good About Men? by Roy F. Baumeister
Is There Anything Good About Men? by Roy F. Baumeister
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
We Owe the Beatles to Luck by Cass R. Sunstein
We Owe the Beatles to Luck by Cass R. Sunstein
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
A Cold War Fought by Women by John Tierney
A Cold War Fought by Women by John Tierney
Monday, November 18, 2013
On Education by Anna Barbauld
On Education by Anna Barbauld
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
Accounting for the great divergence by Stephen Broadberry
Accounting for the great divergence by Stephen Broadberry
Saturday, November 16, 2013
The Dark Side of Human Equality by Theodore Dalrymple
The Dark Side of Human Equality by Theodore Dalrymple
Friday, November 15, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Why We Hate HR from Fast Company
Why We Hate HR from Fast Company
Not the hundred best novels? by Michael Caines
Not the hundred best novels? by Michael Caines
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
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
The Most Important Lesson Schools Can Teach Kids About Reading: It's Fun by Jeffrey Wilhelm & Michael Smith
The Most Important Lesson Schools Can Teach Kids About Reading: It's Fun by Jeffrey Wilhelm & Michael Smith
The Republican Party Isn't Really the Anti-Science Party by Mischa Fisher
The Republican Party Isn't Really the Anti-Science Party by Mischa Fisher
Up in Arms by Colin Woodard
Up in Arms by Colin Woodard
Monday, November 11, 2013
Life After Blue: America Needs To Stop Eating Its Young by Walter Russell Mead
Life After Blue: America Needs To Stop Eating Its Young by Walter Russell Mead
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Small Cues Change Savings Choices by James J. Choi and Emily Haisley
Small Cues Change Savings Choices by James J. Choi and Emily Haisley
Friday, November 8, 2013
The Hyped Campus Rape That Wasn't by Cathy Young
The Hyped Campus Rape That Wasn't by Cathy Young
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Are Gun Owners a Bunch of Racists? by Robert VerBruggen
Are Gun Owners a Bunch of Racists? by Robert VerBruggen
Labels:
Definitions,
Evidence,
Guns,
Illogic,
Measurement,
Racism
In Bias Test, Shades of Gray by John Tierney
In Bias Test, Shades of Gray by John Tierney
Spengler's Universal Laws collected from Thoughts and Ideas
Spengler's Universal Laws collected from Thoughts and Ideas
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Twin Faces of Smoking from Real Clear Science
Twin Faces of Smoking from Real Clear Science
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
Bad behavior isn't an illness by Theodore Dalrymple
Bad behavior isn't an illness by Theodore Dalrymple
Monday, November 4, 2013
The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson
The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson
Glossary of The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Glossary of The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
The Simple Falsehoods of Race book review by Richard Thompson Ford
The Simple Falsehoods of Race book review by Richard Thompson Ford
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
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
Monday, October 28, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Bullying is not on the rise and it does not lead to suicide by Kelly McBride
Bullying is not on the rise and it does not lead to suicide by Kelly McBride
Saturday, October 26, 2013
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
Friday, October 25, 2013
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
What Men Like in Men by Rafford Pyke
What Men Like in Men by Rafford Pyke
Thursday, October 24, 2013
A Unifying Theory of Why Women Earn Less by John List and Uri Gneezy
A Unifying Theory of Why Women Earn Less by John List and Uri Gneezy
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Corey Robin website
Corey Robin website
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
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
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
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
Some Historical Perspective from the Foresight Institute
Some Historical Perspective from the Foresight Institute
The Democratic Disasters to Come by Victor Davis Hanson
The Democratic Disasters to Come by Victor Davis Hanson
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
Art and Science in Technology website by Roger Bohn
Art and Science in Technology website by Roger Bohn
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Map: Six Decades of the Most Popular Names for Girls, State-by-State by Reuben Fischer-Baum
Map: Six Decades of the Most Popular Names for Girls, State-by-State by Reuben Fischer-Baum
Friday, October 18, 2013
The Strangely Persistent "Transposition Fallacy": Why "Statistically Significant" Evidence of Discrimination May Not BE Significant by Kingsley R. Browne
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
A One-Off Capital Levy? from the Financial Times
A One-Off Capital Levy? from the Financial Times
"Gender Roles: Nature or Nurture", Camille Paglia versus Jane Flax
"Gender Roles: Nature or Nurture", Camille Paglia versus Jane Flax
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
Friday, October 11, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
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
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Uncertainty Shocks Are Aggregate demand Shocks by Sylvain Leduc and Zheng Liu
Uncertainty Shocks Are Aggregate demand Shocks by Sylvain Leduc and Zheng Liu
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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
There is no war on women by Penny Young Nance
There is no war on women by Penny Young Nance
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
No Happy Harmony by Elizabeth Corey
No Happy Harmony by Elizabeth Corey
Long-term barriers to growth by Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg
Long-term barriers to growth by Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg
Sunday, October 6, 2013
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.
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
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
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Pension Funds Paying Millions for Useless Advice by Walter Russell Mead
Pension Funds Paying Millions for Useless Advice 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
and Sally Sadoff
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
The map that shows where America came from: Fascinating illustration shows the ancestry of EVERY county in the US by Jessica Jerreat
The map that shows where America came from: Fascinating illustration shows the ancestry of EVERY county in the US by Jessica Jerreat
Saturday, September 28, 2013
The Meme as Meme Why do things go viral, and should we care? by Abby Rabinowitz
The Meme as Meme Why do things go viral, and should we care? by Abby Rabinowitz
Friday, September 27, 2013
Machiavelli: Still Shocking after Five Centuries book review by Stewart Patrick
Machiavelli: Still Shocking after Five Centuries book review by Stewart Patrick
The Parenting Gap by Richard V. Reeves, Isabel Sawhill, & Kimberly Howard
The Parenting Gap by Richard V. Reeves, Isabel Sawhill, & Kimberly Howard
Thursday, September 26, 2013
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