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