Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Why so little demand for protectionism? by Tyler Cowen

Why so little demand for protectionism? by Tyler Cowen

Apple Diversity has Grown by Alex Tabarrok

Apple Diversity has Grown by Alex Tabarrok

Which are the world’s best airports? by Tyler Cowen

Which are the world’s best airports? by Tyler Cowen

The Taxman Cometh by Megan McArdle

The Taxman Cometh by Megan McArdle

If Bush Were In The White House, Sandy Would Be An Ongoing Disaster by Walter Russell Mead

If Bush Were In The White House, Sandy Would Be An Ongoing Disaster by Walter Russell Mead

Despite Drop in Crime, an Increase in Inmates by Fox Butterfield

Despite Drop in Crime, an Increase in Inmates by Fox Butterfield

Housing Costs, Zoning, and Access to High-Scoring Schools by Jonathan Rothwell

Housing Costs, Zoning, and Access to High-Scoring Schools by Jonathan Rothwell

Minorities Lose Their Shirts under Obama by Walter Russell Mead

Minorities Lose Their Shirts under Obama by Walter Russell Mead

Colleges: First They Flunk You, Then They Sue You by Walter Russell Mead

Colleges: First They Flunk You, Then They Sue You by Walter Russell Mead

Silent Cal’s 6 Simple Rules for a Confused President Obama by Jason Stevens

Silent Cal’s 6 Simple Rules for a Confused President Obama by Jason Stevens

Does Welfare Cause Terrorism? by Mickey Kaus

Does Welfare Cause Terrorism? by Mickey Kaus

Against Eternal Youth by Frederica Mathewes-Green

Against Eternal Youth by Frederica Mathewes-Green

Monday, April 29, 2013

Unequal protection from The Economist

Unequal protection from The Economist

Time to scrap affirmative action from The Economist

Time to scrap affirmative action from The Economist

Black pols stymied in Obama era by Jonathan Martin

Black pols stymied in Obama era by Jonathan Martin

In Educational Achievement, the Rich are Pulling Away From the Middle Class by Megan McArdle

In Educational Achievement, the Rich are Pulling Away From the Middle Class by Megan McArdle

The twilight of entitlement by Robert J. Samuelson

The twilight of entitlement by Robert J. Samuelson

The Difference Between Newtown and Boston by Jonathan S. Tobin

The Difference Between Newtown and Boston by Jonathan S. Tobin

Slaves to the Algorithm by Tom Whipple

Slaves to the Algorithm by Tom Whipple

How Many People Have Really Been Killed by Chernobyl? Why estimates differ by tens of thousands of deaths by Mary Mycio

How Many People Have Really Been Killed by Chernobyl? Why estimates differ by tens of thousands of deaths by Mary Mycio

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Are wealth-motivated people less likely to help? by Tyler Cowen

Are wealth-motivated people less likely to help? by Tyler Cowen

In Florida, a food-stamp recruiter deals with wrenching choices by Eli Saslow

In Florida, a food-stamp recruiter deals with wrenching choices by Eli Saslow

The Pig Latins of 11 Other Languages by Arika Okrent

The Pig Latins of 11 Other Languages by Arika Okrent

Better Living Through Beowulf blog

Better Living Through Beowulf blog

Advice to Freshmen – Negative Capability by Robin Bates

Advice to Freshmen – Negative Capability by Robin Bates

How to Think Like Shakespeare: The Positive Value of Negative Capability by Daniel Honan

How to Think Like Shakespeare: The Positive Value of Negative Capability by Daniel Honan

The most important economic chart in Western civilization — and how it happened by James Pethokoukis

The most important economic chart in Western civilization — and how it happened by James Pethokoukis

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Estimating the Return to College Selectivity over the Career Using Administrative Earning Data by Stacy Dale and Alan B. Krueger

Estimating the Return to College Selectivity over the Career Using Administrative Earning Data by Stacy Dale and Alan B. Krueger

Estimating the Payoff To Attending A More Selective College: An Application of Selection On Observables and Unobservables by Stacy Berg Dale and Alan B. Krueger

Estimating the Payoff To Attending A More Selective College: An Application of Selection On Observables and Unobservables by Stacy Berg Dale and Alan B. Krueger

Five routes to more innovative problem solving by Olivier Leclerc and Mihnea Moldoveanu

Five routes to more innovative problem solving by Olivier Leclerc and Mihnea Moldoveanu

Making great decisions by Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony

Making great decisions by Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony

Givers take all: The hidden dimension of corporate culture by Adam Grant

Givers take all: The hidden dimension of corporate culture by Adam Grant

Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: A Critical Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature and Suggestions for

Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: A Critical Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature and Suggestions for
Future Research
by Philip M. Podsakoff, Scott B. MacKenzie, Julie Beth Paine, and Daniel G. Bachrach

Weekend Diversion: Fluoridated Water: Science, Scams and Society by Ethan Siegel

Weekend Diversion: Fluoridated Water: Science, Scams and Society by Ethan Siegel

Genes and Racism by Thomas Sowell

Genes and Racism by Thomas Sowell

Why teenagers really do need an extra hour in bed by Russell Foster

Why teenagers really do need an extra hour in bed by Russell Foster

Millennia of Poverty: If Not Malthusian, Then Why? by Lemin Wu

Millennia of Poverty: If Not Malthusian, Then Why? by Lemin Wu

Monday, April 22, 2013

Why aren’t younger Americans driving anymore? by Brad Plumer

Why aren’t younger Americans driving anymore? by Brad Plumer

Credit Without Teaching by Paul Fain

Credit Without Teaching by Paul Fain

"Multicultural" Education by Thomas Sowell

"Multicultural" Education by Thomas Sowell

The Benefits of Church by T.M. Luhrmann

The Benefits of Church by T.M. Luhrmann

aBookshelfz by Alexander Atkins

aBookshelfz website

Top Twenty Errors in Undergraduate Writing by Andrea and Karen Lunsford

Top Twenty Errors in Undergraduate Writing by Andrea and Karen Lunsford

Potter Has Limited Effect on Reading Habits by Motoko Rich

Potter Has Limited Effect on Reading Habits by Motoko Rich

Friday, April 19, 2013

Apocryphal Now: The psychology, and mythology, of the Vietnam war by Gary Kulik

Apocryphal Now: The psychology, and mythology, of the Vietnam war by Gary Kulik

When Does Your Baby Become Conscious? by Paul Gabrielsen

When Does Your Baby Become Conscious? by Paul Gabrielsen

Why Is He Oblivious to Her Emotions? by Tom Jacobs

Why Is He Oblivious to Her Emotions? by Tom Jacobs

Guess which moms are staying home with the kids by Charles Murray

Guess which moms are staying home with the kids by Charles Murray

Why the President Lost on Gun Control by Megan McArdle

Why the President Lost on Gun Control by Megan McArdle

Zone of Possible Agreement from Wikipedia

Zone of Possible Agreement from Wikipedia

Who Killed Gun Control?The gun-control bill is dead. Why? by Adam Winkler

Who Killed Gun Control?The gun-control bill is dead. Why? by Adam Winkler

The Unacknowledged Value of For-Profit Education by Judah Bellin

The Unacknowledged Value of For-Profit Education by Judah Bellin

How A Web Design Goes Straight to hell by Matthew Inman

How A Web Design Goes Straight to hell by Matthew Inman

Thursday, April 18, 2013

The Boy Scouts of America: Then and Now — A Comparison of the 1911 and Modern Handbooks and Merit Badges by Brett & Kate McKay

The Boy Scouts of America: Then and Now — A Comparison of the 1911 and Modern Handbooks and Merit Badges by Brett & Kate McKay

The rise of e-reading from Pew Research Center

The rise of e-reading from Pew Research Center

Empirical Methods and Progress in Macroeconomics by Mark Thoma

Empirical Methods and Progress in Macroeconomics by Mark Thoma

Who Shares Data? by Tyler Cowen

Who Shares Data? by Tyler Cowen

The hope of digital humanities by D.G. Myers

The hope of digital humanities by D.G. Myers

Stalking the Billion-Footed Beast by Tom Wolfe

Stalking the Billion-Footed Beast by Tom Wolfe

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Moore’s Law and the Origin of Life from MIT Technology Review

Moore’s Law and the Origin of Life from MIT Technology Review

The University Bookman website

The University Bookman website

Out of the Nursery to College, Back to the Nursery by Robert M. Woods.

Out of the Nursery to College, Back to the Nursery by Robert M. Woods.

Dove Real Beauty Sketches video

Dove Real Beauty Sketches video

Relationships Are More Important Than Ambition by Emily Esfahani Smith

Relationships Are More Important Than Ambition by Emily Esfahani Smith

Why Do I Think My Salary Pays for Child Care? by Jessica Grose

Why Do I Think My Salary Pays for Child Care? by Jessica Grose

M.B.A.’s Have Biggest ‘Mommy Penalty,’ Doctors the Smallest by Steven Greenhouse

M.B.A.’s Have Biggest ‘Mommy Penalty,’ Doctors the Smallest by Steven Greenhouse

Sunday, April 14, 2013

The 37 Percent Mystery: Where Did All the Workers Go? by Derek Thompson

The 37 Percent Mystery: Where Did All the Workers Go? by Derek Thompson

'The Crisis Isn't Over in the US or Europe' interview in Der Spiegel of Carmen Reinhart

'The Crisis Isn't Over in the US or Europe' interview in Der Spiegel of Carmen Reinhart

A world of cheap money from The Economist

A world of cheap money from The Economist

The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens by Ferris Jabr

The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens by Ferris Jabr

This Is Your Brain on E-Books by David Zax

This Is Your Brain on E-Books by David Zax

Thursday, April 11, 2013

A Vocabulary Site Shows How to Tailor Online Education by Steve Lohr

A Vocabulary Site Shows How to Tailor Online Education by Steve Lohr

Rebecca Solnit interview by Astra Taylor

Rebecca Solnit interview by Astra Taylor

We Talk, Therefore We Think? A Cultural Analysis of the Effect of Talking on Thinking by Heejung S. Kim

We Talk, Therefore We Think? A Cultural Analysis of the Effect of Talking on Thinking by Heejung S. Kim

The Power of Talking to Your Baby by Tina Rosenberg

The Power of Talking to Your Baby by Tina Rosenberg

Richard Feynman on How Scientists Can Believe in God by Ross Pomeroy

Richard Feynman on How Scientists Can Believe in God by Ross Pomeroy

Are Scientists Atheists? by Robert Lamb

Are Scientists Atheists? by Robert Lamb

El Paso Schools Cheating Scandal: Who's Accountable? by Claudio Sanchez

El Paso Schools Cheating Scandal: Who's Accountable? by Claudio Sanchez

Reap what you sow by David Pilling

Reap what you sow by David Pilling

Friday, April 5, 2013

The amazing truth about PISA scores: USA beats Western Europe, ties with Asia by Tino Sanandaji

The amazing truth about PISA scores: USA beats Western Europe, ties with Asia by Tino Sanandaji

Falling Behind New evidence on the black-white achievement gap by Roland G. Fryer and Steven D. Levitt

Falling Behind New evidence on the black-white achievement gap by Roland G. Fryer and Steven D. Levitt

The Black-White Test Score Gap Through Third Grade by Roland G. Fryer, Jr. and Steven D. Levitt

The Black-White Test Score Gap Through Third Grade by Roland G. Fryer, Jr. and Steven D. Levitt

Griggs v. Duke Power: Implications for College Credentialing by Bryan O’Keefe and Richard Vedder

Griggs v. Duke Power: Implications for College Credentialing by Bryan O’Keefe and Richard Vedder

Tell youngsters the truth: the UK needs you to work not go to university by Allister Heath

Tell youngsters the truth: the UK needs you to work not go to university by Allister Heath

Thursday, April 4, 2013

You Are a Terrible Investor and You Should Stop That by Megan McArdle

You Are a Terrible Investor and You Should Stop That by Megan McArdle

The culture of guns, the culture of alcohol by Tyler Cowen

The culture of guns, the culture of alcohol by Tyler Cowen

The End of an Illusion by Robert Tracinski

The End of an Illusion by Robert Tracinski

6 Weird Theories on Early Human Intelligence by M Asher Cantrell

6 Weird Theories on Early Human Intelligence by M Asher Cantrell

What We Buy Now: A look at purchasing trends in public libraries by Brian Kenney

What We Buy Now: A look at purchasing trends in public libraries by Brian Kenney

Whither the Public Library? by Stephen Eide

Whither the Public Library? by Stephen Eide

The Principal Elements of the Nature of Science: Dispelling the Myths by William F. McComas

The Principal Elements of the Nature of Science: Dispelling the Myths by William F. McComas

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

I’m a self-publishing failure by John Winters

I’m a self-publishing failure by John Winters

Think You Have a Book in You? Think Again by Joseph Epstein

Think You Have a Book in You? Think Again by Joseph Epstein

Why Do We Hate Certain Words?: The curious phenomenon of word aversion by Matthew J.X. Malady

Why Do We Hate Certain Words?: The curious phenomenon of word aversion by Matthew J.X. Malady

The hybrid educational model works by Tyler Cowen

The hybrid educational model works by Tyler Cowen

Cultural Conflict and Merger Failure: An Experimental Approach by Roberto A. Weber and Colin F. Camerer

Cultural Conflict and Merger Failure: An Experimental Approach by Roberto A. Weber and Colin F. Camerer

The Authors of The Org Answer Your Questions by Stephen J. Dubner

The Authors of The Org Answer Your Questions by Stephen J. Dubner

Underwater: The Netherlands Falls Prey to Economic Crisis by Christoph Schult and Anne Seith

Underwater: The Netherlands Falls Prey to Economic Crisis by Christoph Schult and Anne Seith

Crucible of Change in Memphis as State Takes On Failing Schools by Motoko Rich

Crucible of Change in Memphis as State Takes On Failing Schools by Motoko Rich

Monday, April 1, 2013

That Other School Shooting by Jay Caspian Kang

That Other School Shooting by Jay Caspian Kang

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

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

A Book Doctor in Dallas Patches Up Well-Loved Bibles by Mark Oppenheimer

A Book Doctor in Dallas Patches Up Well-Loved Bibles by Mark Oppenheimer

Want to Be C.E.O.? No Flex Time For You… by Christina Hoff Sommers

Want to Be C.E.O.? No Flex Time For You… by Christina Hoff Sommers

Brief mindfulness training may boost test scores, working memory from e! Science News

Brief mindfulness training may boost test scores, working memory from e! Science News

Can Gay Marriage Solve Our Adoption Problem? by Megan McArdle

Can Gay Marriage Solve Our Adoption Problem? by Megan McArdle