Efforts to Recruit Poor Students Lag at Some Elite Colleges by Richard Perez-Pena

Efforts to Recruit Poor Students Lag at Some Elite Colleges by Richard Perez-Pena

A Lecture on Johnson and Boswell by Jorge Luis Borges

A Lecture on Johnson and Boswell by Jorge Luis Borges

The Hole in Our Collective Memory: How Copyright Made Mid-Century Books Vanish by Rebecca J. Rosen

The Hole in Our Collective Memory: How Copyright Made Mid-Century Books Vanish by Rebecca J. Rosen

BookFinder.com Report Fall 2011: Out-of-print and in demand from BookFinder

BookFinder.com Report Fall 2011: Out-of-print and in demand from BookFinder

USS Indianapolis sinking: 'You could see sharks circling' by Alex Last

USS Indianapolis sinking: 'You could see sharks circling' by Alex Last

McDonalds Math, Or, Latest Lib Talking Points Fail by Tom Maguire

McDonalds Math, Or, Latest Lib Talking Points Fail by Tom Maguire

Why Are Google Employees So Disloyal? by Leonid Bershidsky

Why Are Google Employees So Disloyal? by Leonid Bershidsky

The End of Neuro-Nonsense: Is the age of mindless brain research already over? by Daniel Engber

The End of Neuro-Nonsense: Is the age of mindless brain research already over? by Daniel Engber

Shelf Awareness website

Shelf Awareness website

The Truth About Metadata by Jeralyn

The Truth About Metadata by Jeralyn

Who Are Worse, Renters or Owners? by Megan McArdle

Who Are Worse, Renters or Owners? by Megan McArdle

Who Should Set Medicare Prices? by Megan McArdle

Who Should Set Medicare Prices? by Megan McArdle

Find What Works website

Find What Works website

What does complexity mean? What do we do about it? by Dave Algoso

What does complexity mean? What do we do about it? by Dave Algoso

Chronocentrism in the Social Sciences by Marc F. Bellemare

Chronocentrism in the Social Sciences by Marc F. Bellemare

Dynamic Planning for COIN in Afghanistan from PA Consulting

Dynamic Planning for COIN in Afghanistan from PA Consulting

How we got pukka by Josephine Livingstone

How we got pukka by Josephine Livingstone

Open Waters by Simon Winchester

Open Waters by Simon Winchester

Who Ruined the Humanities? by Lee Siegel

Who Ruined the Humanities? by Lee Siegel

Automation Anxiety by Daniel Akst

Automation Anxiety by Daniel Akst

Fallen Idols by Margo Rabb

Fallen Idols by Margo Rabb

You Can't Teach Speed: Sprinters Falsify the Deliberate Practice Model of Expertise by Michael P. Lombardo and Robert O. Deaner

You Can't Teach Speed: Sprinters Falsify the Deliberate Practice Model of Expertise by Michael P. Lombardo and Robert O. Deaner

Spoils of Victory: Sinhala extremism finds new targets in Sri Lanka by Samanth Subramanian

Spoils of Victory: Sinhala extremism finds new targets in Sri Lanka by Samanth Subramanian

Strategies for Understanding and Incorporating the National Reading Panels Five Components of Reading into the Classroom by Bonnie Houck

Strategies for Understanding and Incorporating the National Reading Panels Five Components of Reading into the Classroom by Bonnie Houck

Why People Love to Get Lost in Books by Jim Davies

Why People Love to Get Lost in Books by Jim Davies

Why Do We Get Transported by Stories We Know Are False? by Jim Davies

Why Do We Get Transported by Stories We Know Are False? by Jim Davies

The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives by M.C. Green and T.C. Brock

The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives by M.C. Green and T.C. Brock

Nautilus website

Nautilus website

Why It's Good To Be Wrong: Nothing obstructs access to the truth like a belief in absolute truthfulness by David Deutsch

Why It's Good To Be Wrong: Nothing obstructs access to the truth like a belief in absolute truthfulness by David Deutsch

Unhappy Truckers and Other Algorithmic Problems by Tom Vanderbilt

Unhappy Truckers and Other Algorithmic Problems by Tom Vanderbilt

Whither Cultural Critics? by Adam Waytz

Whither Cultural Critics? by Adam Waytz

The Continuing Saga of "Living with the Gun" by Sebastian

The Continuing Saga of "Living with the Gun" by Sebastian

Göring's List: Should Israel Honor a Leading Nazi's Brother? by Gerhard Spörl

Göring's List: Should Israel Honor a Leading Nazi's Brother? by Gerhard Spörl

Sports Stadium Corporate Welfare Continues in Detroit by Ilya Somin

Sports Stadium Corporate Welfare Continues in Detroit by Ilya Somin

Immigrants are Assimilating, Just Like Always by Walter Russell Mead

Immigrants are Assimilating, Just Like Always by Walter Russell Mead

Why the 'Million Dollar Law Degree' Study Fails (Final Post) by Brian Tamanaha

Why the 'Million Dollar Law Degree' Study Fails (Final Post) by Brian Tamanaha

The MPS in the Galapagos (11): Wrangham on the Evolution of War by Larry Arnhart

The MPS in the Galapagos (11): Wrangham on the Evolution of War by Larry Arnhart

Are Online Courses Failing America? by Megan McArdle

Are Online Courses Failing America? by Megan McArdle

How Detroit Drowned in a Sea of Troubles by Megan McArdle

How Detroit Drowned in a Sea of Troubles by Megan McArdle

20 Things The Rich Do Every Day by Dave Ramsey

20 Things The Rich Do Every Day by Dave Ramsey

Henderson’s Iron Law of Government Intervention: The 1967 Detroit Riot by David R. Henderson

Henderson’s Iron Law of Government Intervention: The 1967 Detroit Riot by David R. Henderson

How Adding Iodine To Salt Resulted In A Decade's Worth Of IQ Gains For The United States by Max Nisen

How Adding Iodine To Salt Resulted In A Decade's Worth Of IQ Gains For The United States by Max Nisen

Mental Illness: It's Not in Your Genes by Kas Thomas

Mental Illness: It's Not in Your Genes by Kas Thomas

Predictive policing: Don’t even think about it from The Economist

Predictive policing: Don’t even think about it from The Economist

The NYPD: Guilty of Saving 7,383 Lives by Ray Kelly

The NYPD: Guilty of Saving 7,383 Lives by Ray Kelly

Yes, the middle class has been disappearing, but they haven’t fallen into the lower class, they’ve risen into the upper class by Mark J. Perry

Yes, the middle class has been disappearing, but they haven’t fallen into the lower class, they’ve risen into the upper class by Mark J. Perry

When Law Is No Longer a Safe Bet by Megan McArdle

When Law Is No Longer a Safe Bet by Megan McArdle

America's best educated kids don't go to school by Jack Kelly

America's best educated kids don't go to school by Jack Kelly

Forfeiting The Patriarchal Dividend by Dalrock

Forfeiting The Patriarchal Dividend by Dalrock

Rethinking the marriage wage premium by Dalrock

Rethinking the marriage wage premium by Dalrock

Lying in the Age of Obama by Victor Davis Hanson

Lying in the Age of Obama by Victor Davis Hanson

Eminent Domain and the Decline of Detroit by Ilya Somin

Eminent Domain and the Decline of Detroit by Ilya Somin

Supreme Court Shutouts Reveal Reckless Decisions by Ilya Somin

Supreme Court Shutouts Reveal Reckless Decisions by Ilya Somin

Feeling the Heat by Ben Stein

Feeling the Heat by Ben Stein

Has J K Rowling betrayed women writers in her decision to publish as Robert Galbraith? by Nichi Hodgson

Has J K Rowling betrayed women writers in her decision to publish as Robert Galbraith? by Nichi Hodgson

How the Media Has Distorted a Tragedy by Cathy Young

How the Media Has Distorted a Tragedy by Cathy Young

Journals of a landscape painter in Albania by Edward Lear

Journals of a landscape painter in Albania by Edward Lear

How Technology Is Destroying Jobs by David Rotman

How Technology Is Destroying Jobs by David Rotman

Why I Banned A Book by Scott DiMarco

Why I Banned A Book by Scott DiMarco

Hollywood's Boys-Only Formula by Megan

Hollywood's Boys-Only Formula by Megan McArdle

The Hero's Journey Outline from The Writer's Journey

The Hero's Journey Outline from The Writer's Journey

What Do Zimmerman’s Calls to Police Show About His View of Black Men? by Michelle Meyer

What Do Zimmerman’s Calls to Police Show About His View of Black Men? by Michelle Meyer

Academic Scandal at Winston-Salem State by Shira Hedgepeth

Academic Scandal at Winston-Salem State by Shira Hedgepeth

Address at the NAACP on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education by Bill Cosby

Address at the NAACP on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education by Bill Cosby

The Historia Augusta

The Historia Augusta

The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements by Paul Offit

The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements by Paul Offit

McDonald's Jobs Are Drive-Thru, Not Dead End by Megan McArdle

McDonald's Jobs Are Drive-Thru, Not Dead End by Megan McArdle

Some dangers in estimating signaling and human capital premia by Tyler Cowen

Some dangers in estimating signaling and human capital premia by Tyler Cowen

Plotting, Step 3 (Aristotle’s Incline) by Kim Switzer

Plotting, Step 3 (Aristotle’s Incline) by Kim Switzer

Freytag's Pyramid

Freytag's Pyramid

When Government Meets Organized Crime: Corrupt FBI let mobster Whitey Bulger keep killing—and it cost innocent lives by Gene Healy

When Government Meets Organized Crime: Corrupt FBI let mobster Whitey Bulger keep killing—and it cost innocent lives by Gene Healy

“Positivity Ratio” Criticized In New Sokal Affair by Neuroskeptic

“Positivity Ratio” Criticized In New Sokal Affair by Neuroskeptic

Policy for Results website

Policy for Results website

Think Again: Working Women by Kay Hymowitz

Think Again: Working Women by Kay Hymowitz

It’s Amazing to Be a Working Mom in France—Unless You Want a Job by Claire Lundberg

It’s Amazing to Be a Working Mom in France—Unless You Want a Job by Claire Lundberg

Why French Women Don’t Get Promoted by Ross Douthat

Why French Women Don’t Get Promoted by Ross Douthat

Study Finds Spatial Skill Is Early Sign of Creativity by Douglas Quenqua

Study Finds Spatial Skill Is Early Sign of Creativity by Douglas Quenqua

Old Arabic Texts Describe 'Filthy' Vikings by Hanne Jakobsen

Old Arabic Texts Describe 'Filthy' Vikings by Hanne Jakobsen

Dementia Rate Is Found to Drop Sharply, as Forecast by Gina Kolata

Dementia Rate Is Found to Drop Sharply, as Forecast by Gina Kolata

"Why are black boys expendable?" is the heartwrenching question on the front page at the Washington Post by Ann Althouse

"Why are black boys expendable?" is the heartwrenching question on the front page at the Washington Post by Ann Althouse

Serendipity and Samples Can Save Barnes & Noble by Virginia Postrel

Serendipity and Samples Can Save Barnes & Noble by Virginia Postrel

Why online book discovery is broken (and how to fix it) by Laura Hazard Owen

Why online book discovery is broken (and how to fix it) by Laura Hazard Owen

How a Miami School Crime Cover-Up Policy Led to Trayvon Martin’s Death by Robert Stacy McCain

How a Miami School Crime Cover-Up Policy Led to Trayvon Martin’s Death by Robert Stacy McCain

Wearing a Badge, and a Video Camera by Randall Stross

Wearing a Badge, and a Video Camera by Randall Stross

Spectacular: Lake Wobegonomics Research from the New School by Mungowitz

Spectacular: Lake Wobegonomics Research from the New School by Mungowitz

Political Ignorance in Britain by Ilya Somin

Political Ignorance in Britain by Ilya Somin

That Reminds Me: Examples and Analogies by Ross Guberman

That Reminds Me: Examples and Analogies by Ross Guberman

Macronutrients and Obesity: Revisiting the Calories in, Calories out Framework by Daniel Riera-Crichton and Nathan Tefft

Macronutrients and Obesity: Revisiting the Calories in, Calories out Framework by Daniel Riera-Crichton and Nathan Tefft

A Child’s Instinct for Positivism by Will Baude

A Child’s Instinct for Positivism by Will Baude

Trayvon Martin’s Involvement In Local Burglaries Covered Up By Media, School, Police, Prosecutors by Pat Dollard

Trayvon Martin’s Involvement In Local Burglaries Covered Up By Media, School, Police, Prosecutors by Pat Dollard

Geography, Not Voting Rights Act, Accounts for Most Majority-Minority Districts by Nate Silver

Geography, Not Voting Rights Act, Accounts for Most Majority-Minority Districts by Nate Silver

What, me worry? from The Economist

What, me worry? from The Economist

Another IRS Scandal Waiting to Happen by Kimberley A. Strassel

Another IRS Scandal Waiting to Happen by Kimberley A. Strassel

The Born-Again Jobs Scam by David Stockman

The Born-Again Jobs Scam by David Stockman

CDC says Americans still consume too much salt, but studies show no benefit in reducing salt by Ted Malave

CDC says Americans still consume too much salt, but studies show no benefit in reducing salt by Ted Malave

Heavy Thinkers Need Not Apply by Chris Parr

Heavy Thinkers Need Not Apply by Chris Parr

Writing for Hire Is Not Spiritual Debasement by Noah Berlatsky

Writing for Hire Is Not Spiritual Debasement by Noah Berlatsky

Book Publishing’s Big Gamble by Boris Kachka

Book Publishing’s Big Gamble by Boris Kachka

Certainly Not! by Stuart Firestein

Certainly Not! by Stuart Firestein

How Hate Facts Kill Scientific Inquiry by Robert Weissberg

How Hate Facts Kill Scientific Inquiry by Robert Weissberg

DEAR NEW YORKERS: Here's Why Your Rent Is So Ridiculously High by Josh Barro

DEAR NEW YORKERS: Here's Why Your Rent Is So Ridiculously High by Josh Barro

How Not to Help the Poor: The Lesson of Soaring College Prices by Josh Freedman

How Not to Help the Poor: The Lesson of Soaring College Prices by Josh Freedman

Six years of low interest rates in search of some growth from The Economist

Six years of low interest rates in search of some growth from The Economist

How Free Games Take Your Money by Megan McArdle

How Free Games Take Your Money by Megan McArdle

Men and Women Often Expect Different Things When They Move In Together by W. Bradford Wilcox

Men and Women Often Expect Different Things When They Move In Together by W. Bradford Wilcox

Empty Lecterns by Colleen Flaherty

Empty Lecterns by Colleen Flaherty

Financial Crisis Just a Symptom of Detroit’s Woes by Monica Davey

Financial Crisis Just a Symptom of Detroit’s Woes by Monica Davey

Why Finish Books? by Tim Parks

Why Finish Books? by Tim Parks

What Makes You Put Down a Book? from Goodreads

What Makes You Put Down a Book? from Goodreads

The Best Season to Get Pregnant by Kelly Servick

The Best Season to Get Pregnant by Kelly Servick

Hold the MSG: Gluten and MSG intolerance may be only in your head. That’s nothing to be ashamed of by Alan Levinovitz

Hold the MSG: Gluten and MSG intolerance may be only in your head. That’s nothing to be ashamed of by Alan Levinovitz

Dynamic Models of Segregation by Thomas C. Schelling

Dynamic Models of Segregation by Thomas C. Schelling

What Is Nostalgia Good For? Quite a Bit, Research Shows by John Tierney

What Is Nostalgia Good For? Quite a Bit, Research Shows by John Tierney

Obama Suspends the Law by Michael W. McConnell

Obama Suspends the Law by Michael W. McConnell

The Nature and Nurture of High IQ: An Extended Sensitive Period for Intellectual Development by Angela M. Brant, et al

The Nature and Nurture of High IQ: An Extended Sensitive Period for Intellectual Development by Angela M. Brant, et al

Open Skies and Open Spectrum: The occasional power of simple ideas by Christopher Demuth

Open Skies and Open Spectrum: The occasional power of simple ideas by Christopher Demuth

The Science of Familiar Strangers: Society’s Hidden Social Network from The Physics arXiv Blog

The Science of Familiar Strangers: Society’s Hidden Social Network from The Physics arXiv Blog

There are few signs that the feared sequester has hurt job growth by Joseph Lawler

There are few signs that the feared sequester has hurt job growth by Joseph Lawler

For Roma, a Steppingstone to Graduate School by Christopher F. Schuetze

For Roma, a Steppingstone to Graduate School by Christopher F. Schuetze

Roma Children Kept Separate, and Unequal by Jacy Meyer

Roma Children Kept Separate, and Unequal by Jacy Meyer

Keeping Roma Students in High School by Christopher F. Schuetze

Keeping Roma Students in High School by Christopher F. Schuetze

Hikikomori: Why are so many Japanese men refusing to leave their rooms? by William Kremer and Claudia Hammond

Hikikomori: Why are so many Japanese men refusing to leave their rooms? by William Kremer and Claudia Hammond

What a Contemporary Student Looks Like by Walter Russell Mead

What a Contemporary Student Looks Like by Walter Russell Mead

Being a Lifelong Bookworm May Keep You Sharp in Old Age by Marina Koren

Being a Lifelong Bookworm May Keep You Sharp in Old Age by Marina Koren

How Strong Is the Female Sex Drive After All? by Emily Esfahani Smith

How Strong Is the Female Sex Drive After All? by Emily Esfahani Smith

How Should Doctors Share Impossible Decisions with Their Patients? by Lisa Rosenbaum

How Should Doctors Share Impossible Decisions with Their Patients? by Lisa Rosenbaum

The Joys of Legalized Opiates by Walter Russell Mead

The Joys of Legalized Opiates by Walter Russell Mead

“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”: The new warrior cop is out of control by Radley Balko

“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”: The new warrior cop is out of control by Radley Balko

Dunbar’s Number Kicked My Ass in Facebook Friends Experiment by Rick Lax

Dunbar’s Number Kicked My Ass in Facebook Friends Experiment by Rick Lax

The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes by Christopher Allen

The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes by Christopher Allen

The Dunbar Number, From the Guru of Social Networks by Drake Bennett

The Dunbar Number, From the Guru of Social Networks by Drake Bennett

What is the Monkeysphere? by David Wong

What is the Monkeysphere? by David Wong

Primates on Facebook from The Economist

Primates on Facebook from The Economist

Address at the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, Pa. by Calvin Coolidge

Address at the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, Pa. by Calvin Coolidge

Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations by M.D.R. Evans, et al

Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations by M.D.R. Evans, et al

Books, books, books - the Books Effect by Michael Rosen

Books, books, books - the Books Effect by Michael Rosen

Job Interviews: Can We Find a Better Way? by Blake Atkinson

Job Interviews: Can We Find a Better Way? by Blake Atkinson

Five science fiction novels for people who hate SF by Damien Walter

Five science fiction novels for people who hate SF by Damien Walter

Is Franz Kafka Overrated? by Joseph Epstein

Is Franz Kafka Overrated? by Joseph Epstein

The greatest literary takedowns of all time by Laura Miller

The greatest literary takedowns of all time by Laura Miller

Where Is There Consensus Among American Economic Historians? The Results of a Survey on Forty Propositions by Robert Whaples

Where Is There Consensus Among American Economic Historians? The Results of a Survey on Forty Propositions by Robert Whaples

The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero by Clay Tarver

The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero by Clay Tarver

More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics from Rasmussen

More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics from Rasmussen

People With a Lot of Self-Control Are Happier by Lindsay Abrams

People With a Lot of Self-Control Are Happier by Lindsay Abrams

Astonishing Graphic Shows What You Can Learn From 6 Months Of Someone's Phone Metadata by Michael Kelly

Astonishing Graphic Shows What You Can Learn From 6 Months Of Someone's Phone Metadata by Michael Kelly

Charles Murray and the Underclass: The Developing Debate by Charles Murray

Charles Murray and the Underclass: The Developing Debate by Charles Murray

The unfair sex - how feminism created a new class divide by Alison Wolf

The unfair sex - how feminism created a new class divide by Alison Wolf

10 worst prize-winning American novels of all time by D.G. Myers

10 worst prize-winning American novels of all time by D.G. Myers

Women worldwide know less about politics than men from Economic and Social Research Council

Women worldwide know less about politics than men from Economic and Social Research Council

Differential Pricing in University Education by Alex Tabarrok

Differential Pricing in University Education by Alex Tabarrok

Boys in Custody and the Women Who Abuse Them by Joaquin Sapien

Boys in Custody and the Women Who Abuse Them by Joaquin Sapien

The Mindset of the Left by Thomas Sowell

The Mindset of the Left by Thomas Sowell

Why Conservatives Say No: Opposition to amnesty and same-sex marriage isn't bigotry, it's a fear of unintended consequences by W. James Antle III

Why Conservatives Say No: Opposition to amnesty and same-sex marriage isn't bigotry, it's a fear of unintended consequences by W. James Antle III

How algorithms rule the world by Leo Hickman

How algorithms rule the world by Leo Hickman

White man's skull has Australians scratching heads from Phys Org

White man's skull has Australians scratching heads from Phys Org

When Italians Chat, Hands and Fingers Do the Talking by Rachel Donadio

When Italians Chat, Hands and Fingers Do the Talking by Rachel Donadio

Competition and Success in the Meme Pool: a Case Study on Quickmeme.com by Michele Coscia

Competition and Success in the Meme Pool: a Case Study on Quickmeme.com by Michele Coscia

Y U No Go Viral: The Emerging Science of Memes by Christopher Mims

Y U No Go Viral: The Emerging Science of Memes by Christopher Mims

The Mom Penalty by Colleen Flaherty

The Mom Penalty by Colleen Flaherty

Students: How to email to your Professor, employer, and professional peers by Chris Blattman

Students: How to email to your Professor, employer, and professional peers by Chris Blattman

How to get important people to respond to your emails by Adam Grant

How to get important people to respond to your emails by Adam Grant

Why cash transfers to the poor are not the next big thing by Chris Blattman

Why cash transfers to the poor are not the next big thing by Chris Blattman