Friday, June 28, 2013

Strange Response from “A Group of Latino/a Law Professors” by David Bernstein

Strange Response from “A Group of Latino/a Law Professors” by David Bernstein

Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure from The Guardian

Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure from The Guardian

The Dangers of Making Reading Spiritual by Noah Berlatsky

The Dangers of Making Reading Spiritual by Noah Berlatsky

How Reading Makes Us More Human by Karen Swallow Prior

How Reading Makes Us More Human by Karen Swallow Prior

Archimedes: Separating Myth From Science by Kenneth Chang

Archimedes: Separating Myth From Science by Kenneth Chang

Labor’s Declining Share Is an International Problem by Bruce Bartlett

Labor’s Declining Share Is an International Problem by Bruce Bartlett

Renata Salecl: The Tyranny of Choice by John Sexton

Renata Salecl: The Tyranny of Choice by John Sexton

Dropping Out of College, and Paying the Price by Eduardo Porter

Dropping Out of College, and Paying the Price by Eduardo Porter

What's Really 'Immoral' About Student Loans by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

What's Really 'Immoral' About Student Loans by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Why? by Amanda S. Green

Why? by Amanda S. Green

Shaping the world by Dave Freer

Shaping the world by Dave Freer

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Is the labor market return to higher education finally falling? by Tyler Cowen

Is the labor market return to higher education finally falling? by Tyler Cowen

Nature, Nurture and Income by Alex Tabarrok

Nature, Nurture and Income by Alex Tabarrok

What if We’re Looking at Inequality the Wrong Way? by Thomas B. Edsall

What if We’re Looking at Inequality the Wrong Way? by Thomas B. Edsall

Self-Disciplined People Are Happier (and Not as Deprived as You Think) by Maia Szalavitz

Self-Disciplined People Are Happier (and Not as Deprived as You Think) by Maia Szalavitz

210 Reasons for the Fall of the Roman Empire by Samuel Arbesman

210 Reasons for the Fall of the Roman Empire by Samuel Arbesman

Educational Inequality by Megan McArdle

Educational Inequality by Megan McArdle

What Are You Waiting For? by Megan McArdle

What Are You Waiting For? by Megan McArdle

The Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses by T.C. Chamberlin

The Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses by T.C. Chamberlin

Educated with a dead-beat job - the unseen legacy of Europe's crisis by Anders Melin

Educated with a dead-beat job - the unseen legacy of Europe's crisis by Anders Melin

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

What Are We Going to Do About Carbon? by Megan McArdle

What Are We Going to Do About Carbon? by Megan McArdle

In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal by Adam Bryant

In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal by Adam Bryant

Rethinking Gun Control: Surprising findings from a comprehensive report on gun violence by William Saletan

Rethinking Gun Control: Surprising findings from a comprehensive report on gun violence by William Saletan

Bernoulli and the Foundations of Statistics. Can you correct a 300-year-old error? by Julian Champkin

Bernoulli and the Foundations of Statistics. Can you correct a 300-year-old error? by Julian Champkin

The Faraway Nearby a book review by Anthony Domestico

The Faraway Nearby a book review by Anthony Domestico

Can We Actually Even Tell if Humans Are Affecting the Climate? by Charlie Martin

Can We Actually Even Tell if Humans Are Affecting the Climate? by Charlie Martin

Strong Inference by John R. Platt

Strong Inference by John R. Platt

67 Telltale Signs That You Went To Boarding School from BuzzFeed

67 Telltale Signs That You Went To Boarding School from BuzzFeed

The Scale of the Universe 2

The Scale of the Universe 2 from Michael and Cary Huang

Family tree of the Greek gods from Wikipedia

Family tree of the Greek gods from Wikipedia

Thursday, June 20, 2013

The Limits to Panic by Bjorn Lomborg

The Limits to Panic by Bjorn Lomborg

Toward a Theory of Revolution by James C. Davies

Toward a Theory of Revolution by James C. Davies

37 Conversation Rules for Gentlemen from 1875 by Brett & Kate McKay

37 Conversation Rules for Gentlemen from 1875 by Brett & Kate McKay

Department of Labor vs. me by Rhea Lana Riner

Department of Labor vs. me by Rhea Lana Riner

Paranoia Strikes Deep: The Press and Rand Paul by Conor Friedersdorf

Paranoia Strikes Deep: The Press and Rand Paul by Conor Friedersdorf

Enough With The Alarmist Nanny State, Women Believe In Personal Responsibility by Carrie Lukas

Enough With The Alarmist Nanny State, Women Believe In Personal Responsibility by Carrie Lukas

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Causal Density In Statistical Models Yields Unreliable Results from Paul M. Jones

Causal Density In Statistical Models Yields Unreliable Results from Paul M. Jones

askblog website

askblog website

The New Commanding Heights by Arnold Kling and Nock Schulz

The New Commanding Heights by Arnold Kling and Nock Schulz

Controlling the Uncontrollable by Kevin Drum

Controlling the Uncontrollable by Kevin Drum

What Social Science Does—and Doesn’t—Know by Jim Manzi

What Social Science Does—and Doesn’t—Know by Jim Manzi

The Science of Policy by Ronald Bailey

The Science of Policy by Ronald Bailey

The Regulated States of America by Niall Ferguson

The Regulated States of America by Niall Ferguson

Don Draper Was Raped by Abigail Rine

Don Draper Was Raped by Abigail Rine

Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at School by Jessica Lahey

Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at School by Jessica Lahey

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Gift of Doubt by Malcolm Gladwell

The Gift of Doubt by Malcolm Gladwell

The Principle of the Hiding Hand by Albert O. Hirschman

The Principle of the Hiding Hand by Albert O. Hirschman

Economics A-Z from The Economist

Economics A-Z from The Economist

How the Music Industry Explains Inequality, Globalization, Middle-Class Decline ... Basically Everything by Derek Thompson

How the Music Industry Explains Inequality, Globalization, Middle-Class Decline ... Basically Everything by Derek Thompson

The Negro Family: A Call For National Action by Daniel Patrick Moynihan

The Negro Family: A Call For National Action by Daniel Patrick Moynihan


RIP, American Dream? Why It's So Hard For the Poor to Get Ahead Today by Matthew O'Brien

RIP, American Dream? Why It's So Hard For the Poor to Get Ahead Today by Matthew O'Brien

Small Talk by Dora Zhang

Small Talk by Dora Zhang

The Problem With Psychiatry, the ‘DSM,’ and the Way We Study Mental Illness by Ethan Watters

The Problem With Psychiatry, the ‘DSM,’ and the Way We Study Mental Illness by Ethan Watters

The Great Canadian Sperm Shortage by Alex Tabarrok

The Great Canadian Sperm Shortage by Alex Tabarrok

University programs that train U.S. teachers get mediocre marks in first-ever ratings by Lyndsey Layton

University programs that train U.S. teachers get mediocre marks in first-ever ratings by Lyndsey Layton

Educating School Teachers by Arthur Levine

Educating School Teachers by Arthur Levine

Citizens and the State: The Problem Is Bigger Than You Think by A. Barton Hinkle

Citizens and the State: The Problem Is Bigger Than You Think by A. Barton Hinkle

Monday, June 17, 2013

Graduates from low-performing D.C. schools face tough college road by Emma Brown

Graduates from low-performing D.C. schools face tough college road by Emma Brown

How Should We Classify the Sandy Hook Killings? by Joel Best

How Should We Classify the Sandy Hook Killings? by Joel Best

Schooling Ourselves in an Unequal America by Rebecca Strauss

Schooling Ourselves in an Unequal America by Rebecca Strauss

The Faulty Logic of the ‘Math Wars’ by Alice Crary and W. Stephen Wilson

The Faulty Logic of the ‘Math Wars’ by Alice Crary and W. Stephen Wilson

Celebrate the 4th of July by Allen R. Sanderson

Celebrate the 4th of July by Allen R. Sanderson

How Technology Is Destroying Jobs by David Rotman

How Technology Is Destroying Jobs by David Rotman

When Work Disappears by Megan McArdle

When Work Disappears by Megan McArdle

Who are the new economic optimists? by Tyler Cowen

Who are the new economic optimists? by Tyler Cowen

The Oocyte Cartel by Alex Tabarrok

The Oocyte Cartel by Alex Tabarrok

Journey Through the Checkout Racks by Laura Vanderkam

Journey Through the Checkout Racks by Laura Vanderkam

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Did Ritalin Make Kids in Quebec Dumber? by Jeff Guo

Did Ritalin Make Kids in Quebec Dumber? by Jeff Guo

Your Hidden Censor: What Your Mind Will Not Let You See by Keith Payne

Your Hidden Censor: What Your Mind Will Not Let You See by Keith Payne

What If a Party Re-branded Itself, and Americans Never Noticed? by John Sides

What If a Party Re-branded Itself, and Americans Never Noticed? by John Sides

Legalized Prostitution Increases Human Trafficking by Erik Voeten

Legalized Prostitution Increases Human Trafficking by Erik Voeten

Defending the One Percent by N. Gregory Mankiw

Defending the One Percent by N. Gregory Mankiw

On Older Men, Younger Women, and Moralistic Claptrap by Christopher Ryan

On Older Men, Younger Women, and Moralistic Claptrap by Christopher Ryan

Important: Researcher Says that Berenstein Bears, Franklin the Friendly Turtle Perpetuate "Racist," "Socially Dominant Norms" to Children from Ace of Spades HQ

Important: Researcher Says that Berenstein Bears, Franklin the Friendly Turtle Perpetuate "Racist," "Socially Dominant Norms" to Children from Ace of Spades HQ

Friday, June 14, 2013

Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools by Motoko Rich

Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools by Motoko Rich

Concepts and implications of altruism bias and pathological altruism by Barbara A. Oakley

Concepts and implications of altruism bias and pathological altruism by Barbara A. Oakley

Why Men and Women Lie About Sex by Megan Gannon

Why Men and Women Lie About Sex by Megan Gannon

The Modern Writing-School Paradox: More Students, Fewer Jobs, More Glory by Jon Reiner

The Modern Writing-School Paradox: More Students, Fewer Jobs, More Glory by Jon Reiner

On the existence of fictional characters by D.G. Myers

On the existence of fictional characters by D.G. Myers

Race and Writing by Justin C. Key

Race and Writing by Justin C. Key

Medieval skeletons give clues to leprosy origins by Melissa Hogenboom

Medieval skeletons give clues to leprosy origins by Melissa Hogenboom

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Canon Fodder: Denouncing the Classics by Sam Sacks

Canon Fodder: Denouncing the Classics by Sam Sacks

Ave atque vale by Donald Kagan

Ave atque vale by Donald Kagan

Does altitude affect the way language is spoken? from Science Codex

Does altitude affect the way language is spoken? from Science Codex

Media, administration deal with conflicts by Paul Farhi

Media, administration deal with conflicts by Paul Farhi

Beyond and Below Racial Homophily: ERG Models of a Friendship Network Documented on Facebook by Andreas Wimmer

Beyond and Below Racial Homophily: ERG Models of a Friendship Network Documented on Facebook by Andreas Wimmer

Homophily and Contagion Are Generically Confounded in Observational Social Network Studies by Cosma Rohilla Shalizi and Andrew C. Thomas

Homophily and Contagion Are Generically Confounded in Observational Social Network Studies by Cosma Rohilla Shalizi and Andrew C. Thomas

Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks by Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin, and James M Cook

Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks by Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin, and James M Cook

Housing Discrimination Against Racial and Ethnic Minorities from HUD

Housing Discrimination Against Racial and Ethnic Minorities from HUD

Will the Young People Go Home Again? by Megan McArdle

Will the Young People Go Home Again? by Megan McArdle

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Discrimination in Housing Against Nonwhites Persists Quietly, U.S. Study Finds by Shaila Dewan

Discrimination in Housing Against Nonwhites Persists Quietly, U.S. Study Finds by Shaila Dewan

The Other Ride of Paul Revere: The Brokerage Role in the Making of the American Revolution by Shin-Kap Han

The Other Ride of Paul Revere: The Brokerage Role in the Making of the American Revolution by Shin-Kap Han

Gender Inequity Among the Gender Equity Enforcers by Peter Wood

Gender Inequity Among the Gender Equity Enforcers by Peter Wood

A Brief History of Media Bias by Bruce Thornton

A Brief History of Media Bias by Bruce Thornton

The IRS as Microcosm by Robert Anderson

The IRS as Microcosm by Robert Anderson

Is the U.S. Still the Land of the Free?Is the U.S. Still the Land of the Free? by Clive Crook

Is the U.S. Still the Land of the Free? by Clive Crook

We’ve Apparently Come to Admire the Petty Corruption of the Political Class by David Bernstein

We’ve Apparently Come to Admire the Petty Corruption of the Political Class by David Bernstein

EEOC sues BMW and Dollar General for doing criminal background checks . . . from Ann Althouse

EEOC sues BMW and Dollar General for doing criminal background checks . . . from Ann Althouse

Rich States, Poor States by Andrew Gelman

Rich States, Poor States by Andrew Gelman

Richer Rich, and Poorer Poor by Catherine Rampell

Richer Rich, and Poorer Poor by Catherine Rampell

That Tattoo Makes You Look Promiscuous by Tom Jacob

That Tattoo Makes You Look Promiscuous by Tom Jacob

How to Increase the Crime Rate Nationwide by Heather Mac Donald

How to Increase the Crime Rate Nationwide by Heather Mac Donald

Marriage Secrets of America's First Astronaut Wives: When Your Husband's Office is Space by Beth Greenfield

Marriage Secrets of America's First Astronaut Wives: When Your Husband's Office is Space by Beth Greenfield

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Milton Friedman - Illegal Immigration - PT 1 from LibertyPen

Milton Friedman - Illegal Immigration - PT 1 from LibertyPen

Knot Yet by Kay Hymowitz, Jason S. Carroll, W. Bradford Wilcox, and Kelleen Kaye

Knot Yet by Kay Hymowitz, Jason S. Carroll, W. Bradford Wilcox, and Kelleen Kaye

The art of being a gentleman by Jon Swedien Leader

The art of being a gentleman by Jon Swedien Leader

Lessons of 1986 amnesty loom in immigration debate by Stephen Dinan

Lessons of 1986 amnesty loom in immigration debate by Stephen Dinan

Economics vs. 'Need' by Thomas Sowell

Economics vs. 'Need' by Thomas Sowell

La Dolce Vita Eludes Italian Students Found Unemployable by Oliver Staley

La Dolce Vita Eludes Italian Students Found Unemployable by Oliver Staley

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Women’s Portrayal in News by Sheila Gibbons

Women’s Portrayal in News by Sheila Gibbons

Where are the Women? by Alicia C. Shepard

Where are the Women? by Alicia C. Shepard

Do Female Journalists Have a Confidence Problem? by Jen Doll

Do Female Journalists Have a Confidence Problem? by Jen Doll

How to Make the Decisions That Will Define You by Jeff Haden

How to Make the Decisions That Will Define You by Jeff Haden

Confessions of a Book Reviewer by George Orwell

Confessions of a Book Reviewer by George Orwell

Americans Want Religion—for Everyone But Themselves by Walter Russell Mead

Americans Want Religion—for Everyone But Themselves by Walter Russell Mead

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc by Ronald Reagan

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc by Ronald Reagan

Higher Health Insurance Premiums: The Obamacare Debate We Didn’t Have by Peter Suderman

Higher Health Insurance Premiums: The Obamacare Debate We Didn’t Have by Peter Suderman

The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Initiated) book ever from Goodreads

The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Initiated) book ever from Goodreads

Guilt Complex: Why Leaving a Book Half-Read Is So Hard by Heidi Mitchell

Guilt Complex: Why Leaving a Book Half-Read Is So Hard by Heidi Mitchell

Which Changes in the Spatial Pattern of Human Rights Are Most Likely? by Filip Spagnoli

Which Changes in the Spatial Pattern of Human Rights Are Most Likely? by Filip Spagnoli

The avant-garde art of book stacking in stores of Japan by Master Blaster

The avant-garde art of book stacking in stores of Japan by Master Blaster

The decline of interest in female film stars by Tyler Cowen

The decline of interest in female film stars by Tyler Cowen

Ask the Past Advice From Old Books website

Ask the Past Advice From Old Books website

Gender Inequality in 500 Popular Films: Examining On-Screen Portrayals and Behind-the-Scenes Employment Patterns in Motion Pictures Released between 2007-2012 by Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti, Elizabeth Scofield, & Dr. Katherine Pieper

Gender Inequality in 500 Popular Films: Examining On-Screen Portrayals and Behind-the-Scenes Employment Patterns in Motion Pictures Released between 2007-2012 by Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti, Elizabeth Scofield, & Dr. Katherine Pieper

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Homophily of Network Ties and Bonding and Bridging Social Capital in Computer-Mediated Distributed Teams by Y. Connie Yuan and Geri Gay

Homophily of Network Ties and Bonding and Bridging Social Capital in Computer-Mediated Distributed Teams by Y. Connie Yuan and Geri Gay

Educational Inequality: Mapping Race, Class, and Gender by David Gillborn and Heidi Safia Mirza

Educational Inequality: Mapping Race, Class, and Gender by David Gillborn and Heidi Safia Mirza

Early years, life chances and equality: a literature review by Paul Johnson and Yulia Kossykh

Early years, life chances and equality: a literature review by Paul Johnson and Yulia Kossykh

Life-path outcomes associated with reading ability from Statistics Canada

Life-path outcomes associated with reading ability from Statistics Canada

The Power of Names by Adam Alter

The Power of Names by Adam Alter

Ex-Feminists by William Saletan

Ex-Feminists by William Saletan

Sexual Harassment—The Feds Go Way Too Far by Peter Wood

Sexual Harassment—The Feds Go Way Too Far by Peter Wood

Why Does the American Media Get Big Stories Wrong? by Conor Friedersdorf

Why Does the American Media Get Big Stories Wrong? by Conor Friedersdorf

Dunning-Kruger Effect concept

Dunning-Kruger Effect concept

How the race, intelligence, and genetics question will semi-resolve within the next 10 years by Razib Khan

How the race, intelligence, and genetics question will semi-resolve within the next 10 years by Razib Khan

ScienceWeek Idiots by Jason Malloy

ScienceWeek Idiots by Jason Malloy

Researchers Say Human Brain Is Still Evolving by Nicholas Wade

Researchers Say Human Brain Is Still Evolving by Nicholas Wade

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Unequal, Unfair, and Unhappy: The 3 Biggest Myths About Marriage Today by W. Bradford Wilcox

Unequal, Unfair, and Unhappy: The 3 Biggest Myths About Marriage Today by W. Bradford Wilcox

Are Marriage Statistics Divorced from Reality? by Belinda Luscombe

Are Marriage Statistics Divorced from Reality? by Belinda Luscombe

Retro Report website

Retro Report website

Minority Report by Evan Thomas

Minority Report by Evan Thomas

The American Dream 2.0

The American Dream 2.0

The Fed and Inequality by Annie Lowrey

The Fed and Inequality by Annie Lowrey

Does Great Literature Make Us Better? by Gregory Currie

Does Great Literature Make Us Better? by Gregory Currie

Next Big Thing in English: Knowing They Know That You Know by Patricia Cohen

Next Big Thing in English: Knowing They Know That You Know by Patricia Cohen

How to Cure the College Dropout Syndrome by David Leonhardt

How to Cure the College Dropout Syndrome by David Leonhardt

Partisan Bias Diminishes When Partisans Pay by Alex Tabarrok

Partisan Bias Diminishes When Partisans Pay by Alex Tabarrok

The Myth of the Rational Voter by Bryan Caplan

The Myth of the Rational Voter by Bryan Caplan