Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India. The Surprise Is What Killed Them … from Atlas Obscura

Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India. The Surprise Is What Killed Them … from Atlas Obscura

Little Poem, who made thee? from The Library Spider

Little Poem, who made thee? from The Library Spider

Darlings of oblivion by D.G. Myers

Darlings of oblivion by D.G. Myers

Literary Fiction: An Autopsy by D. G. Myers

Literary Fiction: An Autopsy by D. G. Myers

Peer-review practices of psychological journals: The fate of published articles, submitted again by Douglas P. Petersa1 and Stephen J. Cecia

Peer-review practices of psychological journals: The fate of published articles, submitted again by Douglas P. Petersa1 and Stephen J. Cecia

Monday, May 27, 2013

Arrested Development by Christopher Hitchens

Arrested Development by Christopher Hitchens

The Gift of Siblings by Frank Bruni

The Gift of Siblings by Frank Bruni

Some Cracks in the Cult of Technocrats by Chrystia Freeland

Some Cracks in the Cult of Technocrats by Chrystia Freeland

What I Saw When I Was Dead by A.J. Ayer

What I Saw When I Was Dead by A.J. Ayer

In Sweden, Riots Put an Identity in Question by Andrew Higgins

In Sweden, Riots Put an Identity in Question by Andrew Higgins

How Long Do You Want to Live? by David Ewing Duncan

How Long Do You Want to Live? by David Ewing Duncan

Chris Blattman blog

Chris Blattman blog

Wil Wheaton on “Why it’s awesome to be a nerd” by Chris Blattman

Wil Wheaton on “Why it’s awesome to be a nerd” by Chris Blattman

Sunday, May 26, 2013

It's heresy, I know by Nick Ross

It's heresy, I know by Nick Ross

When Numbers Mislead by Stephanie Coontz

When Numbers Mislead by Stephanie Coontz

Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories by Maggie Koerth-Baker

Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories by Maggie Koerth-Baker

Beowulf: The Monsters and The Critics by J.R.R. Tolkien

Beowulf: The Monsters and The Critics by J.R.R. Tolkien

Whatever Happened to Graham Greene? by James MacManus

Whatever Happened to Graham Greene? by James MacManus

“Boys will be boys” in U.S., but not in Asia by Megan McClelland

“Boys will be boys” in U.S., but not in Asia by Megan McClelland

The New Liberalism and Its Discontents by Ross Douthat

The New Liberalism and Its Discontents by Ross Douthat

The Battle over Junk DNA by Alex Tabarrok

The Battle over Junk DNA by Alex Tabarrok

Finland in World War II by Alan Taylor

Finland in World War II by Alan Taylor

25 Signs You’re Addicted To Books by Summer Anne Burton

25 Signs You’re Addicted To Books by Summer Anne Burton

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

How Social Scientists, and the Rest of Us, Got Seduced By a Good Story by Megan McArdle

How Social Scientists, and the Rest of Us, Got Seduced By a Good Story by Megan McArdle

Disputed results a fresh blow for social psychology by Alison Abbott

Disputed results a fresh blow for social psychology by Alison Abbott

Brown Spectator author rips apart inflated campus rape stats from College Insurrection

Brown Spectator author rips apart inflated campus rape stats from College Insurrection

Guestworkers in the high-skill U.S. labor market: An analysis of supply, employment, and wage trends by Hal Salzman, Daniel Kuehn, and B. Lindsay Lowell

Guestworkers in the high-skill U.S. labor market: An analysis of supply, employment, and wage trends by Hal Salzman, Daniel Kuehn, and B. Lindsay Lowell

You'll Be Shocked by How Many of the World's Top Students Are American by Jordan Weissmann

You'll Be Shocked by How Many of the World's Top Students Are American by Jordan Weissmann

Southern Whites' Shift to the GOP Predates the '60s by Sean Trende

Southern Whites' Shift to the GOP Predates the '60s by Sean Trende