Thursday, June 19, 2014

Animal House (1978) Quotes

Animal House (1978) Quotes

Cognitive Dissonance and Tech ‘Diversity’ by Sonny Bunch

Cognitive Dissonance and Tech ‘Diversity’ by Sonny Bunch

'Trophy wife' stereotype is largely a myth, new study shows by Shannon Chapla

'Trophy wife' stereotype is largely a myth, new study shows by Shannon Chapla

Statistics: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. by Ross Pomeroy

Statistics: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. by Ross Pomeroy

Segregation and peers’ characteristics in the 2010–2011 kindergarten class by Emma García and Elaine Weiss

Segregation and peers’ characteristics in the 2010–2011 kindergarten class by Emma García and Elaine Weiss

How Many of Me website

How Many of Me website

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

How many catastrophes can we avert? by Tyler Cowen

How many catastrophes can we avert? by Tyler Cowen

Great Novels and Word Count by Unknown

Great Novels and Word Count by Unknown

All new & revised: On word counts and novel length by Colleen Lindsay

All new & revised: On word counts and novel length by Colleen Lindsay

TIME Announces New Version Of Magazine Aimed At Adults from The Onion

TIME Announces New Version Of Magazine Aimed At Adults from The Onion

Why Audiences Hate Hard News—And Love Pretending Otherwise by Derek Thompson

Why Audiences Hate Hard News—And Love Pretending Otherwise by Derek Thompson

…and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns by Campbell R. Harvey

…and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns by Campbell R. Harvey

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Common Core State Standards For English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects Appendix A

Common Core State Standards For English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects Appendix A

Reading Between the Lines from ACT

Reading Between the Lines from ACT

Nonfiction Curriculum Enhanced Reading Skills, Study Finds bu Anna M. Phillips

Nonfiction Curriculum Enhanced Reading Skills, Study Finds by Anna M. Phillips

How to report data in a way that readers need to know by Patrick Dunleavy

How to report data in a way that readers need to know by Patrick Dunleavy

Addressing Summer Reading Setback Among Economically Disadvantaged Elementary Students by Richard L. Allington et al

Addressing Summer Reading Setback Among Economically Disadvantaged Elementary Students by Richard L. Allington et al

Home Libraries Provide Huge Educational Advantage by Tom Jacobs

Home Libraries Provide Huge Educational Advantage by Tom Jacobs

Books in the Home Are Strongly Linked to Academic Achievement by Tom Jacobs

Books in the Home Are Strongly Linked to Academic Achievement by Tom Jacobs

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

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

Can Exercise Close the Achievement Gap? by Bettina Chang

Can Exercise Close the Achievement Gap? by Bettina Chang

How Well Do Teen Test Scores Predict Adult Income? by Philip N. Cohen

How Well Do Teen Test Scores Predict Adult Income? by Philip N. Cohen

The Majority of Stay-at-Home Dads Aren’t Staying Home to Care for the Family by Philip N. Cohen

The Majority of Stay-at-Home Dads Aren’t Staying Home to Care for the Family by Philip N. Cohen

Pizza, pizza: $1 million a pie? by William Bender

Pizza, pizza: $1 million a pie? by William Bender

Monday, June 16, 2014

Criticism of a Gender Theory, and a Scientist Under Siege by Benedict Carey

Criticism of a Gender Theory, and a Scientist Under Siege by Benedict Carey

The Disruption Machine by Jill Lepore

The Disruption Machine by Jill Lepore

Why Hispanics Don’t Have a Larger Political Voice by Nate Cohn

Why Hispanics Don’t Have a Larger Political Voice by Nate Cohn

Putting the ‘PC’ in Providence College by Roger Kimball

Putting the ‘PC’ in Providence College by Roger Kimball

The Meaning of Mireille Miller-Young, or Free Speech for Me, Theft, Battery, and Vandalism for Thee by Roger Kimball

The Meaning of Mireille Miller-Young, or Free Speech for Me, Theft, Battery, and Vandalism for Thee by Roger Kimball

Thursday, June 12, 2014

It Takes a Village to Lower Inequality by Megan McArdle

It Takes a Village to Lower Inequality by Megan McArdle

Colleges become the victims of progressivism by George F. Will

Colleges become the victims of progressivism by George F. Will

Feminists and Their Daddy Issues by Heather Wilhelm

Feminists and Their Daddy Issues by Heather Wilhelm

A Century On, This Math Prodigy’s Formulas Are Finally Unravelled by Amir Aczel

A Century On, This Math Prodigy’s Formulas Are Finally Unravelled by Amir Aczel

Networks and Hierarchies by Niall Ferguson

Networks and Hierarchies by Niall Ferguson

Why Polling Fails: Republicans Couldn’t Predict Eric Cantor’s Loss by Frank Luntz

Why Polling Fails: Republicans Couldn’t Predict Eric Cantor’s Loss by Frank Luntz

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Myth vs. Fact: Violence and Mental Health by Lois Beckett

Myth vs. Fact: Violence and Mental Health by Lois Beckett

Will computer facial recognition take away our ability to lie? by Tyler Cowen

Will computer facial recognition take away our ability to lie? by Tyler Cowen

The New Right by David Brooks

The New Right by David Brooks

Slut-shaming has little to do with sex, study finds: Sociologists say affluent university women use slut-shaming to show poorer women they are ‘trashy’ and don’t belong by Marisa Taylor

Slut-shaming has little to do with sex, study finds: Sociologists say affluent university women use slut-shaming to show poorer women they are ‘trashy’ and don’t belong by Marisa Taylor

A Case Study in Lifting College Attendance by David Leonhardt

A Case Study in Lifting College Attendance by David Leonhardt

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

One way to end violence against women? Married dads. by W. Bradford Wilcox and Robin Fretwell Wilson

One way to end violence against women? Married dads. by W. Bradford Wilcox and Robin Fretwell Wilson

Review Of Ruth Graham's article "Against YA" by Chris Shank

Review Of Ruth Graham's article "Against YA" by Chris Shank

Now That Natural Gas Is Working, Methane Is Being Called More Damaging Than CO2 by Hank Campbell

Now That Natural Gas Is Working, Methane Is Being Called More Damaging Than CO2 by Hank Campbell

Polarizing Bears: How Environmentalists and Skeptics Misrepresent the Science on Polar Bears by Zac Unger

Polarizing Bears: How Environmentalists and Skeptics Misrepresent the Science on Polar Bears by Zac Unger

Are Student Loans Really Holding Back the Economy? by derek Thompson

Are Student Loans Really Holding Back the Economy? by derek Thompson

No, The Fault In Our Stars Is Not Young-Adult Fiction’s Savior by Mary Ann Badavi

No, The Fault In Our Stars Is Not Young-Adult Fiction’s Savior by Mary Ann Badavi

Facebook, Twitter and other social networks are the new matchmakers. And they’re free. by Michael S. Rosenwald

Facebook, Twitter and other social networks are the new matchmakers. And they’re free. by Michael S. Rosenwald

China Will Need A Series Of Miracles To Sustain Growth by John Maudlin

China Will Need A Series Of Miracles To Sustain Growth by John Maudlin

Friday, June 6, 2014

A National Survey of Reading, Buying and Borrowing Books for Pleasure by ACNielsen

A National Survey of Reading, Buying and Borrowing Books for Pleasure by ACNielsen

End Teacher Absenteeism by Rishawn Biddle

End Teacher Absenteeism by Rishawn Biddle

The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Is on Your Screen by Jonathan Chait

The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Is on Your Screen by Jonathan Chait

Open defecation solves the child mortality puzzle among Indian Muslims by Akshat Rathi

Open defecation solves the child mortality puzzle among Indian Muslims by Akshat Rathi

Feminists talk about Elliot Rodger by RazorBladeKandy

Feminists talk about Elliot Rodger by RazorBladeKandy

No Nation Has Lowered Obesity Rate in 33 Years by Donald G. McNeil, Jr.

No Nation Has Lowered Obesity Rate in 33 Years by Donald G. McNeil, Jr.

Full Screed Ahead by Frank Bruni

Full Screed Ahead by Frank Bruni

Thursday, June 5, 2014

The second-largest religion in each state by Reid Wilson

The second-largest religion in each state by Reid Wilson

Boys Reading Commission, 2012 from National Literacy Trust

Boys Reading Commission, 2012 from National Literacy Trust

Why Do More Women Read Fiction? by Steven J. Tepper

Why Do More Women Read Fiction? by Steven J. Tepper

Do boys and girls have different reading habits? from the OECD

Do boys and girls have different reading habits? from the OECD

From Counter-Culture to Cultural Orthodoxy by Peter Berger

From Counter-Culture to Cultural Orthodoxy by Peter Berger

The True Believer by Eric Hoffer

The True Believer by Eric Hoffer

The Government’s Here to Protect You from Your Florist by Walter Russell Mead

The Government’s Here to Protect You from Your Florist by Walter Russell Mead

Address at Gettysburg July 4, 1913 by Woodrow Wilson

Address at Gettysburg July 4, 1913 by Woodrow Wilson

Normandy Speech: Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day 6/6/84 by Ronald Reagan

Normandy Speech: Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day 6/6/84 by Ronald Reagan

The Bunker Hill Monument June 17, 1825 by Daniel Webster

The Bunker Hill Monument June 17, 1825 by Daniel Webster

Pop Culture Isn't to Blame for "Slenderman" Stabbing by Tom Bevan

Pop Culture Isn't to Blame for "Slenderman" Stabbing by Tom Bevan

Misogyny and the co-opting of the Isla Vista tragedy by Meghan Daum

Misogyny and the co-opting of the Isla Vista tragedy by Meghan Daum

Dolphins Guide Scientists to Rescue Suicidal Girl by Maddalena Bearzi

Dolphins Guide Scientists to Rescue Suicidal Girl by Maddalena Bearzi

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

A Few Goodmen: Surname-Sharing Economist Coauthors by Allen C. Goodman, Joshua Goodman, Lucas Goodman, Sarena Goodman

A Few Goodmen: Surname-Sharing Economist Coauthors by Allen C. Goodman, Joshua Goodman, Lucas Goodman, Sarena Goodman

Inequality In America: Fact or Fiction? by Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Inequality In America: Fact or Fiction? by Diana Furchtgott-Roth

The Impossibility of Reparations by David Frum

The Impossibility of Reparations by David Frum

No Gun Ever Killed Anyone: Only the Hand of an Homicidal Person Kills by Mallory Millett

No Gun Ever Killed Anyone: Only the Hand of an Homicidal Person Kills by Mallory Millett

Sex Differences in Mathematical Reasoning Ability at Age 13: Their Status 20 Years later by Camilla Persson Benbow et al.

Sex Differences in Mathematical Reasoning Ability at Age 13: Their Status 20 Years later by Camilla Persson Benbow et al.

The Wrong Way to Treat Child Geniuses by Jordan Ellenberg

The Wrong Way to Treat Child Geniuses by Jordan Ellenberg

Not your grandpa’s inequality by Robert J. Samuelson

Not your grandpa’s inequality by Robert J. Samuelson

The Evil League of Evil is Given Pious Advice by John C. Wright

The Evil League of Evil is Given Pious Advice by John C. Wright

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

The notion that women are better than men at multitasking by Ann Althouse

The notion that women are better than men at multitasking by Ann Althouse

Why do children of Indian immigrants dominate American spelling bees? by Eugene Volokh

Why do children of Indian immigrants dominate American spelling bees? by Eugene Volokh

Bodies of 800 babies, long-dead, found in septic tank at former Irish home for unwed mothers by Terrence McCoy

Bodies of 800 babies, long-dead, found in septic tank at former Irish home for unwed mothers by Terrence McCoy

Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don’t respect them, study finds by Jason Samenow

Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don’t respect them, study finds by Jason Samenow

Monday, June 2, 2014

Where does "rule of thumb" come from? by Christine Sommers

Where does "rule of thumb" come from? by Christine Sommers

Kids Who Spend All Day at School by Lizz Riggs

Kids Who Spend All Day at School by Lizz Riggs

Financial Hazards of a Fugitive Life by Tyler Cowen

Financial Hazards of a Fugitive Life by Tyler Cowen

The Moat, the Millions and the $50 Timex Watch by Eric Spitznagel

The Moat, the Millions and the $50 Timex Watch by Eric Spitznagel

The Hedgehog, the Fox and Thomas Piketty by Patrick Gideon Wolff

The Hedgehog, the Fox and Thomas Piketty by Patrick Gideon Wolff

One Map Shows Where the Majority of Immigrants Come From in Your State, Besides Mexico by Jenna Kagel

One Map Shows Where the Majority of Immigrants Come From in Your State, Besides Mexico by Jenna Kagel

From Germany to Mexico: How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century by Jens Manuel Krogstad and Michael Keegan

From Germany to Mexico: How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century by Jens Manuel Krogstad and Michael Keegan

How to Tell Someone’s Age When All You Know Is Her Name by Nate Silver and Allison McCann

How to Tell Someone’s Age When All You Know Is Her Name by Nate Silver and Allison McCann

The 100 Most-Edited Wikipedia Articles by Mona Chalabi

The 100 Most-Edited Wikipedia Articles by Mona Chalabi

Surprise! Leftist minimum wage policy backfires in Seattle suburb by Matthew Hurtt

Surprise! Leftist minimum wage policy backfires in Seattle suburb by Matthew Hurtt

How UCLA Lies about Affirmative Action by Russell K. Nieli

How UCLA Lies about Affirmative Action by Russell K. Nieli

Universities can’t fulfill the myth, but they can’t become vocational schools either by Chris Lee

Universities can’t fulfill the myth, but they can’t become vocational schools either by Chris Lee

Prisoners of Sex by Ross Douthat

Prisoners of Sex by Ross Douthat