Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Marriage Makes Our Children Richer—Here's Why by W. Bradford Wilcox

Marriage Makes Our Children Richer—Here's Why by W. Bradford Wilcox

The Simple Falsehoods of Race book review by Richard Thompson Ford

The Simple Falsehoods of Race book review by Richard Thompson Ford

Immigration: A Bigger Problem Than You Think by Walter Russell Mead

Immigration: A Bigger Problem Than You Think by Walter Russell Mead

2013 PayScale College ROI Report

2013 PayScale College ROI Report

TIGTA: IRS Cannot Account for 23% of its IT Assets by Paul Caron

TIGTA: IRS Cannot Account for 23% of its IT Assets by Paul Caron

Unintended Consequences by Michael Lerner

Unintended Consequences by Michael Lerner

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

How the Alger Hiss Case Explains the Tea Party by Cass R. Sunstein

How the Alger Hiss Case Explains the Tea Party by Cass R. Sunstein

So the Very Young Know and Understand: Reframing Discussion of The Cay by Susan Griffith

So the Very Young Know and Understand: Reframing Discussion of The Cay by Susan Griffith

There’s one key difference between kids who excel at math and those who don’t by Miles Kimball and Noah Smith

There’s one key difference between kids who excel at math and those who don’t by Miles Kimball and Noah Smith

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

NHS pulls the plug on its £11bn IT system by Oliver Wright

NHS pulls the plug on its £11bn IT system by Oliver Wright

Climate Change and Value-Added: New Evidence Requires New Thinking by Thomas J. Kane

Climate Change and Value-Added: New Evidence Requires New Thinking by Thomas J. Kane

Anti-bullying videos questioned after two students' suicides by Matt Pearce and Melanie Mason

Anti-bullying videos questioned after two students' suicides by Matt Pearce and Melanie Mason

Saturday, October 26, 2013

The 'Nocebo' Effect: Pessimism Can Hinder Treatment by Lauran Neergaard

The 'Nocebo' Effect: Pessimism Can Hinder Treatment by Lauran Neergaard

Pessimism Is Hazardous to Health, a Study Says by Philip J. Hilts

Pessimism Is Hazardous to Health, a Study Says by Philip J. Hilts

There's Less Hostility To Women Candidates Than Often Thought by David Mark

There's Less Hostility To Women Candidates Than Often Thought by David Mark

The Glorious, Futile Progressive Policy Agenda by Molly Ball

The Glorious, Futile Progressive Policy Agenda by Molly Ball

“I Quit Academia,” an Important, Growing Subgenre of American Essays by Rebecca Schuman

“I Quit Academia,” an Important, Growing Subgenre of American Essays by Rebecca Schuman

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

The True Size of Africa, Revisited by Miles Kimball

The True Size of Africa, Revisited by Miles Kimball

Book Review of David and Goliath by Tracy Quan

Book Review of David and Goliath by Tracy Quan

Friday, October 25, 2013

How to Succeed as an Author: Give Up on Writing: The rancid smell of 21st century literary success by Lionel Shriver

How to Succeed as an Author: Give Up on Writing by Lionel Shriver

The Rape 'Epidemic' Doesn't Actually Exist by Caroline Kitchens

The Rape 'Epidemic' Doesn't Actually Exist by Caroline Kitchens

The Implications of Behavioral Economics Are Not Obvious by Alex Tabarrok

The Implications of Behavioral Economics Are Not Obvious by Alex Tabarrok

Stopping Overtreatment Sounds Easy, Until It's Your Heart Attack by Megan McArdle

Stopping Overtreatment Sounds Easy, Until It's Your Heart Attack by Megan McArdle

Biglaw Memo From Top Firm Advises That Women ‘Don’t Giggle,’ Don’t ‘Show Cleavage’ by Staci Zaretsky

Biglaw Memo From Top Firm Advises That Women ‘Don’t Giggle,’ Don’t ‘Show Cleavage’ by Staci Zaretsky

And Still I Persist… website

And Still I Persist… website

Patterns in Litigation: Systems Failure (1976-2000) by Bruce F. Webster

Patterns in Litigation: Systems Failure (1976-2000) by Bruce F. Webster

The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks

The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks

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

Obamacare and the Thermocline of Truth by Bruce F. Webster

Obamacare and the Thermocline of Truth by Bruce F. Webster

Missing the point on binge drinking by Ruth Marcus

Missing the point on binge drinking by Ruth Marcus

Debtors’ prison: The euro zone is blighted by private debt even more than by government debt from The Economist

Debtors’ prison: The euro zone is blighted by private debt even more than by government debt from The Economist

What Men Like in Men by Rafford Pyke

What Men Like in Men by Rafford Pyke

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The Poem That Made Sherman Alexie Want to 'Drop Everything and Be a Poet' by Joe Fassler

The Poem That Made Sherman Alexie Want to 'Drop Everything and Be a Poet' by Joe Fassler

37 Ways To Proudly Wear Your Love Of Books by Alanna Okun

37 Ways To Proudly Wear Your Love Of Books by Alanna Okun

Corey Robin website

Corey Robin website

First instinct of her generation by D.G. Myers

First instinct of her generation by D.G. Myers

Let’s Talk About Racism in the Classics by Amanda Nelson

Let’s Talk About Racism in the Classics by Amanda Nelson

Another 10 Books Children Should Read by Noah Millman

Another 10 Books Children Should Read by Noah Millman

The 8 Habits of Highly Successful Young-Adult Fiction Authors by Nolan Feeney

The 8 Habits of Highly Successful Young-Adult Fiction Authors by Nolan Feeney

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

Race-Hustling Results by Thomas Sowell

Race-Hustling Results by Thomas Sowell

Politicians’ Extortion Racket by Peter Schweizer

Politicians’ Extortion Racket by Peter Schweizer

The Baby Bust: Our National Reproductive System Is Broken by Walter Russell Mead

The Baby Bust: Our National Reproductive System Is Broken by Walter Russell Mead

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

Black-white higher education gap larger today than 50 years ago by Austin Nichols

Black-white higher education gap larger today than 50 years ago by Austin Nichols

Charlie Stross’s vision of the Coase theorem, as applied to publishing by Tyler Cowen

Charlie Stross’s vision of the Coase theorem, as applied to publishing by Tyler Cowen

Why Do Teachers Quit? And why do they stay? by Liz Riggs

Why Do Teachers Quit? And why do they stay? by Liz Riggs

Black Boys Have an Easier Time Fitting In at Suburban Schools Than Black Girls by Aboubacar Ndiaye

Black Boys Have an Easier Time Fitting In at Suburban Schools Than Black Girls by Aboubacar Ndiaye

What Would an Ideal College Look Like? A Lot Like This by John Tierney

What Would an Ideal College Look Like? A Lot Like This by John Tierney

Civility in Congress (1935-2011) as reflected in the Taking Down process from the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Civility in Congress (1935-2011) as reflected in the Taking Down process from the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Much Bigger Than The Shutdown: Niall Ferguson's Public Flogging Of Paul Krugman by Ralph Benko

Much Bigger Than The Shutdown: Niall Ferguson's Public Flogging Of Paul Krugman by Ralph Benko

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

Monday, October 21, 2013

Race, Equality and the Rule of Law: Critical Race Theory's Attack on the Promises of Liberalism by Jeffrey J. Pyle

Race, Equality and the Rule of Law: Critical Race Theory's Attack on the Promises of Liberalism by Jeffrey J. Pyle

Bending the Law by Alex Kozinski

Bending the Law by Alex Kozinski

Nick Brown Smelled Bull by Vinnie Rotondaro

Nick Brown Smelled Bull by Vinnie Rotondaro

Washington's open secret: Profitable PACs by Steve Kroft

Washington's open secret: Profitable PACs by Steve Kroft

Some Historical Perspective from the Foresight Institute

Some Historical Perspective from the Foresight Institute

Many stuck near the bottom by Joel Kotkin

Many stuck near the bottom by Joel Kotkin

The Emerging Geography of Inequality by Richard Morrill

The Emerging Geography of Inequality by Richard Morrill

The Democratic Disasters to Come by Victor Davis Hanson

The Democratic Disasters to Come by Victor Davis Hanson

The Reality of America's Finances by Jon Gabriel

The Reality of America's Finances by Jon Gabriel

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

Welcome to the information age - 174 newspapers a day by Richard Alleyne

Welcome to the information age - 174 newspapers a day by Richard Alleyne

Art and Science in Technology website by Roger Bohn

Art and Science in Technology website by Roger Bohn

How Much Information? 2009 Report on American Consumers by Roger Bohn

How Much Information? 2009 Report on American Consumers by Roger Bohn

The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day by Nick Bilton

The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day by Nick Bilton

The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day by Nick Bilton

The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day by Nick Bilton

How Washington Really Redistributes Income by James Freeman

How Washington Really Redistributes Income by James Freeman

Rich People Love Diversity, Until They Have Kids by Jessica Grose

Rich People Love Diversity, Until They Have Kids by Jessica Grose

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Standards and Practices for Forecasting by J. Scott Armstrong

Standards and Practices for Forecasting by J. Scott Armstrong

Global Warming Analogies Forecasting Project by J. Scott Armstrong

Global Warming Analogies Forecasting Project by J. Scott Armstrong

Forecasting Principles website

Forecasting Principles website

Yes, I can use chopsticks: the everyday ‘microaggressions’ that grind us down by Debito Arudou

Yes, I can use chopsticks: the everyday ‘microaggressions’ that grind us down by Debito Arudou

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

About The Bora Controversy by Amy Alkon

About The Bora Controversy by Amy Alkon

Sex, Power, and Dominance: The Evolutionary Psychology of Sexual Harassment by Kingsley R. Browne

Sex, Power, and Dominance: The Evolutionary Psychology of Sexual Harassment by Kingsley R. Browne

The Strangely Persistent "Transposition Fallacy": Why "Statistically Significant" Evidence of Discrimination May Not BE Significant by Kingsley R. Browne

The Strangely Persistent "Transposition Fallacy": Why "Statistically Significant" Evidence of Discrimination May Not BE Significant by Kingsley R. Browne

As Barriers Disappear, Some Gender Gaps Widen by John Tierney

As Barriers Disappear, Some Gender Gaps Widen by John Tierney

Why can't a man be more like a woman? Sex differences in Big Five personality traits across 55 cultures by David P. Schmitt et al

Why can't a man be more like a woman? Sex differences in Big Five personality traits across 55 cultures by David P. Schmitt et al

What 'Lean In' Misunderstands About Gender Differences by Christina Hoff Sommers

What 'Lean In' Misunderstands About Gender Differences by Christina Hoff Sommers

Are Successful Women Really Less Likable Than Successful Men? by Eleanor Barkhorn

Are Successful Women Really Less Likable Than Successful Men? by Eleanor Barkhorn

Getting Back on Track by Walter Russell Mead

Getting Back on Track by Walter Russell Mead

Socialized medicine’s class system by Leigh Biltis

Socialized medicine’s class system by Leigh Biltis

Paradise Regained Again And Again And Again by Sarah Hoyt

Paradise Regained Again And Again And Again by Sarah Hoyt

Fifty Shades of Marx by Sarah Hoyt

Fifty Shades of Marx by Sarah Hoyt

Self-forged chains by Sarah Hoyt

Self-forged chains by Sarah Hoyt

Regular Bedtimes Tied to Better Behavior by Nicholas Bakalar

Regular Bedtimes Tied to Better Behavior by Nicholas Bakalar

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Average Is Over—But the American Dream Lives On by Andrew Lewis

Average Is Over—But the American Dream Lives On by Andrew Lewis

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

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

The Big Business of Big Hits: How Blockbusters Conquered Movies, TV, and Music by Derek Thompson

The Big Business of Big Hits: How Blockbusters Conquered Movies, TV, and Music by Derek Thompson

The Poem That Made Sherman Alexie Want to 'Drop Everything and Be a Poet' by Joe Fassler

The Poem That Made Sherman Alexie Want to 'Drop Everything and Be a Poet' by Joe Fassler

Crime rises among second-generation immigrants as they assimilate by Rich Morin

Crime rises among second-generation immigrants as they assimilate by Rich Morin

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

A One-Off Capital Levy? from the Financial Times

A One-Off Capital Levy? from the Financial Times

Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming by Neil Gaiman

Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming by Neil Gaiman

The Rich Don't Care For the Poor? What a Laugh by Diana Furchtgott-Roth

The Rich Don't Care For the Poor? What a Laugh by Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Cities Are Trying to Fix Their Schools by Luring the Middle Class: It Won't Work by Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara

Cities Are Trying to Fix Their Schools by Luring the Middle Class: It Won't Work by Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara

"Gender Roles: Nature or Nurture", Camille Paglia versus Jane Flax

"Gender Roles: Nature or Nurture", Camille Paglia versus Jane Flax

Cohorts born in the late 1930s and 40s did especially well by Tyler Cowen

Cohorts born in the late 1930s and 40s did especially well by Tyler Cowen

Why US government IT fails so hard, so often by Sean Gallagher

Why US government IT fails so hard, so often by Sean Gallagher

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

Failure by Scott Adams

Failure by Scott Adams

Self-Published Erotica is Being Singled Out For Sweeping Deletions From Major eBookstores by Nate Hoffelder

Self-Published Erotica is Being Singled Out For Sweeping Deletions From Major eBookstores by Nate Hoffelder

Friday, October 11, 2013

Conscious parallelism concept

Conscious parallelism concept

Some Women are Dying Younger: Is Welfare Reform to Blame? by Nausicaa Renner

Some Women are Dying Younger: Is Welfare Reform to Blame? by Nausicaa Renner

Looking Through Orwell by Andrew Ferguson

Looking Through Orwell by Andrew Ferguson

40 Years of Government Nutrition Data May Be Flawed by Ross Pomeroy

40 Years of Government Nutrition Data May Be Flawed by Ross Pomeroy

Climate change warnings -- science or "scientific-sounding"? by Daniel B. Botkin

Climate change warnings -- science or "scientific-sounding"? by Daniel B. Botkin

Why are children in the same family so different from one another? by Robert Plomin and Denise Daniels

Why are children in the same family so different from one another? by Robert Plomin and Denise Daniels

Our Logo Looks Like Underpants: A Case Study in Internationalization by Robert J. Moore

Our Logo Looks Like Underpants: A Case Study in Internationalization by Robert J. Moore

Thursday, October 10, 2013

A Married Mom and Dad Really Do Matter: New Evidence from Canada by Mark Regnerus

A Married Mom and Dad Really Do Matter: New Evidence from Canada by Mark Regnerus

Scientists Are Bad At Identifying Important Science, Study Finds by Francie Diep

Scientists Are Bad At Identifying Important Science, Study Finds by Francie Diep

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

The conservative shift in public opinion has happened in all 50 states by Peter Enns

The conservative shift in public opinion has happened in all 50 states by Peter Enns

Getting beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City by Tyler Cowen

Getting beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City by Tyler Cowen

The Philosopher and the Student: Was the saga of Colin McGinn really a clear-cut case of sexual harassment? by Katie Roiphe

The Philosopher and the Student: Was the saga of Colin McGinn really a clear-cut case of sexual harassment? by Katie Roiphe

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Replication studies: Bad copy by Ed Yong

Replication studies: Bad copy by Ed Yong

The Trouble With Malcolm Gladwell by Christopher Chabris

The Trouble With Malcolm Gladwell by Christopher Chabris

The Adult Skill Gap by Alex Tabarrok

The Adult Skill Gap by Alex Tabarrok

On Life Expectancy in America by Don Boudreaux

On Life Expectancy in America by Don Boudreaux

Galápagos syndrome concept

Galápagos syndrome concept

Model minority concept

Model minority concept

SAT Scores and Family Income by Catherine Rampell

SAT Scores and Family Income by Catherine Rampell

Asian Immigrants and What No One Mentions Aloud by educationrealist

Asian Immigrants and What No One Mentions Aloud by educationrealist

U.S. Adults Fare Poorly in a Study of Skills by Richard Perez-Pena

U.S. Adults Fare Poorly in a Study of Skills by Richard Perez-Pena

Uncertainty Shocks Are Aggregate demand Shocks by Sylvain Leduc and Zheng Liu

Uncertainty Shocks Are Aggregate demand Shocks by Sylvain Leduc and Zheng Liu

OECD literacy leagues: poverty and inequality blamed for England's results by Richard Adams

OECD literacy leagues: poverty and inequality blamed for England's results by Richard Adams

OECD Skills Outlook 2013: First Results from the Survey of Adult Skills

OECD Skills Outlook 2013: First Results from the Survey of Adult Skills

Education in England: sliding down the class from The Guardian

Education in England: sliding down the class from The Guardian

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

The (Needed) Revolution Emerging in Higher Education by Tyler Durden

The (Needed) Revolution Emerging in Higher Education by Tyler Durden

Harvard Business School's Garbage In, Garbage Out "Gender Equity" Experiment by Yves Smith

Harvard Business School's Garbage In, Garbage Out "Gender Equity" Experiment by Yves Smith

14 Books That Traumatized You As A Kid by Adam Ellis

14 Books That Traumatized You As A Kid by Adam Ellis

Spoof Paper Accepted to 157 Open Access Journals by Ross Pomeroy

Spoof Paper Accepted to 157 Open Access Journals by Ross Pomeroy

The Flimsy Evidence for Flossing by Ross Pomeroy

The Flimsy Evidence for Flossing by Ross Pomeroy

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

ACLU says ATF blocks whistleblower book on scandal by Alicia A. Caldwell

ACLU says ATF blocks whistleblower book on scandal by Alicia A. Caldwell

There is no war on women by Penny Young Nance

There is no war on women by Penny Young Nance

Of 2 Minds: How Fast and Slow Thinking Shape Perception and Choice [Excerpt] by Daniel Kahneman

Of 2 Minds: How Fast and Slow Thinking Shape Perception and Choice [Excerpt] by Daniel Kahneman

Colonoscopies Clarify Inner Workings of Minds by Jag Bhalla

Colonoscopies Clarify Inner Workings of Minds by Jag Bhalla

Every Day Is Interdependence Day by Jag Bhalla

Every Day Is Interdependence Day by Jag Bhalla

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

What the Tea Partiers Really Want by Jonathan Haidt

What the Tea Partiers Really Want by Jonathan Haidt

Is Amazon Ruining Serious Literature? by Mark Tapson

Is Amazon Ruining Serious Literature? by Mark Tapson

Distracted Driving: America's "Deadly Epidemic" by Carl M. Cannon

Distracted Driving: America's "Deadly Epidemic" by Carl M. Cannon

No Happy Harmony by Elizabeth Corey

No Happy Harmony by Elizabeth Corey

When Wealth Disappears by Stephen D. King

When Wealth Disappears by Stephen D. King

Long-term barriers to growth by Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg

Long-term barriers to growth by Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg

Some Takeaways from the Pew Study of American Jewish Life by David Bernstein

Some Takeaways from the Pew Study of American Jewish Life by David Bernstein

It Is Not True That 15% Of Americans Live In Poverty by Tim Worstall

It Is Not True That 15% Of Americans Live In Poverty by Tim Worstall

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Slackpropagation website

Slackpropagation website

Machine Learning and Social Science: Taking the Best of Both Worlds (A Case Study) by Burr Settles

Machine Learning and Social Science: Taking the Best of Both Worlds (A Case Study) by Burr Settles

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science website

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science website

Student evaluations of teaching are probably biased. Does it matter? by Erik Voeten

Student evaluations of teaching are probably biased. Does it matter? by Erik Voeten

For Better Social Skills, Scientists Recommend a Little Chekhov by Pam Belluck

For Better Social Skills, Scientists Recommend a Little Chekhov by Pam Belluck

Ideas that spread fast and slow by Andrew Gelman

Ideas that spread fast and slow by Andrew Gelman

So much medical research is pretend-science by Kaiser Fung

So much medical research is pretend-science by Kaiser Fung

Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik, website

Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik, website

Multi-Channel Attribution Modeling: The Good, Bad and Ugly Models by Avinash Kaushik

Multi-Channel Attribution Modeling: The Good, Bad and Ugly Models by Avinash Kaushik

Attribution in online marketing: a Big Data problem by Kaiser Fung

Attribution in online marketing: a Big Data problem by Kaiser Fung

Story time, says these education journalists by Kaiser Fung

Story time, says these education journalists by Kaiser Fung

Story time by Kaiser Fung

Story time by Kaiser Fung

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.

On “Geek” Versus “Nerd” by Burr Settles

On “Geek” Versus “Nerd” by Burr Settles

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

The real clash is within civilisations by Frank Furedi

The real clash is within civilisations by Frank Furedi

The Not-So-Great Professor: Jeffrey Sachs’ Incredible Failure to Eradicate Poverty in Africa by Howard W. French

The Not-So-Great Professor: Jeffrey Sachs’ Incredible Failure to Eradicate Poverty in Africa by Howard W. French

The Unrise of the Creative Working Class by Richey Piiparinen

The Unrise of the Creative Working Class by Richey Piiparinen

The science of good news by Hank Campbell

The science of good news by Hank Campbell

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

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Health Care Where Your Community Is Your Insurance by Walter Russell Mead

Health Care Where Your Community Is Your Insurance by Walter Russell Mead

What makes us left or right handed? New study rules out strong genetic factors by Fraser Wilson

What makes us left or right handed? New study rules out strong genetic factors by Fraser Wilson

China Lost 14 Million People in World War II. Why Is This Forgotten? by Michael Todd

China Lost 14 Million People in World War II. Why Is This Forgotten? by Michael Todd

The Old Way to Be Gay? by Alice Dreger

The Old Way to Be Gay? by Alice Dreger

How America's Marriage Crisis Makes Income Inequality So Much Worse by Derek Thompson

How America's Marriage Crisis Makes Income Inequality So Much Worse by Derek Thompson

How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear (and How Secondary Liability Rules Help Resurrect Old Songs) by Paul J. Heald

How Copyright Makes Books and Music Disappear (and How Secondary Liability Rules Help Resurrect Old Songs) by Paul J. Heald

Africa's Growth Prospects in a European Mirror: A Historical Perspective by Stephen Broadberry and Leigh Gardner

Africa's Growth Prospects in a European Mirror: A Historical Perspective by Stephen Broadberry and Leigh Gardner

Pension Funds Paying Millions for Useless Advice by Walter Russell Mead

Pension Funds Paying Millions for Useless Advice by Walter Russell Mead

Are Gaia’s Real Friends on the Right? by Walter Russell Mead

Are Gaia’s Real Friends on the Right? 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

Culture Warrior, Gaining Ground: E. D. Hirsch Sees His Education Theories Taking Hold by Al Baker

Culture Warrior, Gaining Ground: E. D. Hirsch Sees His Education Theories Taking Hold by Al Baker

New Orleans is an Early Test for School Choice by Walter Russell Mead

New Orleans is an Early Test for School Choice by Walter Russell Mead

Will a Computer at Home Help My Children in School? by Timothy Taylor

Will a Computer at Home Help My Children in School? by Timothy Taylor

Those Who Pay Zero in U.S. Income Tax by Timothy Taylor

Those Who Pay Zero in U.S. Income Tax by Timothy Taylor

BS Jobs and BS Economics by Alex Tabarrok

BS Jobs and BS Economics by Alex Tabarrok