Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Why are educated adults slim-Causation or selection? by PT von Hippel and JL Lynch

Why are educated adults slim-Causation or selection? by PT von Hippel and JL Lynch

Did you know there's a "corporate consumption complex" conspiring to make us think we have a "right" to do dangerous things? by Ann Althouse

Did you know there's a "corporate consumption complex" conspiring to make us think we have a "right" to do dangerous things? by Ann Althouse

No (Gifted) Child Left Behind by Chester E. Finn Jr.

No (Gifted) Child Left Behind by Chester E. Finn Jr.

Oregon's Sad Focus on 'Happiness' by Joel Kotkin

Oregon's Sad Focus on 'Happiness' by Joel Kotkin

Chile's stunning fossil whale graveyard explained by Jonathan Amos

Chile's stunning fossil whale graveyard explained by Jonathan Amos

Gluten Fad Versus Science - Why We Can't All Just Get Along by Hank Campbell

Gluten Fad Versus Science - Why We Can't All Just Get Along by Hank Campbell

The Experience of One New York City High School Cohort: Opportunities, Successes, and Challenges by Aaron Churchill

The Experience of One New York City High School Cohort: Opportunities, Successes, and Challenges by Aaron Churchill

Early Warning Confirmed from the Annie E. Casey Foundation

Early Warning Confirmed from the Annie E. Casey Foundation

Ohio's dropout epidemic--and what can be done by Aaron Churchill

Ohio's dropout epidemic--and what can be done by Aaron Churchill

Piers Morgan is Clueless About Guns and Violence by Matthew Feeney

Piers Morgan is Clueless About Guns and Violence by Matthew Feeney

Science study: Republicans struggle with evolution, Democrats struggle with the Earth going around the Sun by Jim Lindgren

Science study: Republicans struggle with evolution, Democrats struggle with the Earth going around the Sun by Jim Lindgren

5 Psychological Studies that Require a Second Look by Todd B. Kashdan

5 Psychological Studies that Require a Second Look by Todd B. Kashdan

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations by Glenn Greenwald

How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations by Glenn Greenwald

Scientists Explain a Fundamental Equation of Life by Ross Pomeroy

Scientists Explain a Fundamental Equation of Life by Ross Pomeroy

The College Failure That Costs Taxpayers $12B a Year by Richard Vedder

The College Failure That Costs Taxpayers $12B a Year by Richard Vedder

7 foods that were supposed to be incredibly unhealthy — but are actually anything but by Evelyn Nieves

7 foods that were supposed to be incredibly unhealthy — but are actually anything but by Evelyn Nieves

Who's Afraid of Peer Review? by John Bohannon

Who's Afraid of Peer Review? by John Bohannon

Publishers withdraw more than 120 gibberish papers by Richard Van Noorden

Publishers withdraw more than 120 gibberish papers by Richard Van Noorden

Jared Bernstein’s “Tax Reform” Assault on Pensions, IRAs and 401(k)s by Alan Reynolds

Jared Bernstein’s “Tax Reform” Assault on Pensions, IRAs and 401(k)s by Alan Reynolds

Monday, February 24, 2014

Why We Lost the War on Poverty by John C. Goodman

Why We Lost the War on Poverty by John C. Goodman

How Americans Value Public Libraries in Their Communities from Pew Research

How Americans Value Public Libraries in Their Communities from Pew Research

Politicization of Science in the Public Sphere: A Study of Public Trust in the United States, 1974 to 2010 by Gordon Gauchata

Politicization of Science in the Public Sphere: A Study of Public Trust in the United States, 1974 to 2010 by Gordon Gauchata

Faith in science? by Glenn H. Reynolds

Faith in science? by Glenn H. Reynolds

The Lessons of Kiev by Andrew Wood

The Lessons of Kiev by Andrew Wood

Confidence in Institutions from Gallup

Confidence in Institutions from Gallup

Government Says You Can’t Overcome Addiction, Contrary to What Government Research Shows by Stanton Peele

Government Says You Can’t Overcome Addiction, Contrary to What Government Research Shows by Stanton Peele

Farmers' Almanac More Reliable Than Warming Climate Models from Investor's Daily

Farmers' Almanac More Reliable Than Warming Climate Models from Investor's Daily

Teens defend ‘fail factory’ school in error-filled letters by Susan Edelman

Teens defend ‘fail factory’ school in error-filled letters by Susan Edelman

The Mobility Myth by James Surowiecki

The Mobility Myth by James Surowiecki

Montana Boy: Bones Show Ancestral Links to Europe by Rex Dalton

Montana Boy: Bones Show Ancestral Links to Europe by Rex Dalton

Winners Take All, but Can’t We Still Dream? by Robert H. Frank

Winners Take All, but Can’t We Still Dream? by Robert H. Frank

Why Dads Matter by Lois M. Collins & Marjorie Cortez

Why Dads Matter by Lois M. Collins & Marjorie Cortez

Off to a bad start: Originalism and the Good Constitution by Randy Barnett

Off to a bad start: Originalism and the Good Constitution by Randy Barnett

Congress & America’s Diverging Priorities by Walter Russell Mead

Congress & America’s Diverging Priorities by Walter Russell Mead

The Medieval—and Highly Effective—Tactics of the Ukrainian Protests by Robert Beckhusen

The Medieval—and Highly Effective—Tactics of the Ukrainian Protests by Robert Beckhusen

For Interns, All Work and No Payoff by Alex Williams

For Interns, All Work and No Payoff by Alex Williams

What Nick Kristof Doesn't Get About the Ivory Tower by Daniel W. Drezner

What Nick Kristof Doesn't Get About the Ivory Tower by Daniel W. Drezner

I was a victim of the IRS by Christine O’Donnell

I was a victim of the IRS by Christine O’Donnell

Thursday, February 20, 2014

“Entrenched anti-Semitic views” very rare among whites and Asian Americans, common among blacks and Latinos by David Bernstein

“Entrenched anti-Semitic views” very rare among whites and Asian Americans, common among blacks and Latinos by David Bernstein

Who broke the truce in Kiev? You can't tell from the NYT headline "Kiev’s Brief Truce Shatters in Bursts of Gunfire." by Ann Althouse

Who broke the truce in Kiev? You can't tell from the NYT headline "Kiev’s Brief Truce Shatters in Bursts of Gunfire." by Ann Althouse

Take the test: Feminist shenanigans or satire? by Christina Hoff Sommers

Take the test: Feminist shenanigans or satire? by Christina Hoff Sommers

Why Kerry Is Flat Wrong on Climate Change by Richard McNider and John Christy

Why Kerry Is Flat Wrong on Climate Change by Richard McNider and John Christy

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Will raising the minimum wage boost crime? by Tyler Cowen

Will raising the minimum wage boost crime? by Tyler Cowen

Hills to Scientific Discoveries Grow Steeper by George Johnson

Hills to Scientific Discoveries Grow Steeper by George Johnson

Five Pillars of Wikipedia

Five Pillars of Wikipedia

This machine kills trolls: How Wikipedia’s robots and cyborgs snuff out vandalism by Jesse Hicks

This machine kills trolls: How Wikipedia’s robots and cyborgs snuff out vandalism by Jesse Hicks

Why do we still segregate kids by sex? by Jill Filipovic

Why do we still segregate kids by sex? by Jill Filipovic

1% v. 99%? No, It's Affluent, Squeezed, and Entrenched Poverty by Richard Reeves

1% v. 99%? No, It's Affluent, Squeezed, and Entrenched Poverty by Richard Reeves

An Archbishop’s Nightmare by Peter Berger

An Archbishop’s Nightmare by Peter Berger

It’s True: Liberals Like Cats More Than Conservatives Do by Chris Wilson and Jonathan Haidt

It’s True: Liberals Like Cats More Than Conservatives Do by Chris Wilson and Jonathan Haidt

Fear of a White Genre: Hip-hop is getting whiter, but that doesn't mean the genre is doomed by Dave Bry

Fear of a White Genre: Hip-hop is getting whiter, but that doesn't mean the genre is doomed by Dave Bry

The New Contras: Understanding The Left’s Grip On Media by Mike Gonzalez

The New Contras: Understanding The Left’s Grip On Media by Mike Gonzalez

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Social selection and peer influence in an online social network by Kevin Lewisa, Marco Gonzaleza, and Jason Kaufman

Social selection and peer influence in an online social network by Kevin Lewisa, Marco Gonzaleza, and Jason Kaufman

Collaborating With People Like Me: Ethnic co-authorship within the US by Tyler Cowen

Collaborating With People Like Me: Ethnic co-authorship within the US by Tyler Cowen

Parental Pity Party by Ross Douthat

Parental Pity Party by Ross Douthat

Extreme Park Crashes Taking Outsize Toll on Women by John Branchfeb

Extreme Park Crashes Taking Outsize Toll on Women by John Branchfeb

The ugly truth by Jonny Thakkar

The ugly truth by Jonny Thakkar

Are the Tiger Parents On to Something? by Robert VerBruggen

Are the Tiger Parents On to Something? by Robert VerBruggen

What’s Really Behind America’s Suicide Epidemic? by Cody Delistraty

What’s Really Behind America’s Suicide Epidemic? by Cody Delistraty

The Truth About the 'One Percent' by James Piereson

The Truth About the 'One Percent' by James Piereson

Want More STEM Grads? Stop Grade Inflation by Thomas K. Lindsay

Want More STEM Grads? Stop Grade Inflation by Thomas K. Lindsay

Employers are measuring the value of workers with ever-greater precision by Tyler Cowen

Employers are measuring the value of workers with ever-greater precision by Tyler Cowen

The economics of sex: Has the price gotten too cheap? by Naomi Schaefer Riley

The economics of sex: Has the price gotten too cheap? by Naomi Schaefer Riley

The All-or-Nothing Marriage by Eli J. Finkelfeb

The All-or-Nothing Marriage by Eli J. Finkelfeb

Thanks, but I already have a novel by Spengler

Thanks, but I already have a novel by Spengler

Bloomberg's latest stats on school gun violence ignore reality by John Lott

Bloomberg's latest stats on school gun violence ignore reality by John Lott

Monday, February 17, 2014

Mediaeval Latin Lyrics by Helen Waddell

Mediaeval Latin Lyrics by Helen Waddell

There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written by Rose Eveleth

There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written by Rose Eveleth

Misconceptions of science and religion found in new study by David Ruth

Misconceptions of science and religion found in new study by David Ruth

Not Every Disagreement Is a Logical Fallacy by Alex B. Berezow

Not Every Disagreement Is a Logical Fallacy by Alex B. Berezow

Unsmiling Faces by Charles Kesler

Unsmiling Faces by Charles Kesler

Yes, the Wealthy Can Be Deserving by N. Gregory Mankiw

Yes, the Wealthy Can Be Deserving by N. Gregory Mankiw

The Lights Go Out On the 'Dismal Science' by Robert Samuelson -

The Lights Go Out On the 'Dismal Science' by Robert Samuelson -

Who Believes That Astrology is Scientific? by James Lindgren

Who Believes That Astrology is Scientific? by James Lindgren

Headlines to warm an economist’s heart by Tyler Cowen

Headlines to warm an economist’s heart by Tyler Cowen

Bigger Than Phil by Adam Gopnik

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The Ten Awful Truths -- and the Ten Wonderful Truths -- About Book Publishing by B.J. Gallagher

The Ten Awful Truths -- and the Ten Wonderful Truths -- About Book Publishing by B.J. Gallagher

Cheap Words by George Packer

Cheap Words by George Packer

Faith in science? by Glenn H. Reynolds

Faith in science? by Glenn H. Reynolds

The Guinea Pig State by Mark Hemingway

The Guinea Pig State by Mark Hemingway

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Dear FCC, It’s None Of Your God**** Business by Michael Graham

Dear FCC, It’s None Of Your God**** Business by Michael Graham

Scientific method: Statistical errors by Regina Nuzzo

Scientific method: Statistical errors by Regina Nuzzo

Stress, Poverty, and the Childhood Reading Gap by Monica Potts

Stress, Poverty, and the Childhood Reading Gap by Monica Potts

Does going to college = completing college? by Andrew P. Kelly

Does going to college = completing college? by Andrew P. Kelly

How Obama Officials Cried ‘Terrorism’ to Cover Up a Paperwork Error by David Kravets

How Obama Officials Cried ‘Terrorism’ to Cover Up a Paperwork Error by David Kravets

Florida Trooper Harassed, Threatened Over Stopping Miami Officer by Curt Anderson

Florida Trooper Harassed, Threatened Over Stopping Miami Officer by Curt Anderson

New bill would require WH dinners to follow same as school lunch guidelines by Janeen Capizola

New bill would require WH dinners to follow same as school lunch guidelines by Janeen Capizola

What a Publisher Does by Harold Underdown

What a Publisher Does by Harold Underdown

Monday, February 10, 2014

The Dangers of Certainty: A Lesson From Auschwitz by Simon Critchley

The Dangers of Certainty: A Lesson From Auschwitz by Simon Critchley

The Woody Allen Affair and the Nihilism of Thinking by Roger Berkowitz

The Woody Allen Affair and the Nihilism of Thinking by Roger Berkowitz

Is the U.S. the most immigrant friendly country in the world? by Adam Ozimek

Is the U.S. the most immigrant friendly country in the world? by Adam Ozimek

The Swiss vote for immigration curbs: how much immigration is possible without a backlash? by Tyler Cowen

The Swiss vote for immigration curbs: how much immigration is possible without a backlash? by Tyler Cowen

'Be Open-Handed Toward Your Brothers' by Arthur C. Brooks

'Be Open-Handed Toward Your Brothers' by Arthur C. Brooks

Friday, February 7, 2014

The health-care myths we live by Charles Krauthammer

The health-care myths we live by Charles Krauthammer

In Defense of CBC Diversity, and on the Complexities of Publishing Diverse Books by Cheryl Klein

In Defense of CBC Diversity, and on the Complexities of Publishing Diverse Books by Cheryl Klein

Why It's So Hard to Get Better Health Care by Megan McArdle

Why It's So Hard to Get Better Health Care by Megan McArdle

Do more popular people shy away from controversial Facebook discussions? by Tyler Cowen

Do more popular people shy away from controversial Facebook discussions? by Tyler Cowen

Why I Did Not Go To Jail by Ben Horowitz

Why I Did Not Go To Jail by Ben Horowitz

Thursday, February 6, 2014

'Desert' Aisles by James Taranto

'Desert' Aisles by James Taranto


New Neighborhood Grocery Store Increased Awareness Of Food Access But Did Not Alter Dietary Habits Or Obesity by Steven Cummins, et al

New Neighborhood Grocery Store Increased Awareness Of Food Access But Did Not Alter Dietary Habits Or Obesity by Steven Cummins, et al

Making Better Decisions Over Time by Phil Rosenzweig

Making Better Decisions Over Time by Phil Rosenzweig

The Vroom-Yetton-Jago Decision Model from Mind Tools

The Vroom-Yetton-Jago Decision Model from Mind Tools

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman video

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman video

Making Choices: How Your Brain Decides by Maia Szalavitz

Making Choices: How Your Brain Decides by Maia Szalavitz

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

The Crimes Of Lead by Lauren K. Wolf

The Crimes Of Lead by Lauren K. Wolf

Kelo condemnation site taken for “economic development” still lies empty by Ilya Somin

Kelo condemnation site taken for “economic development” still lies empty by Ilya Somin

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

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

E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines by Lee Rainie and Maeve Duggan

E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines by Lee Rainie and Maeve Duggan

Here’s the problem with book publishers’ discovery problem by Laura Hazard Owen

Here’s the problem with book publishers’ discovery problem by Laura Hazard Owen

Humanity's forgotten return to Africa revealed in DNA by Catherine Brahic

Humanity's forgotten return to Africa revealed in DNA by Catherine Brahic

Why Sam Harris is Unlikely to Change his Mind by Jonathan Haidt

Why Sam Harris is Unlikely to Change his Mind by Jonathan Haidt