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
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
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Sweden’s Suicide Pact by Fjordman
Sweden’s Suicide Pact by Fjordman
Monday, December 29, 2014
The Top 10 Retractions of 2014 by Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky
The Top 10 Retractions of 2014 by Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky
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
Your Life in Weeks by Tim Urban
Your Life in Weeks by Tim Urban
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
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
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.
Stop Lying About the Police by Rich Lowry
Stop Lying About the Police by Rich Lowry
Friday, December 26, 2014
Why is everyone so busy? from The Economist
Why is everyone so busy? from The Economist
The Last Victorian Leviathan Steam Ship by M. Christian and Avi Abrams
The Last Victorian Leviathan Steam Ship by M. Christian and Avi Abrams
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Early Reading Acquisition and Its Relation to Reading Experience and Ability 10 Years Later by Anne E. Cunningham and Keith E. Stanovich
Early Reading Acquisition and Its Relation to Reading Experience and Ability 10 Years Later by Anne E. Cunningham and Keith E. Stanovich
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Living Large in a Shrinking Cocoon by Walter Russell Mead
Living Large in a Shrinking Cocoon by Walter Russell Mead
The World Is Not Falling Apart by Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack
The World Is Not Falling Apart by Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack
Monday, December 22, 2014
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
Top 10 feminist fiascoes of 2014 by Charlotte Allen
Top 10 feminist fiascoes of 2014 by Charlotte Allen
Sunday, December 21, 2014
#illridewithyou Was Even More Fraudulent Than I Thought by Jim Treacher
#illridewithyou Was Even More Fraudulent Than I Thought by Jim Treacher
Labels:
Bigotry,
Emotionalism,
Fraud,
Gramscian Memes,
MSM
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
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
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
The Imitation of Marriage by Ross Douthat
The Imitation of Marriage by Ross Douthat
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
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
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
Monday, December 15, 2014
Vote for the best film quote ever by Andrew Collins
Vote for the best film quote ever by Andrew Collins
Why U.S. Women Are Leaving Jobs Behind by Claire Cain Miller and Liz Alderman
Why U.S. Women Are Leaving Jobs Behind by Claire Cain Miller and Liz Alderman
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
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
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
Saturday, December 13, 2014
A Statistical Feast! by Robert Samuelson
A Statistical Feast! by Robert Samuelson
Finding Racism Where It Isn’t by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
Finding Racism Where It Isn’t by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Torture Report, Rolling Stone and False Dilemmas by Stephen L. Carter
Torture Report, Rolling Stone and False Dilemmas by Stephen L. Carter
Labels:
Argument,
Enlightenment,
False Dilemmas,
Logic,
Torture,
Truth,
UVA
Thursday, December 11, 2014
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
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
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
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
Labels:
Advocacy,
Duke Rape Case,
Gramcian Memes,
Power,
Rape,
UVA
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Why Poor People Stay Poor by Linda Tirado
Why Poor People Stay Poor by Linda Tirado
High Heels Have Power Over Men by Thomas Adamson
High Heels Have Power Over Men by Thomas Adamson
The Cost of Costly Punishment by Megan McArdle
The Cost of Costly Punishment by Megan McArdle
Is Law Optional? by Thomas Sowell
Is Law Optional? by Thomas Sowell
Monday, December 8, 2014
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Saturday, December 6, 2014
How to Be Intoxicated by Rob Goodman
How to Be Intoxicated by Rob Goodman
Friday, December 5, 2014
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
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
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
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
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
My Nemesis, Jill Lepore by Noah Berlatsky
My Nemesis, Jill Lepore by Noah Berlatsky
Opinions Versus Facts by Thomas Sowell
Opinions Versus Facts by Thomas Sowell
Monday, December 1, 2014
What percentage of ancient literature survives: some data by Roger Pearse
What percentage of ancient literature survives: some data by Roger Pearse
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
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
Labels:
Crime,
Discrimination,
Gender,
Inequality,
Justice
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
Saturday, November 29, 2014
The Pleasure of His Company by Peggy Noonan
The Pleasure of His Company by Peggy Noonan
Friday, November 28, 2014
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
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
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Trouble With Your Boss? Own It by Andy Henion , Brent Scott , and Fadel Matta
Trouble With Your Boss? Own It by Andy Henion , Brent Scott , and Fadel Matta
Monday, November 24, 2014
Sunday, November 23, 2014
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
Saturday, November 22, 2014
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
Thursday, November 20, 2014
The self is moral by Nina Strohminger
The self is moral by Nina Strohminger
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
From a 12-year-old NYT article: Jonathan Gruber's "most embarrassing moment in government." by Ann Althouse
From a 12-year-old NYT article: Jonathan Gruber's "most embarrassing moment in government." by Ann Althouse
Labels:
Cancer,
Cost Benefit,
Costs,
Health,
Smoking,
Trade-Offs
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Together They Bargain? by Scott Beaulier & George Crowley
Together They Bargain? by Scott Beaulier & George Crowley
Monday, November 17, 2014
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Friday, November 14, 2014
Research: How Female CEOs Actually Get to the Top by Sarah Dillard and Vanessa Lipschitz
Research: How Female CEOs Actually Get to the Top by Sarah Dillard and Vanessa Lipschitz
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
How to Distort Income Inequality by Phil Graham and Michael Solon
How to Distort Income Inequality by Phil Graham and Michael Solon
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014
Why Do Some High Schools Have 'Mean Girls' and Others Don't? A New Study Explains by Molly Mirhashem
Why Do Some High Schools Have 'Mean Girls' and Others Don't? A New Study Explains by Molly Mirhashem
Labels:
Cliques,
Education,
Gangs,
K-12,
Mean Girls,
Socialization,
Sociology
The Idea Trap by Bryan Caplan
The Idea Trap by Bryan Caplan
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
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
Friday, November 7, 2014
The Mother of All Gender Gaps from TheMoneyIllusion
The Mother of All Gender Gaps from TheMoneyIllusion
Date the Atlas, Not the Shrug by Jennifer Anju Grossman
Date the Atlas, Not the Shrug by Jennifer Anju Grossman
The Unbearable Lightness of Feminism by Daniel Greenfield
The Unbearable Lightness of Feminism by Daniel Greenfield
Thursday, November 6, 2014
What Women Really Want by Heather Wilhelm
What Women Really Want by Heather Wilhelm
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
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
Monday, November 3, 2014
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
Vanguard After the Revolution by Joe Posnanski
Vanguard After the Revolution by Joe Posnanski
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
Saturday, November 1, 2014
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
Labels:
Choices,
Family,
Freedom,
Obama,
Presidents,
Shame,
Speech,
Trade-Offs
Do We Need a Law Against Catcalling? from the New York Times
Do We Need a Law Against Catcalling? from the New York Times
Friday, October 31, 2014
Can Parents Make Their Kids Smarter? by Amy Farnum-Patronis
Can Parents Make Their Kids Smarter? by Amy Farnum-Patronis
A Lesson From My Great-Aunt by Peggy Noonan
A Lesson From My Great-Aunt by Peggy Noonan
The Top 10 Liberal Superstitions by Kate Bachelder
The Top 10 Liberal Superstitions by Kate Bachelder
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Normal Countries: The East 25 Years After Communism by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman
Normal Countries: The East 25 Years After Communism by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Hispanic paradox from Wikipedia
Hispanic paradox from Wikipedia
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
Atul Gawande: By the Book interview in The New York Times
Atul Gawande: By the Book interview in The New York Times
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
Monday, October 27, 2014
Sunday, October 26, 2014
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
Friday, October 24, 2014
The State of Education Reform by Chester E. Finn Jr.
The State of Education Reform by Chester E. Finn Jr.
The cruellest months from The Economist
The cruellest monthscfrom The Economist
Thursday, October 23, 2014
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
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
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
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
What if we trusted you? by Jerry Michalski
What if we trusted you? by Jerry Michalski
Friday, October 17, 2014
Don’t Give Up on Marriage Yet by Jonathan Rauch
Don’t Give Up on Marriage Yet by Jonathan Rauch
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
Labels:
Diversity,
Gender,
Logic,
Transgender,
University,
Women
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Don't Be Rude, You Loser by Noah Smith
Don't Be Rude, You Loser by Noah Smith
When 'Niceness' Becomes Tyranny by Thomas K. Lindsay
When 'Niceness' Becomes Tyranny by Thomas K. Lindsay
Why Kids Sext by Hanna Rosin
Why Kids Sext by Hanna Rosin
Labels:
Children,
Schools,
Sex,
Teenagers,
Texting,
Victimhood,
Young Adult
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Super excited by Julian Baggini
Super excited by Julian Baggini
The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons by C.J. Chivers
The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons by C.J. Chivers
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
The Pretence of Knowledge by Friedrich August von Hayek
The Pretence of Knowledge by Friedrich August von Hayek
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