Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Ten Things Political Scientists Know that You Don’t by Hans Noel

Ten Things Political Scientists Know that You Don’t by Hans Noel

Sex and the Industrial Revolution by Emma Griffin

Sex and the Industrial Revolution by Emma Griffin

How much have white Americans benefited from slavery and its legacy? by Tyler Cowen

How much have white Americans benefited from slavery and its legacy? by Tyler Cowen

What Is the Point of Academic Books? by Noah Berlatsky

What Is the Point of Academic Books? by Noah Berlatsky

2014: The Year of the Fainting Couch by Ed Driscoll

2014: The Year of the Fainting Couch by Ed Driscoll

The Wreck of the Kulluk by McKenzie Funk

The Wreck of the Kulluk by McKenzie Funk

Are Facts Obsolete? by Thomas Sowell

Are Facts Obsolete? by Thomas Sowell

26 Ways the Media Botched Their Reporting on the Latest Benghazi Report by Sharyl Attkisson

26 Ways the Media Botched Their Reporting on the Latest Benghazi Report by Sharyl Attkisson

Obama's Shift on Cuba Comically Overblown by Mark Salter

Obama's Shift on Cuba Comically Overblown by Mark Salter

How can America inspire the Slacktivist Generation to action? by Dana Milbank

How can America inspire the Slacktivist Generation to action? by Dana Milbank

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Questioning the “sexy” bonobo hype, part 2: a primatologist debunks Christopher Ryan by Edward Clint

Questioning the “sexy” bonobo hype, part 2: a primatologist debunks Christopher Ryan by Edward Clint

Sweden’s Suicide Pact by Fjordman

Sweden’s Suicide Pact by Fjordman

46 Times Vox Totally Fucked Up A Story by Kevin Draper

46 Times Vox Totally Fucked Up A Story by Kevin Draper

World War I soldier’s room untouched for almost 100 years by Nick Kirkpatrick

World War I soldier’s room untouched for almost 100 years by Nick Kirkpatrick

What Rich People Have Next To Their Beds by Libby Kane

What Rich People Have Next To Their Beds by Libby Kane

Science Has Great News for People Who Read Actual Books Rachel Grate's avatar image By Rachel Grate

Science Has Great News for People Who Read Actual Books by Rachel Grate

In LA, CBS Station Pretends There Was a Real Kwanzaa Parade by Tom Blumer

In LA, CBS Station Pretends There Was a Real Kwanzaa Parade by Tom Blumer

5 Things About Americans' Slipping Sense of Duty by Connie Cass

5 Things About Americans' Slipping Sense of Duty by Connie Cass

The End of Gangs by Sam Quinones

The End of Gangs by Sam Quinones

Let’s Bring Back The 12 Days Of Christmas by Mollie Hemingway

Let’s Bring Back The 12 Days Of Christmas by Mollie Hemingway

The Other Blue Nation (Must Read) by Josh Marshall

The Other Blue Nation (Must Read) by Josh Marshall

Monday, December 29, 2014

Treatment of Minorities – Violence and Tolerance from Max Roser

Treatment of Minorities – Violence and Tolerance from Max Roser

Prostitution Was Made Illegal - Is Porn Next? by Helen Smith

Prostitution Was Made Illegal - Is Porn Next? by Helen Smith

Politicians benefit from American tribal warfare by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Politicians benefit from American tribal warfare by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Taking stock: Top mythbusting posts of 2014 by W. Joseph Campbell

Taking stock: Top mythbusting posts of 2014 by W. Joseph Campbell

Christianity’s Decline in the Northeast by Rod Dreher

Christianity’s Decline in the Northeast by Rod Dreher

Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino

Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino

Calling an end to the search for ‘big ideas’ by Fred Pearce

Calling an end to the search for ‘big ideas’ by Fred Pearce

Stop Trying to Save the World by Michael Hobbes

Stop Trying to Save the World by Michael Hobbes

Liberty rising, from Philadelphia to Eidsvoll by Nicandro Iannacci

Liberty rising, from Philadelphia to Eidsvoll by Nicandro Iannacci

The Top 10 Retractions of 2014 by Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky

The Top 10 Retractions of 2014 by Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky

Everything We Don't Know About Minimum-Wage Hikes by Megan McArdle

Everything We Don't Know About Minimum-Wage Hikes by Megan McArdle

Black progression and retrogression by Walter Williams

Black progression and retrogression by Walter Williams

Immigration and Common Core stand in Jeb Bush’s way by George Will

Immigration and Common Core stand in Jeb Bush’s way by George Will

John Quincy Adams' First Annual Message, December 6, 1825 by John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams' First Annual Message, December 6, 1825 by John Quincy Adams

Elizabeth Warren Is No 'Populist' by Salena Zito

Elizabeth Warren Is No 'Populist' by Salena Zito

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Going Home From the South, a New Holiday Exodus by Alan Blinder, Robert Gebeloff and David Leonhardt

Going Home From the South, a New Holiday Exodus by Alan Blinder, Robert Gebeloff and David Leonhardt

Where police forces don't resemble the community by Dan Keating, Emily M. Badger and Kennedy Elliott

Where police forces don't resemble the community by Dan Keating, Emily M. Badger and Kennedy Elliott

The Teen Years: 9 Cringe-Inducing Realizations by Tim Urban

The Teen Years: 9 Cringe-Inducing Realizations by Tim Urban

Your Life in Weeks by Tim Urban

Your Life in Weeks by Tim Urban

How a (Canadian-founded) company you’ve never heard of took control of the porn industry by David Auerbach

How a (Canadian-founded) company you’ve never heard of took control of the porn industry by David Auerbach

The 5 Most Controversial False Confessions by Alex Shelby

The 5 Most Controversial False Confessions by Alex Shelby

Best predictor of divorce? Age when couples cohabit, study says by Stephanie Hanes

Best predictor of divorce? Age when couples cohabit, study says by Stephanie Hanes

Fresno Mosque Christmas Day Attack Turns Out Not as Police, Media, ‘Islamophobia’ Grievance Industry Expect by Patrick Poole

Fresno Mosque Christmas Day Attack Turns Out Not as Police, Media, ‘Islamophobia’ Grievance Industry Expect by Patrick Poole

Saturday, December 27, 2014

In France, Vestiges of the Great War’s Bloody End by Richard Rubin

In France, Vestiges of the Great War’s Bloody End by Richard Rubin

What “bodycams” can and can’t be expected to do. . . plus coolest study of the year by Dan Kahan

What “bodycams” can and can’t be expected to do. . . plus coolest study of the year by Dan Kahan

The Benjamin Franklin Effect: The Surprising Psychology of How to Handle Haters by Maria Popova

The Benjamin Franklin Effect: The Surprising Psychology of How to Handle Haters by Maria Popova

Why Haters Hate: Kierkegaard Explains the Psychology of Bullying and Online Trolling in 1847 by Maria Popova

Why Haters Hate: Kierkegaard Explains the Psychology of Bullying and Online Trolling in 1847 by Maria Popova

A Year of 15-Minute Daily Doses From the Harvard Classics by Paula Marantz Cohen

A Year of 15-Minute Daily Doses From the Harvard Classics by Paula Marantz Cohen

Wikipedia traffic per capita by country [OC] from Data Is Beautiful

Wikipedia traffic per capita by country [OC] from Data Is Beautiful

Why Do We Allow Customer Discrimination? by Katharine T. Bartlett and G. Mitu Gulati

Why Do We Allow Customer Discrimination? by Katharine T. Bartlett and G. Mitu Gulati

Campus Hate Crime Hoaxes: A Best-Of List by Michael Cipriano

Campus Hate Crime Hoaxes: A Best-Of List by Michael Cipriano

The Biggest Math Story of the Year from Political Calculations

The Biggest Math Story of the Year from Political Calculations

The movie ‘Selma’ has a glaring flaw by Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

The movie ‘Selma’ has a glaring flaw by Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

Confessions of a Reluctant Culture Warrior by Robert Tracinski

Confessions of a Reluctant Culture Warrior by Robert Tracinski

Stop Lying About the Police by Rich Lowry

Stop Lying About the Police by Rich Lowry

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

What’s Left of Malcolm Cowley by Adam Kirsch

What’s Left of Malcolm Cowley by Adam Kirsch

Living Large in a Shrinking Cocoon by Walter Russell Mead

Living Large in a Shrinking Cocoon by Walter Russell Mead

Excuse Me, Mr Coates by Andrew Sullivan

Excuse Me, Mr Coates by Andrew Sullivan

Excuse Me, Mr Coates by Andrew Sullivan

Excuse Me, Mr Coates by Andrew Sullivan

The World Is Not Falling Apart by Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack

The World Is Not Falling Apart by Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack

How much economic potential does Cuba have? by Tyler Cowen

How much economic potential does Cuba have? by Tyler Cowen

The Big Lie of the Anti-Cop Left Turns Lethal by Heather Mac Donald

The Big Lie of the Anti-Cop Left Turns Lethal by Heather Mac Donald

Monday, December 22, 2014

Painkiller Abuse, a Cyclical Challenge by Austin Frakt

Painkiller Abuse, a Cyclical Challenge by Austin Frakt

A Brand New World In Which Men Ruled by Jodi Kantor

A Brand New World In Which Men Ruled by Jodi Kantor

Demographics - Why The Great Recession Started (And Won't End Anytime Soon) by Tyler Durden

Demographics - Why The Great Recession Started (And Won't End Anytime Soon) by Tyler Durden

Privilege, Among Rape Victims by Callie Marie Rennison

Privilege, Among Rape Victims by Callie Marie Rennison

Cemetery with one MILLION mummies unearthed in Egypt: 1,500-year-old desert necropolis is the largest ever found by Richard Gray

Cemetery with one MILLION mummies unearthed in Egypt: 1,500-year-old desert necropolis is the largest ever found by Richard Gray

After 10 years, few payoffs from Gates’ ‘Grand Challenges’ by Sandi Doughton

After 10 years, few payoffs from Gates’ ‘Grand Challenges’ by Sandi Doughton

Top 10 feminist fiascoes of 2014 by Charlotte Allen

Top 10 feminist fiascoes of 2014 by Charlotte Allen

Racism Right and Left: One Man’s Opinion by Roger L. Simon

Racism Right and Left: One Man’s Opinion by Roger L. Simon

Sunday, December 21, 2014

M.F.A.s: An Increasingly Popular, Increasingly Bad Financial Decision by Bourree Lam

M.F.A.s: An Increasingly Popular, Increasingly Bad Financial Decision by Bourree Lam

Where ‘I’ Comes From by David Gress

Where ‘I’ Comes From by David Gress

#illridewithyou Was Even More Fraudulent Than I Thought by Jim Treacher

#illridewithyou Was Even More Fraudulent Than I Thought by Jim Treacher

Liberal Newspeak by Daniel Greenfield

Liberal Newspeak by Daniel Greenfield

What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers by Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro

What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers by Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro

The Political Economy of Hatred by Edward L. Glaeser

The Political Economy of Hatred by Edward L. Glaeser

John Stuart Mill on Being Offended at Other People’s Opinions or Private Conduct by Miles Kimball

http://blog.supplysideliberal.com/post/105750762661/john-stuart-mill-on-being-offended-at-otherby Miles Kimball

Saturday, December 20, 2014

The Contradiction That Rules Feminism by Harvey C. Mansfield

The Contradiction That Rules Feminism by Harvey C. Mansfield

Marriage and divorce: changes and their driving forces by Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

Marriage and divorce: changes and their driving forces by Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

When Men Are Raped by Hanna Rosin

When Men Are Raped by Hanna Rosin

Stroad Nation by Charles Marohn

Stroad Nation by Charles Marohn

Affirmative-action Police Hiring May Lead To Higher Crime Rates by David Boldt

Affirmative-action Police Hiring May Lead To Higher Crime Rates by David Boldt

Predatory Fining and Mass Surveillance by Alex Tabarrok

Predatory Fining and Mass Surveillance by Alex Tabarrok

Next Up in America: The Liberal Retreat by Walter Russell Mead

Next Up in America: The Liberal Retreat by Walter Russell Mead

Will Diversity Destroy The Left? by Jonathan Bronitsky

Will Diversity Destroy The Left? by Jonathan Bronitsky

Friday, December 19, 2014

All Net Jobs Growth Since 2007 Has Gone to Immigrants by Ryan Lovelace

All Net Jobs Growth Since 2007 Has Gone to Immigrants by Ryan Lovelace

On The Liberal Marriage Hypothesis by Ross Douthat

On The Liberal Marriage Hypothesis by Ross Douthat

The Imitation of Marriage by Ross Douthat

The Imitation of Marriage by Ross Douthat

Let’s have a national conversation about race — so we can figure out whom to fire by Eugene Volokh

Let’s have a national conversation about race — so we can figure out whom to fire by Eugene Volokh

The Very Weak and Complicated Links Between Mental Illness and Gun Violence by Lauren Kirchner

The Very Weak and Complicated Links Between Mental Illness and Gun Violence by Lauren Kirchner

Political Diversity Will Improve Social Psychological Science by Jonathan Haidt, Philip E. Tetlock, et al

Political Diversity Will Improve Social Psychological Science by Jonathan Haidt, Philip E. Tetlock, et al
How academia's liberal bias is killing social science A blockbuster new report includes some unsettling revelations by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Read the 'Hostile' Column That Got Student Writer Suspended by Campus Newspaper by Omar Mahmood

Read the 'Hostile' Column That Got Student Writer Suspended by Campus Newspaper by Omar Mahmood

Here's why Rolling Stone's UVA rape story went viral by Christine H. Sommers

Here's why Rolling Stone's UVA rape story went viral by Christine H. Sommers

Math class is tough, WSJ by Don Surber

Math class is tough, WSJ by Don Surber

At Least Women Have Jobs by Helen Smith

At Least Women Have Jobs by Helen Smith

Women at Work: A Guide for Men by Joanne Lipman

Women at Work: A Guide for Men by Joanne Lipman

A Meditation on the Art of Not Trying by John Tierney

A Meditation on the Art of Not Trying by John Tierney

Bill Otis on ‘George Will, missing the mark on overcriminalization’ by Paul Cassell

Bill Otis on ‘George Will, missing the mark on overcriminalization’ by Paul Cassell

Declining Cities, Declining Unions: Urban Sprawl and U.S. Inequality by Colin Gordon

Declining Cities, Declining Unions: Urban Sprawl and U.S. Inequality by Colin Gordon

That big CIA ‘torture’ report? Americans just shrugged by Aaron Blake

That big CIA ‘torture’ report? Americans just shrugged by Aaron Blake

Sunday, December 14, 2014

The Imitation of Marriage by Ross Douthat

The Imitation of Marriage by Ross Douthat

Poe's Law from Wikipedia

Poe's Law from Wikipedia

Across America, whites are biased and they don’t even know it by Chris Mooney

Across America, whites are biased and they don’t even know it by Chris Mooney

Does the Implicit Association Test (IAT) Really Measure Racial Prejudice? Probably Not. by Scott Barry Kaufman

Does the Implicit Association Test (IAT) Really Measure Racial Prejudice? Probably Not. by Scott Barry Kaufman

At Least Women Have Jobs by Helen Smith

At Least Women Have Jobs by Helen Smith

Protest at Primal Scream Leads to Chaotic Exchange by Meg P. Bernhard and Samuel E. Liu

Protest at Primal Scream Leads to Chaotic Exchange by Meg P. Bernhard and Samuel E. Liu

Friday, December 12, 2014

Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine by Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine by Hans Rosling

Literacy Rates around the World from the 15th century to now by Max Roser

Literacy Rates around the World from the 15th century to now by Max Roser

Crippling Children By Selling Them Racism by Larry Elder

Crippling Children By Selling Them Racism by Larry Elder

Chris Rock Pens Blistering Essay on Hollywood's Race Problem: "It's a White Industry" by Chris Rock

Chris Rock Pens Blistering Essay on Hollywood's Race Problem: "It's a White Industry" by Chris Rock

Lessons From the Rolling Stone Debacle by Megan McArdle

Lessons From the Rolling Stone Debacle by Megan McArdle

10 Ways That Brain Myths Are Harming Us by Christian Jarrett

10 Ways That Brain Myths Are Harming Us by Christian Jarrett

Torture Report, Rolling Stone and False Dilemmas by Stephen L. Carter

Torture Report, Rolling Stone and False Dilemmas by Stephen L. Carter

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Schools’ Discipline for Girls Differs by Race and Hue by Tanzina Vega

Schools’ Discipline for Girls Differs by Race and Hue by Tanzina Vega

Why The Media’s Fact Problems Are Way Bigger Than Rolling Stone by Mollie Hemingway

Why The Media’s Fact Problems Are Way Bigger Than Rolling Stone by Mollie Hemingway

Women, Mathematical Skills, Academia by Timothy Taylor

Women, Mathematical Skills, Academia by Timothy Taylor

Focusing Behavioral Economics on Development Professionals by Timothy Taylor

Focusing Behavioral Economics on Development Professionals by Timothy Taylor

Latest Hate Crime Statistics Report Released from FBI

Latest Hate Crime Statistics Report Released from FBI

Two-thirds of sexual assault victims don't go to the police by Dara Lind

Two-thirds of sexual assault victims don't go to the police by Dara Lind

Race and Police Killings Reconsidered by Robert VerBruggen

Race and Police Killings Reconsidered by Robert VerBruggen

Suburbs: The Geography That Won't Die by Joel Kotkin

Suburbs: The Geography That Won't Die by Joel Kotkin

I Was Not Born a Racist by Steve Berman

I Was Not Born a Racist by Steve Berman

Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011-12 from the Department of Justice

Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011-12 from the Department of Justice

The rape culture that everyone ignores by Michael Brendan Dougherty

The rape culture that everyone ignores by Michael Brendan Dougherty

The Madness of Queen Shanley by Milo Yiannopoulos

The Madness of Queen Shanley by Milo Yiannopoulos

“Speaking up every. Fucking. Time” by Elizabeth Spiers

“Speaking up every. Fucking. Time” by Elizabeth Spiers

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

How Sociologists Made Themselves Irrelevant by Orlando Patterson

How Sociologists Made Themselves Irrelevant by Orlando Patterson

Why Are More Boys Born During War? by Dirk Bethmann and Michael Kvasnicka

Why Are More Boys Born During War? by Dirk Bethmann and Michael Kvasnicka

Why I Left Feminism (Or, How Feminism Left Me) by Heather Wilhelm

Why I Left Feminism (Or, How Feminism Left Me) by Heather Wilhelm

More evidence the gender wage gap is due to choice, not discrimination by Ashe Schow

More evidence the gender wage gap is due to choice, not discrimination by Ashe Schow

Have Democrats Failed the White Working Class? by Thomas B. Edsall

Have Democrats Failed the White Working Class? by Thomas B. Edsall

Culture and Achievement by Kay S. Hymowitz

Culture and Achievement by Kay S. Hymowitz

Liberal Raceaholics by Deroy Murdock

Liberal Raceaholics by Deroy Murdock

Using allegations of rape in a grab for power by Jonah Goldberg

Using allegations of rape in a grab for power by Jonah Goldberg

Modern Feminism: Appalling Stupidity Backed by Hysterical Rage by David French

Modern Feminism: Appalling Stupidity Backed by Hysterical Rage by David French

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Why Poor People Stay Poor by Linda Tirado

Why Poor People Stay Poor by Linda Tirado

Man With Gender Studies Degree Terrorizes Party by Joel Kim Booster

Man With Gender Studies Degree Terrorizes Party by Joel Kim Booster

High Heels Have Power Over Men by Thomas Adamson

High Heels Have Power Over Men by Thomas Adamson

Real talk by Vyvyan Evans

Real talk by Vyvyan Evans

The Cost of Costly Punishment by Megan McArdle

The Cost of Costly Punishment by Megan McArdle

You Can't Just Accuse People of Rape by Megan McArdle

You Can't Just Accuse People of Rape by Megan McArdle

The College Rape Overcorrection by Emily Yoffe

The College Rape Overcorrection by Emily Yoffe

Is Law Optional? by Thomas Sowell

Is Law Optional? by Thomas Sowell

Turns Out the Dot-Com Bust’s Worst Flops Were Actually Fantastic Ideas by Robert McMillan

Turns Out the Dot-Com Bust’s Worst Flops Were Actually Fantastic Ideas by Robert McMillan

Monday, December 8, 2014

People have lost faith with companies and governments by Lawrence Summers

People have lost faith with companies and governments by Lawrence Summers

The UVA Story Unravels: Feminist Agitprop and Rape-Hoax Denialism by Cathy Young

The UVA Story Unravels: Feminist Agitprop and Rape-Hoax Denialism by Cathy Young

Flash Mob: The U.S. Air Force Band at the Smithsonian

Flash Mob: The U.S. Air Force Band at the Smithsonian

Zuckerberg on Facebook v. Apple by Alex Tabarrok

Zuckerberg on Facebook v. Apple by Alex Tabarrok

Evidence for ‘Bilingual Advantage’ May Be Less Conclusive Than Previously Thought from Association for Psychological Science

Evidence for ‘Bilingual Advantage’ May Be Less Conclusive Than Previously Thought from Association for Psychological Science

Sunday, December 7, 2014

"This Graph Proves It" by Ann Althouse

"This Graph Proves It" by Ann Althouse

Failure porn: There’s too much celebration of failure and too little fear by Geoff Lewis

Failure porn: There’s too much celebration of failure and too little fear by Geoff Lewis

White Cops Aren't Victimizing Black Youth by Jack Kelly

White Cops Aren't Victimizing Black Youth by Jack Kelly

Gender Differences in Competitiveness: The Role of Prizes by Ragan Petrie and Carmit Segal

Gender Differences in Competitiveness: The Role of Prizes by Ragan Petrie and Carmit Segal

What Happened to the ‘Future Leaders’ of the 1990s? by Zeke J Miller

What Happened to the ‘Future Leaders’ of the 1990s? by Zeke J Miller

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Do Statistics Really Lie About Discrimination? by Ramesh Ponnuru

Do Statistics Really Lie About Discrimination? by Ramesh Ponnuru

Framing for Light Instead of Heat by Scott Alexander

Framing for Light Instead of Heat by Scott Alexander

All in All, Another Brick In the Wall by Scott Alexander

All in All, Another Brick In the Wall by Scott Alexander

The Compromised Life of Common-Reading Programs by Peter Wood

The Compromised Life of Common-Reading Programs by Peter Wood

This Is What Incoming Freshmen At Top Colleges Are Reading Before They Get To Campus by Peter Jacobs

This Is What Incoming Freshmen At Top Colleges Are Reading Before They Get To Campus by Peter Jacobs

How to Be Intoxicated by Rob Goodman

How to Be Intoxicated by Rob Goodman

Common Pursuits by George

Common Pursuits by George

Against Presentism by Lynn Hunt

Against Presentism by Lynn Hunt

Friday, December 5, 2014

Sweden’s political instability is a warning to the rest of Europe by Richard Milne

Sweden’s political instability is a warning to the rest of Europe by Richard Milne

What Is a Scientific Theory? by Patrick Suppes

What Is a Scientific Theory? by Patrick Suppes

What the Numbers Say on Police Use of Force by Steven Malanga

What the Numbers Say on Police Use of Force by Steven Malanga

Demography Is Rewriting Our Economic Destiny by Clive Crook

Demography Is Rewriting Our Economic Destiny by Clive Crook

The Population Challenge by Bjørn Lomborg

The Population Challenge by Bjørn Lomborg

Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Who You Think They Are. 'The View' Is Full of Them. by Ross Pomeroy

Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Who You Think They Are. 'The View' Is Full of Them. by Ross Pomeroy

The NYT and Rush Limbaugh have a similar take on the NYC chokehold incident, but there's a key difference. by Ann Althouse

The NYT and Rush Limbaugh have a similar take on the NYC chokehold incident, but there's a key difference. by Ann Althouse

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Dear Media: This Elizabeth Lauten Nonsense Is Why Everybody Hates You by Mollie Hemingway

Dear Media: This Elizabeth Lauten Nonsense Is Why Everybody Hates You by Mollie Hemingway

The Spiral of Absurdity by Maggie McNeill

The Spiral of Absurdity by Maggie McNeill

Who to Fear by Bryan Caplan

Who to Fear by Bryan Caplan

The Settlers:‘China’s Second Continent,’ by Howard W. French reviewed by Alexis Okeowo

The Settlers:‘China’s Second Continent,’ by Howard W. French reviewed by Alexis Okeowo

Sweden’s Storybook Heroine Ignites a Debate on Race by Rachel Donadio

Sweden’s Storybook Heroine Ignites a Debate on Race by Rachel Donadio

Black Crime Claims Life of Apologist for Black Crime by Colin Flaherty

Black Crime Claims Life of Apologist for Black Crime by Colin Flaherty

Facts about Hurricane Katrina, and the benefits of regional migration by Tyler Cowen

Facts about Hurricane Katrina, and the benefits of regional migration by Tyler Cowen

Income Gap Shrinks in Chile, for Better or Worse by Eduardo Porter

Income Gap Shrinks in Chile, for Better or Worse by Eduardo Porter

When It Comes To Neonics, Activists Understand PR Better Than Chemical Companies Do by Hank Campbell

When It Comes To Neonics, Activists Understand PR Better Than Chemical Companies Do by Hank Campbell

Can racial discrimination explain much? by Walter Williams

Can racial discrimination explain much? by Walter Williams

Is Obamacare Destroying the Democratic Party? by Thomas B. Edsall

Is Obamacare Destroying the Democratic Party? by Thomas B. Edsall

President Obama "Blew It" -- Again by Tom Bevan

President Obama "Blew It" -- Again by Tom Bevan

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Breaking Up Is Hard to Count: The Rise of Divorce in the United States, 1980–2010 by Sheela Kennedy & Steven Ruggles

Breaking Up Is Hard to Count: The Rise of Divorce in the United States, 1980–2010 by Sheela Kennedy & Steven Ruggles

The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On by Claire Cain Miller

The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On by Claire Cain Miller

Class Prejudice Resurgent by David Brooks

Class Prejudice Resurgent by David Brooks

Chris Rock is right: White Americans are a lot less racist than they used to be by Christopher Ingraham

Chris Rock is right: White Americans are a lot less racist than they used to be by Christopher Ingraham

My Nemesis, Jill Lepore by Noah Berlatsky

My Nemesis, Jill Lepore by Noah Berlatsky

The Writing Class by Jaswinder Bolina

The Writing Class by Jaswinder Bolina

Race And Justice: Much More Than You Wanted To Know by Scott Alexander

Race And Justice: Much More Than You Wanted To Know by Scott Alexander

Using Social Media For Large Behavioral Studies Is Fast and Cheap, But Fraught With Biases and Distortion by Byron Spice

Using Social Media For Large Behavioral Studies Is Fast and Cheap, But Fraught With Biases and Distortion by Byron Spice

Opinions Versus Facts by Thomas Sowell

Opinions Versus Facts by Thomas Sowell

Democrats Paved the Way for Their Own Decline by Charlie Cook

Democrats Paved the Way for Their Own Decline by Charlie Cook

Witness 10 proves Darren Wilson had a reasonable belief he needed to shoot Michael Brown by Paul Cassell

Witness 10 proves Darren Wilson had a reasonable belief he needed to shoot Michael Brown by Paul Cassell

The mystery of the inscribed rubber-like blocks that keep washing on to Europe’s beaches by Terrence McCoy

The mystery of the inscribed rubber-like blocks that keep washing on to Europe’s beaches by Terrence McCoy

Monday, December 1, 2014

The Ferguson Fraud by Rich Lowry

The Ferguson Fraud by Rich Lowry

Her Name Was Miriam Carey by David Montgomery

Her Name Was Miriam Carey by David Montgomery

Field of Bachelor’s Degree in the United States: 2009 from the US Census

Field of Bachelor’s Degree in the United States: 2009 from the US Census

What percentage of ancient literature survives: some data by Roger Pearse

What percentage of ancient literature survives: some data by Roger Pearse

What should a Bayesian infer from the Antikythera Mechanism? by Tyler Cowen

What should a Bayesian infer from the Antikythera Mechanism? by Tyler Cowen

Inequality is bad for income growth of the poor (but not for that of the rich) by Branko Milanovic and Roy van der Weide

Inequality is bad for income growth of the poor (but not for that of the rich) by Branko Milanovic and Roy van der Weide

Bringing the Institution into Focus: NSSE Annual Results 2014 from The National Survey Of Student Engagement

Bringing the Institution into Focus: NSSE Annual Results 2014 from The National Survey Of Student Engagement

The Downside of Resilience by Jay Belsky

The Downside of Resilience by Jay Belsky

Finding Meaning in Ferguson by Heather Mac Donald

Finding Meaning in Ferguson by Heather Mac Donald

The Great Wage Slowdown of the 21st Century by David Leonhardt

The Great Wage Slowdown of the 21st Century by David Leonhardt

Are kids getting more virtuous? by David Finkelhor

Are kids getting more virtuous? by David Finkelhor

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Female teachers: The sex offenders no one suspects from UK Progressive

Female teachers: The sex offenders no one suspects from UK Progressive

Does Reading During the Summer Build Reading Skills? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in 463 Classrooms by Jonathan Guryan, James S. Kim, and David M. Quinn

Does Reading During the Summer Build Reading Skills? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in 463 Classrooms by Jonathan Guryan, James S. Kim, and David M. Quinn

Are There Any Other Men Who Don’t Watch Sports? by Mona Chalabi

Are There Any Other Men Who Don’t Watch Sports? by Mona Chalabi

Most Important Problem from Gallup

Most Important Problem from Gallup

Ferguson and the sad state of American protesting by Jazz Shaw

Ferguson and the sad state of American protesting by Jazz Shaw

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Though Under Fire For Its Own Rape Response, UVA Advises Other Schools Nationwide by Tyler Kingkade

Though Under Fire For Its Own Rape Response, UVA Advises Other Schools Nationwide by Tyler Kingkade

Feminists, We Are Not Winning the War on Campus Sexual Assault by Naomi Shatz

Feminists, We Are Not Winning the War on Campus Sexual Assault by Naomi Shatz

The Major Demographic Shift That's Upending How We Think About Race by William H. Frey

The Major Demographic Shift That's Upending How We Think About Race by William H. Frey

The Pleasure of His Company by Peggy Noonan

The Pleasure of His Company by Peggy Noonan

Progressive Mythography by Andrew C. McCarthy

Progressive Mythography by Andrew C. McCarthy

A Dagger at the Heart of Justice by Mark Steyn

A Dagger at the Heart of Justice by Mark Steyn

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Our giant welfare state by Robert J. Samuelson

Our giant welfare state by Robert J. Samuelson

This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps by Darlena Cunha

This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps by Darlena Cunha

Ways to make white people take racism seriously, and not seriously. by Thomas H Crown

Ways to make white people take racism seriously, and not seriously. by Thomas H Crown

What if Guys Acted Like Girls on Instagram? by Ashley Hesseltine

What if Guys Acted Like Girls on Instagram? by Ashley Hesseltine

The Benefits from Marriage and Religion in the United States: A Comparative Analysis by Linda J. Waite and Evelyn L. Lehrer

The Benefits from Marriage and Religion in the United States: A Comparative Analysis by Linda J. Waite and Evelyn L. Lehrer

Religious Market Structure, Religious Participation, and Outcomes: Is Religion Good For You? by Jonathan Gruber

Religious Market Structure, Religious Participation, and Outcomes: Is Religion Good For You? by Jonathan Gruber

Patents Do Not Increase Productivity by Alex Tabarrok

Patents Do Not Increase Productivity by Alex Tabarrok

Why Do Democrats Look Down on Voters? by Clive Crook

Why Do Democrats Look Down on Voters? by Clive Crook

Rethink What You “Know” About High-Achieving Women by Robin Ely, Pamela Stone, and Colleen Ammerman

Rethink What You “Know” About High-Achieving Women by Robin Ely, Pamela Stone, and Colleen Ammerman

A Defense of Marion Barry's Politics by Megan McArdle

A Defense of Marion Barry's Politics by Megan McArdle

Who Will Save the Democratic Party From Itself? by Thomas B. Edsall

Who Will Save the Democratic Party From Itself? by Thomas B. Edsall

The Ferguson Fraud by Rich Lowry

The Ferguson Fraud by Rich Lowry

Monday, November 24, 2014

Science Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of the Perfect Body Image by Cameron English

Science Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of the Perfect Body Image by Cameron English

Internet searches say a lot about our desires--and the results are dirty by Cameron

Internet searches say a lot about our desires--and the results are dirty by Cameron

Shirtgate and the myth of a sexist conspiracy in science from Cameron

Shirtgate and the myth of a sexist conspiracy in science from Cameron

The Shrinking World of Ideas by Arthur Krystal

The Shrinking World of Ideas by Arthur Krystal

Drug Overdose: The Real American Epidemic by Alex B. Berezow

Drug Overdose: The Real American Epidemic by Alex B. Berezow

Race Relations from Gallup

Race Relations from Gallup

The 9 most fascinating numbers from national exit polls by Chris Cillizza

The 9 most fascinating numbers from national exit polls by Chris Cillizza

he Microaggression Farce by Heather Mac Donald

The Microaggression Farce by Heather Mac Donald

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Jonathan Haidt Can Explain The Liberal Hobby Lobby Freakout by Rod Dreher

Jonathan Haidt Can Explain The Liberal Hobby Lobby Freakout by Rod Dreher

Why Won’t They Listen? a review by William Saletan of ‘The Righteous Mind,’ by Jonathan Haidt

Why Won’t They Listen? a review by William Saletan of ‘The Righteous Mind,’ by Jonathan Haidt

Liberals or Conservatives: Who’s Really Close-Minded? by Andrew G. Biggs

Liberals or Conservatives: Who’s Really Close-Minded? by Andrew G. Biggs

When Morality Opposes Justice: Conservatives Have Moral Intuitions that Liberals May Not Recognize by Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham

When Morality Opposes Justice: Conservatives Have Moral Intuitions that Liberals May Not Recognize by Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham

What Makes People Vote Republican? by Jonathan Haidt

What Makes People Vote Republican? by Jonathan Haidt

The Ideological Turing Test by Bryan Caplan

The Ideological Turing Test by Bryan Caplan

Friday, November 21, 2014

Children Still Struggle to Read in the Neighborhood Where the Latino-Rights Movement Began by Reena Flores and Alexia Fernández Campbell

Children Still Struggle to Read in the Neighborhood Where the Latino-Rights Movement Began by Reena Flores and Alexia Fernández Campbell

Measured, Unmeasured, Mismeasured, and Unjustified Pessimism: A Review Essay of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twentieth Century by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

Measured, Unmeasured, Mismeasured, and Unjustified Pessimism: A Review Essay of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twentieth Century by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

For Women, Job Authority Adds to Depression Symptoms by David Ochsner

For Women, Job Authority Adds to Depression Symptoms by David Ochsner

Obama's Immigration Speech Acrobatics by Megan McArdle

Obama's Immigration Speech Acrobatics by Megan McArdle

Amnesty but do not panic; Women in Combat; the Caliphate continues; A treat for all scholars. by Jerry Pournelle

Amnesty but do not panic; Women in Combat; the Caliphate continues; A treat for all scholars. by Jerry Pournelle

Bombshell: Email Proves that White House, DOJ Targeted Reporter Sharyl Attkisson by Bryan Preston

Bombshell: Email Proves that White House, DOJ Targeted Reporter Sharyl Attkisson by Bryan Preston

The Nihilist in the White House by Peggy Noonan

The Nihilist in the White House by Peggy Noonan

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Why Voter ID Laws Don’t Swing Many Elections by Nate Cohn

Why Voter ID Laws Don’t Swing Many Elections by Nate Cohn

No One Wanted to Talk About Bill Cosby's Alleged Crimes Because He Made White America Feel Good About Race by Rebecca Traister

No One Wanted to Talk About Bill Cosby's Alleged Crimes Because He Made White America Feel Good About Race by Rebecca Traister

A Legacy of Liberalism by Thomas Sowell

A Legacy of Liberalism by Thomas Sowell

Was it the middle class that favored infrastructure investment in 19th century England? by Tyler Cowen

Was it the middle class that favored infrastructure investment in 19th century England? by Tyler Cowen

Brilliant impersonators by Kat McGowan

Brilliant impersonators by Kat McGowan

Birdland by John M Marzluff

Birdland by John M Marzluff

The self is moral by Nina Strohminger

The self is moral by Nina Strohminger

Scandinavians Were Earliest Europeans by Rasmus Jakobsen

Scandinavians Were Earliest Europeans by Rasmus Jakobsen

The Geography of Terrorism by Kathy Gilsinan

The Geography of Terrorism by Kathy Gilsinan

How many melodies are there? by Oli Freke

How many melodies are there? by Oli Freke

The Justice Department becomes a schoolyard bully in Wisconsin by George F. Will

The Justice Department becomes a schoolyard bully in Wisconsin by George F. Will

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Questions About Sharpton’s Finances Accompany His Rise in Influence by Russ Buettner

Questions About Sharpton’s Finances Accompany His Rise in Influence by Russ Buettner

Mishandling Rape by Jed Rubenfeld

Mishandling Rape by Jed Rubenfeld

Map: The world’s 36 million slaves by Rick Noack

Map: The world’s 36 million slaves by Rick Noack

Defining Diversity Down by Alex Tabarrok

Defining Diversity Down by Alex Tabarrok

Obama's Educrats Issue 'Racial Equity' Edict To Schools from Investors Business Daily

Obama's Educrats Issue 'Racial Equity' Edict To Schools from Investors Business Daily

The Progressives' War on Suburbia by Joel Kotkin

The Progressives' War on Suburbia by Joel Kotkin

Together They Bargain? by Scott Beaulier & George Crowley

Together They Bargain? by Scott Beaulier & George Crowley

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Why Social Justice Warriors are losing by Ed West

Why Social Justice Warriors are losing by Ed West

10 Hours of Princess Leia Walking in NYC from Abacadabra NYC

10 Hours of Princess Leia Walking in NYC from Abacadabra NYC

Linda Greenhouse’s reaction to the cert grant in King v. Burwell by Orin Kerr

Linda Greenhouse’s reaction to the cert grant in King v. Burwell by Orin Kerr

“Republicans have to show they can govern.” No, they don’t. Please stop saying that. by Jay Rosen

“Republicans have to show they can govern.” No, they don’t. Please stop saying that. by Jay Rosen

Show your work: my frank exchange of views with NPR's Steve Inskeep by Jay Rosen

Show your work: my frank exchange of views with NPR's Steve Inskeep by Jay Rosen

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Children of Civil War Veterans Still Walk Among Us, 150 Years After the War by David A. Lande

Children of Civil War Veterans Still Walk Among Us, 150 Years After the War by David A. Lande

How to Distort Income Inequality by Phil Graham and Michael Solon

How to Distort Income Inequality by Phil Graham and Michael Solon

A President Who Is Hearing Things by Richard Benedetto

A President Who Is Hearing Things by Richard Benedetto

Schools Implement Explicit Racial Bias in Suspensions by Robby Soave

Schools Implement Explicit Racial Bias in Suspensions by Robby Soave

Republican Wave Drowns Pollsters by Tom Blumer

Republican Wave Drowns Pollsters by Tom Blumer

Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True by Eric Schlosser

Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True by Eric Schlosser

Sunday, November 9, 2014

The Parent Trap by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

The Parent Trap by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Blue Twilight and Red Dawn? by Walter Russell Mead

Blue Twilight and Red Dawn? by Walter Russell Mead

The Drug War Divide by Russell Crandall

The Drug War Divide by Russell Crandall

Emerging and Developing Economies Much More Optimistic than Rich Countries about the Future from Pew Research

Emerging and Developing Economies Much More Optimistic than Rich Countries about the Future from Pew Research

In America, Hard Work Still Equals Success by Walter Russell Mead

In America, Hard Work Still Equals Success by Walter Russell Mead

The GOP’s poisonous double-speak by Thomas Frank

The GOP’s poisonous double-speak by Thomas Frank

Julia Lost by Kevin D. Williamson

Julia Lost by Kevin D. Williamson

How Eva Moskowitz Outmuscled the Teachers Union by Nick Gillespie & Jim Epstein

How Eva Moskowitz Outmuscled the Teachers Union by Nick Gillespie & Jim Epstein

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Women earn less than men even when they set the pay by Tyler Cowen

Women earn less than men even when they set the pay by Tyler Cowen

Five Ways to Lie with Charts by Becca Cudmore

Five Ways to Lie with Charts by Becca Cudmore

Churchill Still Stands Alone by Boris Johnson

Churchill Still Stands Alone by Boris Johnson

The Midterms Were Only Bad for Women If You Have a Very Narrow View of Women by Jessica Grose

The Midterms Were Only Bad for Women If You Have a Very Narrow View of Women by Jessica Grose

Greens take the moral low ground by Matt Ridley

Greens take the moral low ground by Matt Ridley

The Wendy Davis Experiment by Ross Douthat

The Wendy Davis Experiment by Ross Douthat

Friday, November 7, 2014

French 'mess' threatens real civil strife by Hugh Schofield

French 'mess' threatens real civil strife by Hugh Schofield

The Mother of All Gender Gaps from TheMoneyIllusion

The Mother of All Gender Gaps from TheMoneyIllusion

Hollaback and Why Everyone Needs Better Research Methods And Why All Data Needs Theory by Zeynep Tufekci

Hollaback and Why Everyone Needs Better Research Methods And Why All Data Needs Theory by Zeynep Tufekci

“BEHAVIORS” are more important….than customers! by Andre Harrell

“BEHAVIORS” are more important….than customers! by Andre Harrell

In hiring, racial bias is still a problem. But not always for reasons you think by Brett Arends

In hiring, racial bias is still a problem. But not always for reasons you think by Brett Arends

Right-winger’s “no compassion” crusade: Conservative writer William Voegeli unloads book review by Elias Isquith

Right-winger’s “no compassion” crusade: Conservative writer William Voegeli unloads book review by Elias Isquith

Date the Atlas, Not the Shrug by Jennifer Anju Grossman

Date the Atlas, Not the Shrug by Jennifer Anju Grossman

Big Law’s Battle With Christians in Texas by J. Christian Adams

Big Law’s Battle With Christians in Texas by J. Christian Adams

The Unbearable Lightness of Feminism by Daniel Greenfield

The Unbearable Lightness of Feminism by Daniel Greenfield

Gramscian damage by Eric Raymond

Gramscian damage by Eric Raymond

If You Think You’re a Genius, You’re Crazy by Dean Keith Simonton

If You Think You’re a Genius, You’re Crazy by Dean Keith Simonton

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Academics try to get North and South Korea to speak same language from Agence France-Presse

Academics try to get North and South Korea to speak same language from Agence France-Presse

These Charts Show The Political Bias Of Workers In Each Profession by Andy Kiersz and Hunter Walker

These Charts Show The Political Bias Of Workers In Each Profession by Andy Kiersz and Hunter Walker

Wreck of 17th-Century Dutch Warship Discovered by Megan Gannon

Wreck of 17th-Century Dutch Warship Discovered by Megan Gannon

The Dandy Goat website

The Dandy Goat website

Run-on sentence careens into school gym, injuring nine by Ichabod F.N. Herstal

Run-on sentence careens into school gym, injuring nine by Ichabod F.N. Herstal

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

After Big Bet, Hedge Fund Pulls the Levers of Power by Michael S. Schmidt, Eric Lipton and Alexandra Stevenson

After Big Bet, Hedge Fund Pulls the Levers of Power by Michael S. Schmidt, Eric Lipton and Alexandra Stevenson

Charter schools get better over time by Tyler Cowen

Charter schools get better over time by Tyler Cowen

Gender Fairness Prevails in Most Fields of Academic Science from APS

Gender Fairness Prevails in Most Fields of Academic Science from APS

A Rare (Earth) Case of Wisdom by Alex Tabarrok

A Rare (Earth) Case of Wisdom by Alex Tabarrok

Learning from the variation in the effectiveness of Head Start by Nick Bunker

Learning from the variation in the effectiveness of Head Start by Nick Bunker

How Urban Renewal Destroys Neighborhoods by A. Barton Hinkle

How Urban Renewal Destroys Neighborhoods by A. Barton Hinkle

More Marriage, More Babies? Apparently Not. by Robert VerBruggen

More Marriage, More Babies? Apparently Not. by Robert VerBruggen

Yes, men struggle with work-life balance, they just don't tell women by Caroline Fairchild

Yes, men struggle with work-life balance, they just don't tell women by Caroline Fairchild

Monday, November 3, 2014

It’s the greatest achievement in human history, and one you probably never heard about by Mark J. Perry

It’s the greatest achievement in human history, and one you probably never heard about by Mark J. Perry

China's Missing Babies by Adam Minter

China's Missing Babies by Adam Minter

Inequality and Mobility: Don't Forget the Family by W. Bradford Wilcox & Robert I. Lerman

Inequality and Mobility: Don't Forget the Family by W. Bradford Wilcox & Robert I. Lerman

Academic Science Isn’t Sexist by Wendy M. Williams and Stephen J. Ceci

Academic Science Isn’t Sexist by Wendy M. Williams and Stephen J. Ceci

Is 10,000 Hours All I Need to Run a Faster Marathon? by Jen A Miller

Is 10,000 Hours All I Need to Run a Faster Marathon? by Jen A Miller

Vanguard After the Revolution by Joe Posnanski

Vanguard After the Revolution by Joe Posnanski

Harrassment, Racism, & “Harmless Torturers” by Julian Sanchez

Harrassment, Racism, & “Harmless Torturers” by Julian Sanchez

Is Your House Red or Blue? by Megan McArdle

Is Your House Red or Blue? by Megan McArdle

Migration Isn’t Turning Red States Blue by Harry Enten and Nate Silver

Migration Isn’t Turning Red States Blue by Harry Enten and Nate Silver

UNC students blame capitalism, white supremacy for academic scandal by Kate Grise

UNC students blame capitalism, white supremacy for academic scandal by Kate Grise

"This is what a feminist who exploits women looks like" by Don Surber

"This is what a feminist who exploits women looks like" by Don Surber

Obama’s Border Policy Fueled Epidemic, Evidence Shows by Neil Munro

Obama’s Border Policy Fueled Epidemic, Evidence Shows by Neil Munro

Saturday, November 1, 2014

How the Far Left Hijacked a Cat-Calling Debate And Started to Eat Itself by Charles C. W. Cooke

How the Far Left Hijacked a Cat-Calling Debate And Started to Eat Itself by Charles C. W. Cooke

This is why the economy has fallen and it can’t get up by Matt O'Brien

This is why the economy has fallen and it can’t get up by Matt O'Brien

3 Reasons President Obama Is Wrong About Stay-At-Home Mothers by Mollie Hemingway

3 Reasons President Obama Is Wrong About Stay-At-Home Mothers by Mollie Hemingway

Political Cycles; Sternutation Nation by James Taranto

Political Cycles; Sternutation Nation by James Taranto

Do We Need a Law Against Catcalling? from the New York Times

Do We Need a Law Against Catcalling? from the New York Times

No Offense: The New Threats to Free Speech by John O'Sullivan

No Offense: The New Threats to Free Speech by John O'Sullivan

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

For richer, for poorer: How family structures economic success in America by W. Bradford Wilcox and Robert I. Lerman

For richer, for poorer: How family structures economic success in America by W. Bradford Wilcox and Robert I. Lerman

Voter ID Myth Crashes by Mona Charen

Voter ID Myth Crashes by Mona Charen

Hispanic paradox from Wikipedia

Hispanic paradox from Wikipedia

Asians Are a Model Minority (On Average) by Razib Khan

Asians Are a Model Minority (On Average) by Razib Khan

Why race as a biological construct matters by Razib Khan

Why race as a biological construct matters by Razib Khan

Asian Americans Are High Achievers Because They Work Harder by Carl Engelking

Asian Americans Are High Achievers Because They Work Harder by Carl Engelking

Flowers, Fungi & Felines: An Unusual Epidemic in Brazil by Rebecca Kreston

Flowers, Fungi & Felines: An Unusual Epidemic in Brazil by Rebecca Kreston

Americans taking fewest vacation days in four decades by Chuck Thompson

Americans taking fewest vacation days in four decades by Chuck Thompson

Readers Are Liars: The 1928 Study That Predicted the Future of News by Derek Thompson

Readers Are Liars: The 1928 Study That Predicted the Future of News by Derek Thompson

Presidential Speeches Were Once College-Level Rhetoric—Now They're for Sixth-Graders by Derek Thompson

Presidential Speeches Were Once College-Level Rhetoric—Now They're for Sixth-Graders by Derek Thompson

How Highbrow Wins in a Lowbrow World by Derek Thompson

How Highbrow Wins in a Lowbrow World by Derek Thompson

The Dangerous Myth of America's Ebola Panic by Derek Thompson

The Dangerous Myth of America's Ebola Panic by Derek Thompson

Why Middle-Class Americans Can't Afford to Live in Liberal Cities by Derek Thompson

Why Middle-Class Americans Can't Afford to Live in Liberal Cities by Derek Thompson

Homeownership in America Has Collapsed—Don't Blame Millennials by Derek Thompson

Homeownership in America Has Collapsed—Don't Blame Millennials by Derek Thompson

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Practice Does Not Make Perfect by David Z. Hambrick, Fernanda Ferreira, and John M. Henderson

Practice Does Not Make Perfect by David Z. Hambrick, Fernanda Ferreira, and John M. Henderson

Italy’s in terminal decline, and no one has the guts to stop it by Nicholas Farrell

Italy’s in terminal decline, and no one has the guts to stop it by Nicholas Farrell

Atul Gawande: By the Book interview in The New York Times

Atul Gawande: By the Book interview in The New York Times

ared Diamond: ‘Humans, 150,000 years ago, wouldn’t figure on a list of the five most interesting species on Earth’ by Oliver Burkeman

Jared Diamond: ‘Humans, 150,000 years ago, wouldn’t figure on a list of the five most interesting species on Earth’ by Oliver Burkeman

How far does the radius of trust extend? by Tyler Cowen

How far does the radius of trust extend? by Tyler Cowen

FTC Needs to Make Sure Companies Aren’t Using Big Data to Discriminate by Rachel Goodman

FTC Needs to Make Sure Companies Aren’t Using Big Data to Discriminate by Rachel Goodman

Do Kids Get an 'Intact-Family Premium'? by Robert VerBruggen

Do Kids Get an 'Intact-Family Premium'? by Robert VerBruggen

Did Wainstein Report Whitewash High-Level Culprits In UNC Cheating Scandal? by James Marshall Crotty

Did Wainstein Report Whitewash High-Level Culprits In UNC Cheating Scandal? by James Marshall Crotty

Getting more poor kids into college won’t fix income inequality by James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley

Getting more poor kids into college won’t fix income inequality by James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley

Three Reasons to Affirm Free Speech by Steven Pinker

Three Reasons to Affirm Free Speech by Steven Pinker

Did You Hear the Koch Brothers Just Gave a Million Bucks to NPR to Cover Healthcare? by David Callahan

Did You Hear the Koch Brothers Just Gave a Million Bucks to NPR to Cover Healthcare? by David Callahan

Monday, October 27, 2014

In Some Ways, the Rich Aren’t So Different From You and Me by Paul Sullivan

In Some Ways, the Rich Aren’t So Different From You and Me by Paul Sullivan

Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns by Valerie Strauss

Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns by Valerie Strauss

How The Modern World Arose From The North Sea from The Economist

How The Modern World Arose From The North Sea from The Economist

Cellophane Diversity from To Put It Bluntly

Cellophane Diversity from To Put It Bluntly

War Made C.S. Lewis by Paul Huard

War Made C.S. Lewis by Paul Huard

The M-4 Sherman Tank Was Hell on Wheels - And a Death Trap by Paul Huard

The M-4 Sherman Tank Was Hell on Wheels - And a Death Trap by Paul Huard

Crimes of Exactly What? by Victor Davis Hanson

Crimes of Exactly What? by Victor Davis Hanson

‘The Bell Curve’ 20 years later: A Q&A with Charles Murray by Natalie Scholl

‘The Bell Curve’ 20 years later: A Q&A with Charles Murray by Natalie Scholl

Obama and The Bell Curve by Steve Sailer

Obama and The Bell Curve by Steve Sailer

Herrnstein in 'The Atlantic' Predicts American Meritocracy by David R. Caploe

Herrnstein in 'The Atlantic' Predicts American Meritocracy by David R. Caploe

Ex-CBS reporter’s book reveals how liberal media protects Obama, book review by Kyle Smith

Ex-CBS reporter’s book reveals how liberal media protects Obama, book review by Kyle Smith

When female teachers prey on male students, it’s no teenage fantasy by Petula Dvorak

When female teachers prey on male students, it’s no teenage fantasy by Petula Dvorak

Free speech vs. voting rights and abortion rights by Will Baude

Free speech vs. voting rights and abortion rights by Will Baude

Another Example of Government Thuggery – and another Reason Why Decent and Moral People Are Libertarians by Dan Mitchell

Another Example of Government Thuggery – and another Reason Why Decent and Moral People Are Libertarians by Dan Mitchell

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Genome-wide Ancestry Patterns in Rapanui Suggest Pre-European Admixture with Native Americans by J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar, at al

Genome-wide Ancestry Patterns in Rapanui Suggest Pre-European Admixture with Native Americans by J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar, at al

Trailer Parks: An Underdog Solution to the Housing Crisis by Alana Semuels

Trailer Parks: An Underdog Solution to the Housing Crisis by Alana Semuels

City Smart book review by Aaron M. Renin

City Smart book review by Aaron M. Renin

Could non-citizens decide the November election? by Jesse Richman and David Earnest

Could non-citizens decide the November election? by Jesse Richman and David Earnest

Manly Men Are Not Always the Best Choice, Study Says by Michael D. Lemonick

Manly Men Are Not Always the Best Choice, Study Says by Michael D. Lemonick

With Ferguson, it's not what you think by Jason Johnson

With Ferguson, it's not what you think by Jason Johnson

Friday, October 24, 2014

Hello, Suckers:What you don’t know about the versatile octopus by Temma Ehrenfeld

Hello, Suckers:What you don’t know about the versatile octopus by Temma Ehrenfeld

Philosophers of Babel by Ross Perlin

Philosophers of Babel by Ross Perlin

The Reformation: Can Social Scientists Save Themselves? by Jerry Adler

The Reformation: Can Social Scientists Save Themselves? by Jerry Adler

Very Trustworthy Witnesses by Forrest Gander

Very Trustworthy Witnesses by Forrest Gander

The State of Education Reform by Chester E. Finn Jr.

The State of Education Reform by Chester E. Finn Jr.

Why Do Americans Rate Their Local Public Schools So Favorably? by Martin R. West

Why Do Americans Rate Their Local Public Schools So Favorably? by Martin R. West

The cruellest months from The Economist

The cruellest monthscfrom The Economist

Can't Afford a House? Don't Buy One by Megan McArdle

Can't Afford a House? Don't Buy One by Megan McArdle

How the Supreme Court Created the Student Loan Bubble by Bill McMorris

How the Supreme Court Created the Student Loan Bubble by Bill McMorris

Do Democrats Always Win Close Statewide Elections? by Dan McLaughlin

Do Democrats Always Win Close Statewide Elections? by Dan McLaughlin

Meet the New Serfs: You by Kevin D. Williamson

Meet the New Serfs: You by Kevin D. Williamson

Whistleblowers: IRS Officials Behind ‘Fraudulent’ Multi-Billion Dollar Corporate Tax Giveaways by Paul Caron

Whistleblowers: IRS Officials Behind ‘Fraudulent’ Multi-Billion Dollar Corporate Tax Giveaways by Paul Caron

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Where is the external social value for marginal book reading? by Tyler Cowen

Where is the external social value for marginal book reading? by Tyler Cowen

Following Scottish vote, attention in Britain shifts to rights for the English by Griff Witte

Following Scottish vote, attention in Britain shifts to rights for the English by Griff Witte

What are the chances of survival of individual chess pieces in average games? from Quora

What are the chances of survival of individual chess pieces in average games? from Quora

Skills and Scaffolding by James Heckman

Skills and Scaffolding by James Heckman

Essay Series on Character and Opportunity from The Brookings Institution

Essay Series on Character and Opportunity from The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Good Government, Bad Government by Francis Fukuyama

Good Government, Bad Government by Francis Fukuyama

Obama and Commodus by Jakub Grygiel

Obama and Commodus by Jakub Grygiel

What if Age Is Nothing but a Mind-Set? by Bruce Grierson

What if Age Is Nothing but a Mind-Set? by Bruce Grierson

Hard Lesson in Sleep for Teenagers by Jane E. Brody

Hard Lesson in Sleep for Teenagers by Jane E. Brody

James O’Keefe Strikes Again: The guerilla filmmaker has exposed how voter fraud is both easy and condoned in Colorado. by John Fund

James O’Keefe Strikes Again: The guerilla filmmaker has exposed how voter fraud is both easy and condoned in Colorado. by John Fund

Isaac Asimov Mulls “How Do People Get New Ideas?” from Arthur Obermayer

Isaac Asimov Mulls “How Do People Get New Ideas?” from Arthur Obermayer

Penn democrats Think America Is More Restrictive On Abortion Than Europe by Greg Piper

Penn democrats Think America Is More Restrictive On Abortion Than Europe by Greg Piper

Monday, October 20, 2014

Lucas critique from Wikipedia

Lucas critique from Wikipedia

Women Prefer Male Bosses Even More Than Men Do by Venessa Wong and Natalie Kitroeff

Women Prefer Male Bosses Even More Than Men Do by Venessa Wong and Natalie Kitroeff

Germany fact of the day by Tyler Cowen

Germany fact of the day by Tyler Cowen

Charles Murray on Ayn Rand by Alex Tabarrok

Charles Murray on Ayn Rand by Alex Tabarrok

Public and private beliefs of political leaders: Saddam Hussein in front of a crowd and behind closed doors by Stephen Benedict Dyson and Alexandra L. Raleigh

Public and private beliefs of political leaders: Saddam Hussein in front of a crowd and behind closed doors by Stephen Benedict Dyson and Alexandra L. Raleigh

Some of the most important sentences in economics by Tyler Cowen

Some of the most important sentences in economics by Tyler Cowen

A nation divided by marriage by Joseph Lawler

A nation divided by marriage by Joseph Lawler

The emptying of New York City by Henry Grabar

The emptying of New York City by Henry Grabar

Whatever happened to Primo Communist Flitworth by Ann Althouse

Whatever happened to Primo Communist Flitworth by Ann Althouse

Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong by Matt O'Brien

Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong by Matt O'Brien

What if we trusted you? by Jerry Michalski

What if we trusted you? by Jerry Michalski

How Segregated is New York City by Daniel Hertz

How Segregated is New York City by Daniel Hertz

Government Case Implodes As Its Former Lawyers Allege Fraud Against Holder DOJ by Paul Mirengoff

Government Case Implodes As Its Former Lawyers Allege Fraud Against Holder DOJ by Paul Mirengoff

Friday, October 17, 2014

The economic value of misbehavior by Tyler Cowen

The economic value of misbehavior by Tyler Cowen

Why the ‘Harry Potter’ books are so influential all around the world by Alyssa Rosenberg

Why the ‘Harry Potter’ books are so influential all around the world by Alyssa Rosenberg

Don’t Give Up on Marriage Yet by Jonathan Rauch

Don’t Give Up on Marriage Yet by Jonathan Rauch

America's Dangerous Ebola Advice by Heather Wilhelm

America's Dangerous Ebola Advice by Heather Wilhelm

Science Left Behind 2014: The Anti-Vaccination Update by Hank Campbell

Science Left Behind 2014: The Anti-Vaccination Update by Hank Campbell

Who Do They Think We Are? by Peggy Noonan

Who Do They Think We Are? by Peggy Noonan

Quality of Words, Not Quantity, Is Crucial to Language Skills, Study Finds by Douglas Quenqua

Quality of Words, Not Quantity, Is Crucial to Language Skills, Study Finds by Douglas Quenqua

Your Name on a Liberal to Conservative Spectrum from Crowdpac

Your Name on a Liberal to Conservative Spectrum from Crowdpac

The Savage Lands of Islam by Daniel Greenfield

The Savage Lands of Islam by Daniel Greenfield

Working hours: Get a life—or get fat from The Economist

Working hours: Get a life—or get fat from The Economist

Students: Transgender Woman Can’t Be Diversity Officer Because She’s a White Man Now by Katherine Timpf

Students: Transgender Woman Can’t Be Diversity Officer Because She’s a White Man Now by Katherine Timpf

The Will to Believe by William James

The Will to Believe by William James

Bulgaria’s Vampire Graveyards by Nin Strochlic

Bulgaria’s Vampire Graveyards by Nin Strochlic

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Cornell gives deer tubal ligations, everything goes wrong by William A. Jacobson

Cornell gives deer tubal ligations, everything goes wrong by William A. Jacobson

Tiger moms and helicopter parents: The economics of parenting style by Matthias Doepke and Fabrizio Zilibotti

Tiger moms and helicopter parents: The economics of parenting style by Matthias Doepke and Fabrizio Zilibotti

Don't Be Rude, You Loser by Noah Smith

Don't Be Rude, You Loser by Noah Smith

Where danger lurks by Olivier Blanchard

Where danger lurks by Olivier Blanchard

Inequality and parenting style by Tyler Cowen

Inequality and parenting style by Tyler Cowen

When 'Niceness' Becomes Tyranny by Thomas K. Lindsay

When 'Niceness' Becomes Tyranny by Thomas K. Lindsay

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