Thursday, April 30, 2015

Hillary Clinton: Congenital Rule-Breaker by Ron Fournier

Hillary Clinton: Congenital Rule-Breaker by Ron Fournier

Ancient megadrought entombed dodos in poisonous fecal cocktail by David Shultz

Ancient megadrought entombed dodos in poisonous fecal cocktail by David Shultz

The Misguided War on Sexting by Noah Berlatsky

The Misguided War on Sexting by Noah Berlatsky

Excusing Riots, Enabling Injustice by Cathy Young

Excusing Riots, Enabling Injustice by Cathy Young

Visit to the World's Fair of 2014 by Isaac Asimov

Visit to the World's Fair of 2014 by Isaac Asimov

Here’s everything Islamophobic that I have to say, all at once by Rod Liddle

Here’s everything Islamophobic that I have to say, all at once by Rod Liddle

Hillary Doesn't Like Unpaid Internships, but Clinton Foundation Sure Does by Katie Zavadski

Hillary Doesn't Like Unpaid Internships, but Clinton Foundation Sure Does by Katie Zavadski

Making the Trolls Pay: How One UK Company Made £1 Million in Four Days From Furious Social Justice Warriors by Martin Daubney

Making the Trolls Pay: How One UK Company Made £1 Million in Four Days From Furious Social Justice Warriors by Martin Daubney

A Brief History of Decision Making by Leigh Buchanan and Andrew O'Connell

A Brief History of Decision Making by Leigh Buchanan and Andrew O'Connell

From “Economic Man” to Behavioral Economics by Justin Fox

From “Economic Man” to Behavioral Economics by Justin Fox

Why Women Troll Other Women on the Internet by Jennifer Chen

Why Women Troll Other Women on the Internet by Jennifer Chen

Why Clinton is Playing Her Fans For Fools by Jonah Goldberg

Why Clinton is Playing Her Fans For Fools by Jonah Goldberg

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

7 of the biggest ‘facts’ about unhealthy food that actually aren’t true by Roberto A. Ferdman

7 of the biggest ‘facts’ about unhealthy food that actually aren’t true by Roberto A. Ferdman

Reading at 16 linked to better job prospects by Mark Taylor

Reading at 16 linked to better job prospects by Mark Taylor

Progressivism Kills by Kevin D. Williamson

Progressivism Kills by Kevin D. Williamson

Beyond College Rankings: A Value-Added Approach to Assessing Two- and Four-Year Schools from The Brookings Institution

Beyond College Rankings: A Value-Added Approach to Assessing Two- and Four-Year Schools from The Brookings Institution

Wider-Ranging Rankings by Doug Lederman

Wider-Ranging Rankings by Doug Lederman

The Left’s Burning Cities by David French

The Left’s Burning Cities by David French

The Lawbreakers of Baltimore—and Ferguson by Jason L. Riley

The Lawbreakers of Baltimore—and Ferguson by Jason L. Riley

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

School Vouchers Help Low-income Minority Students Earn a College Degree by Doug Gavel

School Vouchers Help Low-income Minority Students Earn a College Degree by Doug Gavel

School Vouchers Help Low-income Minority Students Earn a College Degree by Doug Gavel

School Vouchers Help Low-income Minority Students Earn a College Degree by Doug Gavel

Invention as a Combinatorial Process: Evidence from U.S. Patents by Hyejin Youn, et al

Invention as a Combinatorial Process: Evidence from U.S. Patents by Hyejin Youn, et al

Object Lesson: Why we need physical books by William Giraldi

Object Lesson: Why we need physical books by William Giraldi

Despite minority student success, charter school segregation narrative continues by Yaël Ossowski

Despite minority student success, charter school segregation narrative continues by Yaël Ossowski

11 Skills Your Great-Grandparents Had That You Don’t from ancestry.com

11 Skills Your Great-Grandparents Had That You Don’t from ancestry.com

Has Immigration Sparked a White Backlash? by Robert VerBruggen

Has Immigration Sparked a White Backlash? by Robert VerBruggen

Undue Force by Mark Puente

Undue Force by Mark Puente

The perilous new push to excuse lawlessness by Heather MacDonald

The perilous new push to excuse lawlessness by Heather MacDonald

An inconvenient truth about homeownership by Stan Humphries

An inconvenient truth about homeownership by Stan Humphries

All diversity, all the time, everybody, right now by Harry Painter

All diversity, all the time, everybody, right now by Harry Painter

Racial diversity reconsidered by Stanley Rothman, Seymour Martin Lipset & Neil Nevitte

Racial diversity reconsidered by Stanley Rothman, Seymour Martin Lipset & Neil Nevitte

Monday, April 27, 2015

To those that have: The dark side of family capitalism from The Economist

To those that have: The dark side of family capitalism from The Economist

Six PEN Members Decline Gala After Award for Charlie Hebdo by Jennifer Schuessler

Six PEN Members Decline Gala After Award for Charlie Hebdo by Jennifer Schuessler

College Encourages Lively Exchange Of Idea Students, Faculty Invited To Freely Express Single Viewpoint

College Encourages Lively Exchange Of Idea: Students, Faculty Invited To Freely Express Single Viewpoint from The Onion

Welfare Reform Was, and Still Is, a Good Idea by Megan McArdle

Welfare Reform Was, and Still Is, a Good Idea by Megan McArdle

Heath Responds to Tabarrok by Alex Tabarrok

Heath Responds to Tabarrok by Alex Tabarrok

Sci-Fi’s Difficult Genius by Peter Bebergal

Sci-Fi’s Difficult Genius by Peter Bebergal

Running With the Predators by Heather Mac Donald

Running With the Predators a book review by Heather Mac Donald

Our Mean-Spirited President Cuts Loose by John Hinderaker

Our Mean-Spirited President Cuts Loose by John Hinderaker

Sunday, April 26, 2015

*How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs* by Tyler Cowen

*How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs* by Tyler Cowen

The Industries Plagued by the Most Uncertainty by Jeff Dyer, Nathan Furr, and Curtis Lefrandt

The Industries Plagued by the Most Uncertainty by Jeff Dyer, Nathan Furr, and Curtis Lefrandt

“Teachers Cannot Teach What They Do Not Know” book review by Mary Grabar

“Teachers Cannot Teach What They Do Not Know” book review by Mary Grabar

Are High Quality Schools Enough to Close the Achievement Gap? Evidence from a Social Experiment in Harlem by Will Dobbie and Roland G. Fryer, Jr

Are High Quality Schools Enough to Close the Achievement Gap? Evidence from a Social Experiment in Harlem by Will Dobbie and Roland G. Fryer, Jr

What is Science? by Joseph Pearce

What is Science? by Joseph Pearce

Sex and Danger at UVA: An Argument for the University's Complicity in the Destructive Culture of Sex by Vigen Guroian and William Wilson

Sex and Danger at UVA: An Argument for the University's Complicity in the Destructive Culture of Sex by Vigen Guroian and William Wilson

Saturday, April 25, 2015

What Plato Said About Trigger Warnings by James Poulos

From What Plato Said About Trigger Warnings by James Poulos.

Growth Mindset 3: A Pox on Growth Your Houses by Scott Alexander

Growth Mindset 3: A Pox on Growth Your Houses by Scott Alexander

Education won't cure poverty, in one chart by Matthew Yglesias

Education won't cure poverty, in one chart by Matthew Yglesias

Income inequality: poverty falling faster than ever but the 1% are racing ahead by Max Roser

Income inequality: poverty falling faster than ever but the 1% are racing ahead by Max Roser

Trouble Walking Down the Hall by Scott Alexander

Trouble Walking Down the Hall by Scott Alexander

Blame Theory by Scott Alexander

Blame Theory by Scott Alexander

The Mellow Heuristic by Bryan Caplan

The Mellow Heuristic by Bryan Caplan

How to Be Persuasive & Why It’s Important: Reciprocation by Jacqueline Isaacs

How to Be Persuasive & Why It’s Important: Reciprocation by Jacqueline Isaacs

Seven Big Failed Environmentalist Predictions by Robert Tracinski

Seven Big Failed Environmentalist Predictions by Robert Tracinski

How to Save American Colleges by Kate Bachelder

How to Save American Colleges by Kate Bachelder

Opera is dead, in one chart by Christopher Ingraham

Opera is dead, in one chart by Christopher Ingraham

Poetry is going extinct, government data show by Christopher Ingraham

Poetry is going extinct, government data show by Christopher Ingraham

Are You Living Uprightly? by Keith Burgess-Jackson

Are You Living Uprightly? by Keith Burgess-Jackson

Friday, April 24, 2015

College for the Masses by David Leonhardt

College for the Masses by David Leonhardt

Quantitative Models of Wealth Inequality: A Survey by Mariacristina De Nardi

Quantitative Models of Wealth Inequality: A Survey by Mariacristina De Nardi

'Wellness Guru' Belle Gibson lied about having brain cancer, profited from lying about bogus cancer cures by Xeni Jardin

'Wellness Guru' Belle Gibson lied about having brain cancer, profited from lying about bogus cancer cures by Xeni Jardin

One Simple Chart Shows The Correlation Between Immigration And Wages By Rachel Stoltzfoos

One Simple Chart Shows The Correlation Between Immigration And Wages by Rachel Stoltzfoos

The Geography of Well-Being by Richard Florida

The Geography of Well-Being by Richard Florida

Ban Affirmative Action in Medicine? by Liliana M. Garces

Ban Affirmative Action in Medicine? by Liliana M. Garces

Political Partisanship: In Three Stunning Charts by Ross Pomeroy

Political Partisanship: In Three Stunning Charts by Ross Pomeroy

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Low income families do send kids to elite schools: report by Aaron Short

Low income families do send kids to elite schools: report by Aaron Short

The Doomsayers Were Wrong about the BP Oil Spill by Stephen Moore and Joel Griffith

The Doomsayers Were Wrong about the BP Oil Spill by Stephen Moore and Joel Griffith

Why one-way streets are bad for everyone but speeding cars by Emily Badger

Why one-way streets are bad for everyone but speeding cars by Emily Badger

Natural Disasters: Insurance Costs vs. Deaths by Timothy Taylor

Natural Disasters: Insurance Costs vs. Deaths by Timothy Taylor

Why Did Sweden, of All Places, Abolish Its Century-Old Inheritance Tax? by Timothy Taylor

Why Did Sweden, of All Places, Abolish Its Century-Old Inheritance Tax? by Timothy Taylor

U.S. to roll back 'lost pleasure' approach on health rules by Sharon Begley

U.S. to roll back 'lost pleasure' approach on health rules by Sharon Begley

Obamacare, Hands Off My Medicare by Thomas B. Edsall

Obamacare, Hands Off My Medicare by Thomas B. Edsall

Attack of the Leftist Snowflakes by Heather Wilhelm

Attack of the Leftist Snowflakes by Heather Wilhelm

I've Been Chaited, Been Mistreated, When Will I... by Cliff Asness

I've Been Chaited, Been Mistreated, When Will I... by Cliff Asness

Jonathan Chait’s Complicated Relationship With Reality by Sean Davis

Jonathan Chait’s Complicated Relationship With Reality by Sean Davis

18 spectacularly wrong apocalyptic predictions made around the time of the first Earth Day in 1970, expect more this year by Mark J. Perry

18 spectacularly wrong apocalyptic predictions made around the time of the first Earth Day in 1970, expect more this year by Mark J. Perry

Earth Day Flashback by Mark J. Perry

Earth Day Flashback by Mark J. Perry

AEI Public Opinion Study: Polls on the environment, energy, global warming, and nuclear power by Karlyn Bowman

AEI Public Opinion Study: Polls on the environment, energy, global warming, and nuclear power by Karlyn Bowman

Hillary Clinton should acknowledge that tuition tax breaks don’t work by Stephen Burd

Hillary Clinton should acknowledge that tuition tax breaks don’t work by Stephen Burd

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Most authors earn less than minimum wage from their writing, survey finds by Nick Clark

Most authors earn less than minimum wage from their writing, survey finds by Nick Clark

Fish to Profs: Stick to Teaching by Andy Guess

Fish to Profs: Stick to Teaching by Andy Guess

The Slow Death of the University by Terry Eagleton

The Slow Death of the University by Terry Eagleton

In the End, It’s All About Rape Culture—or the Lack Thereof by Richard Bradley

In the End, It’s All About Rape Culture—or the Lack Thereof by Richard Bradley

Americans are forgetting how to write checks, Google data show by Christopher Ingraham

Americans are forgetting how to write checks, Google data show by Christopher Ingraham

Why I teach evolution to Muslim students by Rana Dajani

Why I teach evolution to Muslim students by Rana Dajani

Insiders Detail Culture of Secrecy at California’s Obamacare Exchange by Sharyl Attkisson

Insiders Detail Culture of Secrecy at California’s Obamacare Exchange by Sharyl Attkisson

Philosophy Returns to the Real World by Crispin Sartwell

Philosophy Returns to the Real World by Crispin Sartwell

The echoes of Walt Whitman’s ‘Drum-Taps’ book review by Richard Kreitner

The echoes of Walt Whitman’s ‘Drum-Taps’ book review by Richard Kreitner

Does America Have Less Economic Mobility? Part 1 by Scott Winship

Does America Have Less Economic Mobility? Part 1 by Scott Winship

There’s never been a safer time to be a kid in America by Christopher Ingraham

There’s never been a safer time to be a kid in America by Christopher Ingraham

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

The Bizarre, Complicated Formula for Literary Fame by Joshua Rothman

The Bizarre, Complicated Formula for Literary Fame by Joshua Rothman

Twitter's Harassment Problem Is Just Business by Megan McArdle

Twitter's Harassment Problem Is Just Business by Megan McArdle

CSI Is a Lie: America's shameful system of forensic investigation is overdue for sweeping reform. by Conor Friedersdorf

CSI Is a Lie: America's shameful system of forensic investigation is overdue for sweeping reform. by Conor Friedersdorf

Convicted defendants left uninformed of forensic flaws found by Justice Dept. by Spencer S. Hsu

Convicted defendants left uninformed of forensic flaws found by Justice Dept. by Spencer S. Hsu

Whitewater’s Predatory Lending by James Taranto

Whitewater’s Predatory Lending by James Taranto

Black Murderers Matter by Dennis Prager

Black Murderers Matter by Dennis Prager

Grand truths about human behavior by Edward Tufte

Grand truths about human behavior by Edward Tufte

What Good Is 'Raising Awareness?' by Julie Beck

What Good Is 'Raising Awareness?' by Julie Beck

Nice Downtowns: How Did They Get That Way? by James Fallows

Nice Downtowns: How Did They Get That Way? by James Fallows

Guns, race, and the civil rights movement…what a crosshatch of mood affiliation… by Tyler Cowen

Guns, race, and the civil rights movement…what a crosshatch of mood affiliation… by Tyler Cowen

Symmetric Information Won’t Be Perfect by Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen

Symmetric Information Won’t Be Perfect by Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen

Cheesy, metallic, sweet: 170-year-old champagne is clue to winemaking’s past by Allie Wilkinson

Cheesy, metallic, sweet: 170-year-old champagne is clue to winemaking’s past by Allie Wilkinson

Trudeau's troubling view on speech by Cathy Young

Trudeau's troubling view on speech by Cathy Young

Free Speech in Peril by Myron Magnet

Free Speech in Peril by Myron Magnet

We disagree with you, [insert insult here]! by Ashe Schow

We disagree with you, [insert insult here]! by Ashe Schow

Monday, April 20, 2015

Debunking a Misleading Report on School Choice by Jason Bedrick

Debunking a Misleading Report on School Choice by Jason Bedrick

Ellen Pao v. Kleiner Perkins wrap-up by Philip Greenspun

Ellen Pao v. Kleiner Perkins wrap-up by Philip Greenspun

Faculty Partisan Affiliations in All Disciplines: A Voter-Registration Study by Christopher F. Cardiff and Daniel B. Klein

Faculty Partisan Affiliations in All Disciplines: A Voter-Registration Study by Christopher F. Cardiff and Daniel B. Klein

Wisconsin’s Shame: ‘I Thought It Was a Home Invasion’ by David French

Wisconsin’s Shame: ‘I Thought It Was a Home Invasion’ by David French

‘Not In My Lifetime’—No More by Florence King

‘Not In My Lifetime’—No More by Florence King

hat poor students wish their teachers knew about them by Sonali Kohli

What poor students wish their teachers knew about them by Sonali Kohli

The True Cost of Leaning In by Hannah Seligson

The True Cost of Leaning In by Hannah Seligson

The Long Marriage of Mindfulness and Money by Michelle Goldberg

The Long Marriage of Mindfulness and Money by Michelle Goldberg

Why We Let Prison Rape Go On by Chandra Bozelko

Why We Let Prison Rape Go On by Chandra Bozelko

Is Support for Income Redistribution Really Falling? by John Cassidy

Is Support for Income Redistribution Really Falling? by John Cassidy

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Why Garry Trudeau Is Wrong About Charlie Hebdo by David Frum

Why Garry Trudeau Is Wrong About Charlie Hebdo by David Frum

Checking Charlie Hebdo’s Privilege by Ross Douthat

Checking Charlie Hebdo’s Privilege by Ross Douthat

Why Americans Don’t Want to Soak the Rich by Neil Irwin

Why Americans Don’t Want to Soak the Rich by Neil Irwin

Teaching Character: Grit, privilege, and American education's obsession with novelty. by Rachel M. Cohen

Teaching Character: Grit, privilege, and American education's obsession with novelty. by Rachel M. Cohen

Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children by Social and Character Development Research Consortium

Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children by Social and Character Development Research Consortium

Just How Racist Are Schoolteachers? by Julia Lurie

Just How Racist Are Schoolteachers? by Julia Lurie

Man Goes Exploring with Metal Detector, Finds Roman-Era Grave by Laura Geggel

Man Goes Exploring with Metal Detector, Finds Roman-Era Grave by Laura Geggel

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Sustainability: A new college fad with fangs by George Leef

Sustainability: A new college fad with fangs by George Leef

It Takes a Village to Promote Free-Range Parenting by Naomi Schaefer Riley

It Takes a Village to Promote Free-Range Parenting by Naomi Schaefer Riley

The Irony of the Overprotected Child by Jeffrey S. Dill

The Irony of the Overprotected Child by Jeffrey S. Dill

What Parents Mean by “Think for Yourself” by Jeffrey S. Dill

What Parents Mean by “Think for Yourself” by Jeffrey S. Dill

Income Tax: Voluntary or Mandatory? by Jonathan Siegel

Income Tax: Voluntary or Mandatory? by Jonathan Siegel

Shocking example of unintended consequences: Mandatory domestic violence arrests raise death rate 400%, study finds by Joseph Brean

Shocking example of unintended consequences: Mandatory domestic violence arrests raise death rate 400%, study finds by Joseph Brean

Learn Self-Control, Stay Off the Dole by Tom Jacobs

Learn Self-Control, Stay Off the Dole by Tom Jacobs

Report says schools still shortchanging gifted kids by Sara Agnew

Report says schools still shortchanging gifted kids by Sara Agnew

Colonialism: Myths and Realities by Brandon Chistensen

Colonialism: Myths and Realities by Brandon Chistensen

"Personally, I find that the most objectionable feature of the conservative attitude is its propensity to reject well-substantiated new knowledge..." by Ann Althouse

"Personally, I find that the most objectionable feature of the conservative attitude is its propensity to reject well-substantiated new knowledge..." by Ann Althouse

Behind the SKS Curtain by Steve McIntyre

Behind the SKS Curtain by Steve McIntyre

Monday, April 13, 2015

Seven Reasons We Hate Free-Range Parenting by Megan McArdle

Seven Reasons We Hate Free-Range Parenting by Megan McArdle

Nonfamily Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics by David Finkelhor, Heather Hammer, and Andrea J. Sedlak

Nonfamily Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics by David Finkelhor, Heather Hammer, and Andrea J. Sedlak

Chelsea’s Invisible Hand: An inside report on the shadowy role of Hillary’s most important adviser. by Kenneth P. Vogel

Chelsea’s Invisible Hand: An inside report on the shadowy role of Hillary’s most important adviser. by Kenneth P. Vogel

Sexual offending runs in families: A 37-year nationwide study by Niklas Långström1, Kelly M Babchishin, Seena Fazel, Paul Lichtenstein and Thomas Frisell

Sexual offending runs in families: A 37-year nationwide study by Niklas Långström1, Kelly M Babchishin, Seena Fazel, Paul Lichtenstein and Thomas Frisell

Research Questions Whether Or Not Incubators Help Startups by Eilene Zimmerman

Research Questions Whether Or Not Incubators Help Startups by Eilene Zimmerman

Unequal, Yet Happy by Steve Quartz and Anette Asp

Unequal, Yet Happy by Steve Quartz and Anette Asp

The redistribution racket by Stephen Moore

The redistribution racket by Stephen Moore

Sunday, April 12, 2015

The Supreme Leader’s Speech and Liberal Delusions by Walter Russell Mead

The Supreme Leader’s Speech and Liberal Delusions by Walter Russell Mead

How much is that birdie in my backyard? A cross-continental economic valuation of native urban songbirds by Barbara CLucas, Sergey Rabotyagov, and John M. Marzluff

How much is that birdie in my backyard? A cross-continental economic valuation of native urban songbirds by Barbara CLucas, Sergey Rabotyagov, and John M. Marzluff

How much is that birdie in my backyard? A cross-continental economic valuation of native urban songbirds by Barbara Clucas, Sergey Rabotyagov, and John M. Marzluff

How much is that birdie in my backyard? A cross-continental economic valuation of native urban songbirds by Barbara Clucas, Sergey Rabotyagov, and John M. Marzluff

Minimum morality: Walmart wages war by Ryan Decker

Minimum morality: Walmart wages war by Ryan Decker

The Things I Carried Back by John F. Burns

The Things I Carried Back by John F. Burns

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Women Favour Dyadic Relationships, but Men Prefer Clubs: Cross-Cultural Evidence from Social Networking by Tamas David-Barrett, et al

Women Favour Dyadic Relationships, but Men Prefer Clubs: Cross-Cultural Evidence from Social Networking by Tamas David-Barrett, et al

Where the White People Live by Alana Semuels

Where the White People Live by Alana Semuels

A Shakespeare Play You’ve Never Heard Of by Tom Jacobs

A Shakespeare Play You’ve Never Heard Of by Tom Jacobs

The Return Of Traditional Values by Victor Davis Hanson

The Return Of Traditional Values by Victor Davis Hanson

How I learned to stop loving Obama and worry about the bomb by Mitch Ginsburg

How I learned to stop loving Obama and worry about the bomb by Mitch Ginsburg

Friday, April 10, 2015

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Politics as Bloodsport by Adam Garfinkle

Politics as Bloodsport by Adam Garfinkle

Our Push for ‘Passion,’ and Why It Harms Kids by Lisa Heffernan

Our Push for ‘Passion,’ and Why It Harms Kids by Lisa Heffernan

National Gunfire Index from SST

National Gunfire Index from SST

More Is Not Merrier in Our Congested Cities by Froma Harrop

More Is Not Merrier in Our Congested Cities by Froma Harrop

Sexual statistics by The Plus Team

Sexual statistics by The Plus Team

Men More Likely Than Women To Go Back In Time And Kill Hitler: Moral Judgments Study by Jim Algar

Men More Likely Than Women To Go Back In Time And Kill Hitler: Moral Judgments Study by Jim Algar

Has the Rolling Stone gang-rape author EVER corroborated a story? by Ashe Schow

Has the Rolling Stone gang-rape author EVER corroborated a story? by Ashe Schow

Many Reporters Don't Care About -- or Understand -- the Truth by Heather Wilhelm

Many Reporters Don't Care About -- or Understand -- the Truth by Heather Wilhelm

Cheating in Atlanta: A Teachable Moment by Jason L. Riley

Cheating in Atlanta: A Teachable Moment by Jason L. Riley

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Is Your Job ‘Routine’? If So, It’s Probably Disappearing by Josh Zumbrun

Is Your Job ‘Routine’? If So, It’s Probably Disappearing by Josh Zumbrun

The Carolina Way? by John Shelton Reed

The Carolina Way? by John Shelton Reed

Sex Education in Europe Turns to Urging More Births by Danny Hakim

Sex Education in Europe Turns to Urging More Births by Danny Hakim

Rich People Are Great at Spending Money to Make Their Kids Rich, Too by Derek Thompson

Rich People Are Great at Spending Money to Make Their Kids Rich, Too by Derek Thompson

What's Changed About the Standard of Living by Megan McArdle, et al

What's Changed About the Standard of Living by Megan McArdle, et al

Why 'C' is the Default Hard Drive Letter in So Many Computers by Melissa

Why 'C' is the Default Hard Drive Letter in So Many Computers by Melissa

Does the Holocaust Discount Jewish White Privilege? by Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Does the Holocaust Discount Jewish White Privilege? by Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Agricultural Transition and the Adoption of Primitive Technology by James B. Ang

Agricultural Transition and the Adoption of Primitive Technology by James B. Ang

Mass transit isn’t necessarily the answer to lower carbon emissions by Bobby Magill

Mass transit isn’t necessarily the answer to lower carbon emissions by Bobby Magill

The Price of a Life by Ariel Levy

The Price of a Life by Ariel Levy

Has American Business Lost Its Mojo? by Thomas B. Edsall

Has American Business Lost Its Mojo? by Thomas B. Edsall

A dispatch from Fort Living Room by Brad R. Torgersen

A dispatch from Fort Living Room by Brad R. Torgersen

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Waging War on Poverty: Historical Trends in Poverty Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure by Liana Fox, et al

Waging War on Poverty: Historical Trends in Poverty Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure by Liana Fox, et al

How Rich and Poor Spend (and Earn) Their Money by Josh Zumbrun

How Rich and Poor Spend (and Earn) Their Money by Josh Zumbrun

The Truth About UVA and Ferguson Isn't Good Enough for P.C. Crowd by John McWhorter

The Truth About UVA and Ferguson Isn't Good Enough for P.C. Crowd by John McWhorter

The 75 Movies Every Man Should See from Esquire

The 75 Movies Every Man Should See from Esquire

Online Test-Takers Feel Anti-Cheating Software’s Uneasy Glare by Natasha Singer

Online Test-Takers Feel Anti-Cheating Software’s Uneasy Glare by Natasha Singer

The End of Asymmetric Information by Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen

The End of Asymmetric Information by Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen

The "Food Babe" Blogger Is Full of Shit by Yvette d'Entremont

The "Food Babe" Blogger Is Full of Shit by Yvette d'Entremont

Greenland Vikings Outlived Climate Change by Charlotte Persson

Greenland Vikings Outlived Climate Change by Charlotte Persson

Facts matter: Left sticks to ‘narratives,’ evidence be damned by Naomi Schaefer Riley

Facts matter: Left sticks to ‘narratives,’ evidence be damned by Naomi Schaefer Riley

Monday, April 6, 2015

Rolling Stone Can't Even Apologize Right by Megan McArdle

Rolling Stone Can't Even Apologize Right by Megan McArdle

Rolling Stone's Sensational Failure by Conor Friedersdorf

Rolling Stone's Sensational Failure by Conor Friedersdorf

Guess what? People lie to reporters by Rona Kobell

Guess what? People lie to reporters by Rona Kobell

Immigration and Equality by Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz

Immigration and Equality by Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz

What The Environmental Movement Should Learn From Religion: That They're A Religion by Hank Campbell

What The Environmental Movement Should Learn From Religion: That They're A Religion by Hank Campbell

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Why are governments fining businesses for politically-correct causes? by Pete Sepp

Why are governments fining businesses for politically-correct causes? by Pete Sepp

30 Copy Editors Tell Us Their Pet Peeves by Emmy Favilla

30 Copy Editors Tell Us Their Pet Peeves by Emmy Favilla

Marriage in Decline: No Big Deal? 3 Reasons Yglesias is Wrong by W. Bradford Wilcox

Marriage in Decline: No Big Deal? 3 Reasons Yglesias is Wrong by W. Bradford Wilcox

A Case Study in Flawed Street Design by Eric Jaffe

A Case Study in Flawed Street Design by Eric Jaffe

Intact Ottoman 'war camel' found in Austrian cellar by Jonathan Webb

Intact Ottoman 'war camel' found in Austrian cellar by Jonathan Webb

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers by Scott Samuelson

Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers by Scott Samuelson

The good, the bad and the hideous from The Economist

The good, the bad and the hideous from The Economist

Unsustainable goals from The Economist

Unsustainable goals from The Economist

The 169 commandments from The Economist

The 169 commandments from The Economist

Why a Soda Tax is Unlikely to Work by Marc C. Bellemare

Why a Soda Tax is Unlikely to Work by Marc C. Bellemare

The Myth of Universal Pre-K by Katharine Stevens

The Myth of Universal Pre-K by Katharine Stevens