Friday, July 31, 2015

When average isn't good enough: Simpson's paradox in education and earnings by Brad Hershbein

When average isn't good enough: Simpson's paradox in education and earnings by Brad Hershbein

Eight Years After Student’s Unjust Expulsion from Valdosta State U., $900K Settlement Ends ‘Barnes v. Zaccari’ from FIRE

Eight Years After Student’s Unjust Expulsion from Valdosta State U., $900K Settlement Ends ‘Barnes v. Zaccari’ from FIRE

Clive James’ Last Act by John Broening

Clive James’ Last Act by John Broening

Why An Unsatisfactory Recovery Keeps Getting Worse by Jeffrey Snider

Why An Unsatisfactory Recovery Keeps Getting Worse by Jeffrey Snider

The Problem With Downplaying Immigrant Crime by David Frum

The Problem With Downplaying Immigrant Crime by David Frum

Everything Is Problematic, University Guide Explains by Jonathan Chait

Everything Is Problematic, University Guide Explains by Jonathan Chait

You Know You Live in a Conservative State When . . . by David French

You Know You Live in a Conservative State When . . . by David French

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Big Data Knows You Like Losers by Virginia Postrel

Big Data Knows You Like Losers by Virginia Postrel

Corruption's gripping the city and state by John Baer

Corruption's gripping the city and state by John Baer

25 Derpy Dogs In Ridiculously Awkward Sleeping Positions from Bark Post

25 Derpy Dogs In Ridiculously Awkward Sleeping Positions from Bark Post

How Rich People Raise Rich Kids by Joe Pinsker

How Rich People Raise Rich Kids by Joe Pinsker

Undisciplined by Heather Mac Donald

Undisciplined by Heather Mac Donald

The Great Teen Sex Decline? by Kay S. Hymowitz

The Great Teen Sex Decline? by Kay S. Hymowitz

Cecil the Lion and America's Broken Outrage Meter by Heather Wilhelm

Cecil the Lion and America's Broken Outrage Meter by Heather Wilhelm

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

How Hard and Effectively do Americans Work? by James D. Agresti

How Hard and Effectively do Americans Work? by James D. Agresti

Politics Worsens Racial Divides; Markets Can Mend Them by Jeffrey A. Tucker

Politics Worsens Racial Divides; Markets Can Mend Them by Jeffrey A. Tucker

Camille Paglia takes on Jon Stewart, Trump, Sanders: “Liberals think of themselves as very open-minded, but that’s simply not true!” interviewed by David Daley

Camille Paglia takes on Jon Stewart, Trump, Sanders: “Liberals think of themselves as very open-minded, but that’s simply not true!” interviewed by David Daley

Provocative new study finds bullies have highest self esteem, social status, lowest rates of depression by Tom Blackwell

Provocative new study finds bullies have highest self esteem, social status, lowest rates of depression by Tom Blackwell

How an Influential Campus Rape Study Skewed the Debate by Robby Soave

How an Influential Campus Rape Study Skewed the Debate by Robby Soave

Campus Rape Expert Can’t Answer Basic Questions About His Sources by Linda M. LeFauve

Campus Rape Expert Can’t Answer Basic Questions About His Sources by Linda M. LeFauve

A Skeleton, a Catholic Relic, and a Mystery About American Origins by Adrienne LaFrance

A Skeleton, a Catholic Relic, and a Mystery About American Origins by Adrienne LaFrance

How Archaeologists Dug Up a Human-Shaped Coffin That Wasn't There by Adrienne LaFrance

How Archaeologists Dug Up a Human-Shaped Coffin That Wasn't There by Adrienne LaFrance

When a Theory is Too Good to Be True: Fallacies in Perception Research by Brennan Klein

When a Theory is Too Good to Be True: Fallacies in Perception Research by Brennan Klein

Teachers Like You Like You: How Finding Common Ground Could Help Close the Achievement Gap by Max Nesterak

Teachers Like You Like You: How Finding Common Ground Could Help Close the Achievement Gap by Max Nesterak

Social Priming: Money for Nothing? by Neuroskeptic

Social Priming: Money for Nothing? by Neuroskeptic

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Camille Paglia: How Bill Clinton is like Bill Cosby by David Daley

Camille Paglia: How Bill Clinton is like Bill Cosby by David Daley

The Distribution of Police Protection by David Thacher

The Distribution of Police Protection by David Thacher

The most and least racially diverse U.S. religious groups by Michael Lipka

The most and least racially diverse U.S. religious groups by Michael Lipka

What Ails the City? by Aziz Huq

What Ails the City? by Aziz Huq

"Tragedy of ‘golden’ daughter’s fall resonates with Asian immigrant children." by Ann Althouse

"Tragedy of ‘golden’ daughter’s fall resonates with Asian immigrant children." by Ann Althouse

How Changing Attitudes Went Along With a Drop in Calories by Margot Sanger-Katz

How Changing Attitudes Went Along With a Drop in Calories by Margot Sanger-Katz

The scariest lesson of No Child Left Behind by Libby Nelson

The scariest lesson of No Child Left Behind by Libby Nelson

Monday, July 27, 2015

The long-run consequences of Russian serfdom by Tyler Cowen

The long-run consequences of Russian serfdom by Tyler Cowen

Slavery, Inequality, and Economic Development in the Americas: An Examination of the Engerman-Sokoloff Hypothesis by Nathan Nunn

Slavery, Inequality, and Economic Development in the Americas: An Examination of the Engerman-Sokoloff Hypothesis by Nathan Nunn

Long-Run Consequences of Labor Coercion: Evidence from Russian Serfdom by Johannes C. Buggle and Steven Nafziger

Long-Run Consequences of Labor Coercion: Evidence from Russian Serfdom by Johannes C. Buggle and Steven Nafziger

Poor Little Rich Kids? The Determinants of the Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth by Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Petter Lundborg, and Kaveh Majlesi

Poor Little Rich Kids? The Determinants of the Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth by Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Petter Lundborg, and Kaveh Majlesi

Brains striving for coherence: long-term cumulative plot formation in the default mode network by K. Tyléna, P. Christensen, A. Roepstorff, T. Lund, S. Østergaard, M. Donalde

Brains striving for coherence: long-term cumulative plot formation in the default mode network by K. Tyléna, P. Christensen, A. Roepstorff, T. Lund, S. Østergaard, M. Donald

Whitewashing the Black Panthers by Michael Moynihan

Whitewashing the Black Panthers by Michael Moynihan

Obama Claims Country Better Off Today? by Elle

Obama Claims Country Better Off Today? by Elle

Worm wars: The fight tearing apart the global health community, explained by Julia Belluz

Worm wars: The fight tearing apart the global health community, explained by Julia Belluz

Politicos put past before progress by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Politicos put past before progress by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Putting climate change ahead of constituents by Joel Kotkin

Putting climate change ahead of constituents by Joel Kotkin

The enemy within from The Economist

The enemy within from The Economist

The Big Picture: Household Income During Childhood vs. Income During Adulthood by Stephen Hsu

The Big Picture: Household Income During Childhood vs. Income During Adulthood by Stephen Hsu

Racist Brain by Jay Man

Racist Brain by Jay Man

New study into lack of women in Tech: It's NOT the men's fault by Lewis Page

New study into lack of women in Tech: It's NOT the men's fault by Lewis Page

Campus Suicide and the Pressure of Perfection by Julie Scelfo

Campus Suicide and the Pressure of Perfection by Julie Scelfo

Do We Cheapen Philosophy When We Use It as Therapy? by Tom Stern

Do We Cheapen Philosophy When We Use It as Therapy? by Tom Stern

The 4 Most Embarrassing Things Cecile Richards Said In Defense Of Planned Parenthood by Mollie Hemingway

The 4 Most Embarrassing Things Cecile Richards Said In Defense Of Planned Parenthood by Mollie Hemingway

Analysis of a Racism Hoax at Oberlin College by Howard S. Schwartz

Analysis of a Racism Hoax at Oberlin College by Howard S. Schwartz

Psychoanalyzing The Great Oberlin College Racism Hoax of 2013 by William A. Jacobson

Psychoanalyzing The Great Oberlin College Racism Hoax of 2013 by William A. Jacobson

What the ‘Times’ Got Wrong About Nail Salons by Richard Bernstein

What the ‘Times’ Got Wrong About Nail Salons by Richard Bernstein

American Capitalism Isn't Broken After All by Clive Crook

American Capitalism Isn't Broken After All by Clive Crook

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Why is Greece such an economic success? by Scott Sumner

Why is Greece such an economic success? by Scott Sumner

Behind the Name website

Behind the Name website

How Conflicts of Interest Have Corrupted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by Dr. Mercola

How Conflicts of Interest Have Corrupted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by Dr. Mercola

How To Study Discrimination (or Anything) With Names; If You Must by Uri Simonsohn

How To Study Discrimination (or Anything) With Names; If You Must by Uri Simonsohn

The Story of Moira Greyland (Guest Post) by Katy Faust

The Story of Moira Greyland (Guest Post) by Katy Faust

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Hazards of Hazlitt by Theodore Dalrymple

Hazards of Hazlitt by Theodore Dalrymple

British Researcher Picks Exactly the Wrong Video Game to Push Her White Privilege Theories by Moe Lane

British Researcher Picks Exactly the Wrong Video Game to Push Her White Privilege Theories by Moe Lane

Rebellious kids grow up to out-earn rule-followers by Matt Phillips

Rebellious kids grow up to out-earn rule-followers by Matt Phillips

Swedish Rent Control experience a warning for Sydney by Alan Davies

Swedish Rent Control experience a warning for Sydney by Alan Davies

Danish PISA by Gender and Origin from Northern Lights on PISA 2003

Danish PISA by Gender and Origin from Northern Lights on PISA 2003

Rent Control in Stockholm by Alex Tabarrok

Rent Control in Stockholm by Alex Tabarrok

Roughly 100 Fantastic Pieces of Journalism by Conor Friedersdorf

Roughly 100 Fantastic Pieces of Journalism by Conor Friedersdorf

Wishful Thinking by Guy Mayraz

Wishful Thinking by Guy Mayraz

Pilgrims to the Islamic State by Simon Cottee

Pilgrims to the Islamic State by Simon Cottee

Dear Alberta Human Rights Commission by Kate

Dear Alberta Human Rights Commission by Kate

'Sexist' Scientist Tim Hunt: The Real Story by Cathy Young

'Sexist' Scientist Tim Hunt: The Real Story by Cathy Young

Friday, July 24, 2015

Taxi Mogul, Filing Bankruptcy, Sees Uber-Citibank Plot by Josh Barro

Taxi Mogul, Filing Bankruptcy, Sees Uber-Citibank Plot by Josh Barro

The Fundamental Way That Universities Are an Illusion by Kevin Carey

The Fundamental Way That Universities Are an Illusion by Kevin Carey

A house near a high-performing D.C. school will cost you. Here’s how much. by Perry Stein

A house near a high-performing D.C. school will cost you. Here’s how much. by Perry Stein

Straight Talk About Immigrant Crime by Steven A. Camarota

Straight Talk About Immigrant Crime by Steven A. Camarota

Socialism, American-Style by Gar Alperovitz and Thomas M. Hanna

Socialism, American-Style by Gar Alperovitz and Thomas M. Hanna

How I f***ed Morgan Stanley: Deviance and debauchery of the 1 percent by John Lefevre

How I f***ed Morgan Stanley: Deviance and debauchery of the 1 percent by John Lefevre

Are All Weight Loss Doctors Quacks? by Ignatius Brady

Are All Weight Loss Doctors Quacks? by Ignatius Brady

The Toxic Worldview of Ta-Nehisi Coates by Rich Lowry

The Toxic Worldview of Ta-Nehisi Coates by Rich Lowry

Don’t Mourn Atticus Finch by Peggy Noonan

Don’t Mourn Atticus Finch by Peggy Noonan

Poll Finds Most in U.S. Hold Dim View of Race Relations by Kevin Sack and Megan Thee-Brenan

Poll Finds Most in U.S. Hold Dim View of Race Relations by Kevin Sack and Megan Thee-Brenan

Botho: A philosophy for life and law by Maria Lungu

Botho: A philosophy for life and law by Maria Lungu

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Bernie’s Strange Brew of Nationalism and Socialism by Kevin D. Williamson

Bernie’s Strange Brew of Nationalism and Socialism by Kevin D. Williamson

Your Life Means Nothing to Liberals by Kurt Schlichter

Your Life Means Nothing to Liberals by Kurt Schlichter

No good deed goes unpunished from The Economist

No good deed goes unpunished from The Economist

A primer on jailhouse suicides by Radley Balko

A primer on jailhouse suicides by Radley Balko

A Field Guide to Getting Lost: Rebecca Solnit on How We Find Ourselves by Maria Popova

A Field Guide to Getting Lost: Rebecca Solnit on How We Find Ourselves by Maria Popova

Illustrators and Visual Storytellers Map the World by Maria Popova

Illustrators and Visual Storytellers Map the World by Maria Popova

Where You Are: Cartography as Wayfinding for the Soul by Maria Popova

Where You Are: Cartography as Wayfinding for the Soul by Maria Popova

Europe Is Partying Like It’s 1939 by Kurt Schlichter

Europe Is Partying Like It’s 1939 by Kurt Schlichter

Monday, July 20, 2015

How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti ­and Built Six Homes by Justin Elliott and Laura Sullivan

How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti ­and Built Six Homes by Justin Elliott and Laura Sullivan

Are Lawyers Illiterate? by Allen Porter Mendenhall

Are Lawyers Illiterate? by Allen Porter Mendenhall

Ideas For Reporters Struggling To Cover Planned Parenthood by Mollie Hemingway

Ideas For Reporters Struggling To Cover Planned Parenthood by Mollie Hemingway

Rehabilitating the Liberal Arts by Louis Markos

Rehabilitating the Liberal Arts by Louis Markos

Scientists have discovered whether being a first, second or third child makes a difference by Abby Ohlheiser

Scientists have discovered whether being a first, second or third child makes a difference by Abby Ohlheiser

Oil on Troubled Waters by Dierdre McCloskey

Oil on Troubled Waters by Dierdre McCloskey

"In the 1970s, converting streets into pedestrian and transit malls was a 'popular notion' and was encouraged by the federal government through grants..." from Ann Althouse

"In the 1970s, converting streets into pedestrian and transit malls was a 'popular notion' and was encouraged by the federal government through grants..." from Ann Althouse

It’s not Dixie’s fault by Thomas J. Sugrue

It’s not Dixie’s fault by Thomas J. Sugrue

Centuries-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off NC Coast from Duke University

Centuries-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off NC Coast from Duke University

Microaggression, Macro-Crazy by Heather Mac Donald

Microaggression, Macro-Crazy by Heather Mac Donald

Friday, July 17, 2015

Books Do Furnish a Life by Roger Ebert

Books Do Furnish a Life by Roger Ebert

Does Anyone Want to Be "Well-read"? by Roger Ebert

Does Anyone Want to Be "Well-read"? by Roger Ebert

The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything by Linda Holmes

The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything by Linda Holmes

The Indoctrination Myth by Neil Gross

The Indoctrination Myth by Neil Gross

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

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

What is the University Diversity Scam? by Heather Mac Donald

What is the University Diversity Scam? by Heather Mac Donald

Study: The Number of Teens Reading for Fun Keeps Declining by Charlotte Alter

The Number of Teens Reading for Fun Keeps Declining by Charlotte Alter

BEACH BOOKS: 2013-2014 What Do Colleges and Universities Want Students to Read Outside Class? from National Association of Scholars

BEACH BOOKS: 2013-2014 What Do Colleges and Universities Want Students to Read Outside Class? from National Association of Scholars

Freshman Reading Choices 2015: Welcome to Groupthink U. by Harry Painter

Freshman Reading Choices 2015: Welcome to Groupthink U. by Harry Painter

Thursday, July 16, 2015

The Prevalence of Marxism in Academia by Bryan Caplan

The Prevalence of Marxism in Academia by Bryan Caplan

How American Children Spend Their Time by Sandra L. Hofferth and John F. Sandberg

How American Children Spend Their Time by Sandra L. Hofferth and John F. Sandberg

Ethnography on Trial: Alice Goffman's acclaimed book "On the Run" tells a compelling story. But can we trust it? by Steven Lubet

Ethnography on Trial: Alice Goffman's acclaimed book "On the Run" tells a compelling story. But can we trust it? by Steven Lubet

The Magic Of Words by Tania Lombrozo

The Magic Of Words by Tania Lombrozo

Who Will Pay the Political Price for Affordable Housing? by Thomas B. Edsall

Who Will Pay the Political Price for Affordable Housing? by Thomas B. Edsall

Planned Parenthood and the Statist Abyss by Heather Wilhelm

Planned Parenthood and the Statist Abyss by Heather Wilhelm

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

In Defense of Ayn Rand, Monster Under the Progressive Bed by Milo Yiannopoulos

In Defense of Ayn Rand, Monster Under the Progressive Bed by Milo Yiannopoulos

Regulators are people too by Tyler Cowen

Regulators are people too by Tyler Cowen

Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver? Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program by Meredith Fowlie, Michael Greenstone, Catherine Wolfram

Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver? Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program by Meredith Fowlie, Michael Greenstone, Catherine Wolfram

Last of the Munichans by Monika Bauerlein and photographs by Jen Osborne

Last of the Munichans by Monika Bauerlein and photographs by Jen Osborne

What good is training in moral philosophy? by Tyler Cowen

What good is training in moral philosophy? by Tyler Cowen

Cheeseburger ethics by Eric Schwitzgebel

Cheeseburger ethics by Eric Schwitzgebel

Even if false rape reports are rare, they shouldn't be ignored by Ashe Schow

Even if false rape reports are rare, they shouldn't be ignored by Ashe Schow

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

21 Ways to Achieve Wealth and Success by Meiko Patton

21 Ways to Achieve Wealth and Success by Meiko Patton

Reading for Pleasure: A research overview by Christina Clark and Kate Rumbold

Reading for Pleasure: A research overview by Christina Clark and Kate Rumbold

Does anyone care about distribution? by R.A. The Economist

Does anyone care about distribution? by R.A. The Economist

Where’s Bobbi Fischer? by Hana Schank

Where’s Bobbi Fischer? by Hana Schank

What If Most Campus Rapes Aren’t Committed By Serial Rapists? by Amelia Thomson-Deveaux

What If Most Campus Rapes Aren’t Committed By Serial Rapists? by Amelia Thomson-Deveaux

The Destruction of a Black Suburb by Alana Semuels

The Destruction of a Black Suburb by Alana Semuels

The Prestigious Scientist Who Theorized That Oil Comes from Another World Inside Earth by Ross Pomeroy

The Prestigious Scientist Who Theorized That Oil Comes from Another World Inside Earth by Ross Pomeroy

Why Middle-Class Rhetoric Makes for Great Politics but Terrible Policy by Michael Kinsley

Why Middle-Class Rhetoric Makes for Great Politics but Terrible Policy by Michael Kinsley

The Decline of the American Book Lover by Jordan Weissmann

The Decline of the American Book Lover by Jordan Weissmann

Monday, July 13, 2015

Obama’s silence on Kathryn Steinle killing is deafening by Marc A. Thiessen

Obama’s silence on Kathryn Steinle killing is deafening by Marc A. Thiessen

ESPN's Plan to Dominate the Post-TV World by Derek Thompson

ESPN's Plan to Dominate the Post-TV World by Derek Thompson

Does Affordable Housing Perpetuate Racial Segregation? by Jim Epstein

Does Affordable Housing Perpetuate Racial Segregation? by Jim Epstein

Even Drug Dealers in the Suburbs Are Boring by Scott Jacques and Richard Wright

Even Drug Dealers in the Suburbs Are Boring by Scott Jacques and Richard Wright

Radioactive Wreck of WWII Aircraft Carrier Discovered Near San Francisco Bay by Blake De Pastino

Radioactive Wreck of WWII Aircraft Carrier Discovered Near San Francisco Bay by Blake De Pastino

Optimize Literally Everything by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Optimize Literally Everything by Eliezer Yudkowsky

What Successful Strategists Read by Aaron Bazin

What Successful Strategists Read by Aaron Bazin

Fiction for the Strategist by Diane Maye

Fiction for the Strategist by Diane Maye

Fiction and the Strategist by T. Greer

Fiction and the Strategist by T. Greer

Looking Back by Thomas Sowell

Looking Back by Thomas Sowell

Why White People Will Always Be Racists by D.C. McAllister

Why White People Will Always Be Racists by D.C. McAllister

The Book That Made Me A Reader by George Saunders

The Book That Made Me A Reader by George Saunders

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Not here to cause trouble from The Economist

Not here to cause trouble from The Economist

The IMF's sad story: Greek tragedy from The Economist

The IMF's sad story: Greek tragedy from The Economist

Fish oil pills: A $1.2 billion industry built, so far, on empty promises by Peter Whoriskey

Fish oil pills: A $1.2 billion industry built, so far, on empty promises by Peter Whoriskey

The Power of the Powerless by Vaclav Havel

The Power of the Powerless by Vaclav Havel

Why Crime Is Up in Los Angeles by Jack Dunphy

Why Crime Is Up in Los Angeles by Jack Dunphy

Art and the Mind’s Eye: How Drawing Trains You to See the World More Clearly and to Live with a Deeper Sense of Presence by Maria Popova

Art and the Mind’s Eye: How Drawing Trains You to See the World More Clearly and to Live with a Deeper Sense of Presence by Maria Popova

The Herculean Effort Taken By One Group To Show Hollywood Is Sexist by Walt Hickey

The Herculean Effort Taken By One Group To Show Hollywood Is Sexist by Walt Hickey

Short and too sweet by RLG

Short and too sweet by RLG

This Is Not What I Want As a Defense of “The Humanities” by Chad Orzel

This Is Not What I Want As a Defense of “The Humanities” by Chad Orzel

Dead Poets Society Is a Terrible Defense of the Humanities by Kevin J. H. Dettmar

Dead Poets Society Is a Terrible Defense of the Humanities by Kevin J. H. Dettmar

Why Teach English? by Adam Gopnik

Why Teach English? by Adam Gopnik

After slavery, trafficked fishermen face lonely road to recovery by Astrid Zweynert

After slavery, trafficked fishermen face lonely road to recovery by Astrid Zweynert

When Algorithms Discriminate by Claire Cain Miller

When Algorithms Discriminate by Claire Cain Miller

What women can learn from men by Margaret Wente

What women can learn from men by Margaret Wente

D.I.Y. Education Before YouTube by Jon Grinspan

D.I.Y. Education Before YouTube by Jon Grinspan

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Is having a loving family an unfair advantage? by Joe Gelonesi

Is having a loving family an unfair advantage? by Joe Gelonesi

The Great Gift of Reading Aloud by Meghan Cox Gurdon

The Great Gift of Reading Aloud by Meghan Cox Gurdon

40 Years of Misery and Despair by Ed Driscoll

40 Years of Misery and Despair by Ed Driscoll

The Great Global Warming Swindle Full Movie from BBC

The Great Global Warming Swindle Full Movie from BBC

UN climate delegates unaware global warming stopped 16 years ago from CFACT

UN climate delegates unaware global warming stopped 16 years ago from CFACT

Progressives Against Progress by Fred Siegel

Progressives Against Progress by Fred Siegel

The Whitest Privilege by Kevin D. Williamson

The Whitest Privilege by Kevin D. Williamson

The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá by Susan Dominus

The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá by Susan Dominus

Friday, July 10, 2015

Washington Post Writer Who Accused Amy Schumer Of Racism Never Saw Her Standup or TV Show by Debra Kessler

Washington Post Writer Who Accused Amy Schumer Of Racism Never Saw Her Standup or TV Show by Debra Kessler

Hannibal Rising by Denis Feeney

Hannibal Rising by Denis Feeney

Excess success for three related papers on racial bias by Gregory Francis

Excess success for three related papers on racial bias by Gregory Francis

Twentieth century surge of excess adult male mortality by H. Beltrán-Sánchez, et al

Twentieth century surge of excess adult male mortality by H. Beltrán-Sánchez, et al

Men more likely to achieve targets if they are set goals from The University of Leicester

Men more likely to achieve targets if they are set goals from The University of Leicester

Life's quantum crystal ball by Carinne Piekema

Life's quantum crystal ball by Carinne Piekema

Sorry, Everyone, America Isn’t That Racist by Greg Jones

Sorry, Everyone, America Isn’t That Racist by Greg Jones

A fascinating map of the world’s most and least racially tolerant countries by Max Fisher

A fascinating map of the world’s most and least racially tolerant countries by Max Fisher

Countering Progressives' Assault on Suburbia by Joel Kotkin

Countering Progressives' Assault on Suburbia by Joel Kotkin

Democrats’ Horrible Racist Past by Bill Whittle

Democrats’ Horrible Racist Past by Bill Whittle

I tried to escape my privilege with low-wage work. Instead I came face to face with it. by Noah Phillips

I tried to escape my privilege with low-wage work. Instead I came face to face with it. by Noah Phillips

Thursday, July 9, 2015

The IQ Gap Is No Longer a Black and White Issue by Chanda Chisala

The IQ Gap Is No Longer a Black and White Issue by Chanda Chisala

Exploring the Racial Divide in Education and the Labor Market through Evidence from Interracial Families by Peter Arcidiacono, et al

Exploring the Racial Divide in Education and the Labor Market through Evidence from Interracial Families by Peter Arcidiacono, et al

Intelligence and criminal behavior in a total birth cohort: An examination of functional form, dimensions of intelligence, and the nature of offending by Joseph A. Schwartz, et al

Intelligence and criminal behavior in a total birth cohort: An examination of functional form, dimensions of intelligence, and the nature of offending by Joseph A. Schwartz, et al

Assessing the Cognitive Demands of a Century of Reading Curricula by Robert J. Stevens, Xiaofei Lu, David P. Baker

Assessing the Cognitive Demands of a Century of Reading Curricula by Robert J. Stevens, Xiaofei Lu, David P. Baker

Almost No One is Evil. Almost Everything is Broken. from Jaibot

Almost No One is Evil. Almost Everything is Broken. from Jaibot

Falling by William McPherson

Falling by William McPherson

38 Ways College Students Enjoy ‘Left-Wing Privilege’ on Campus by Tal Fortgang

38 Ways College Students Enjoy ‘Left-Wing Privilege’ on Campus by Tal Fortgang

Augustine vs. Eminem: The Current Cultural Impasse by Mark Judge

Augustine vs. Eminem: The Current Cultural Impasse by Mark Judge

What Caused the Crash? The Political Roots of the Financial Crisis by Athanasios Orphanides

What Caused the Crash? The Political Roots of the Financial Crisis by Athanasios Orphanides

Signs that fewer black students are taking calculus in high school by Jill Barshay

Signs that fewer black students are taking calculus in high school by Jill Barshay

The Invisible (Digital) War by David Kenner

The Invisible (Digital) War by David Kenner

Just What Makes a ‘Good European’? by Emily J. Levine

Just What Makes a ‘Good European’? by Emily J. Levine

Error and Dimensionality by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Error and Dimensionality by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

RIP: The great cholesterol scam (1955 – 2015) from BarrelStrength

RIP: The great cholesterol scam (1955 – 2015) from BarrelStrength

Cholesterol is not bad for you by Matt Ridley

Cholesterol is not bad for you by Matt Ridley

The Most Racist Urban Area in America from The Antiplanner

The Most Racist Urban Area in America from The Antiplanner

Puerto Rico’s crisis illustrates the risks of minimum wage hikes by Charles Lane

Puerto Rico’s crisis illustrates the risks of minimum wage hikes by Charles Lane

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

The strange death of the liberal West by Mark Steyn

The strange death of the liberal West by Mark Steyn

Chase Your Reading by Robin Hanson

Chase Your Reading by Robin Hanson

Where are the books? Libraries under fire as they shift from print to digital by Michael S. Rosenwald

Where are the books? Libraries under fire as they shift from print to digital \by Michael S. Rosenwald

On Tyranny and Liberty by Myron Magnet

On Tyranny and Liberty by Myron Magnet

The Socialist Economics of Italian Fascism by Lawrence K. Samuels

The Socialist Economics of Italian Fascism by Lawrence K. Samuels

2015 State of the First Amendment Survey from the Newseum Institute

2015 State of the First Amendment Survey from the Newseum Institute

The ‘Affordable Housing’ Bait and Switch, California Style by Matt Welch

The ‘Affordable Housing’ Bait and Switch, California Style by Matt Welch

The Mechanics of Preventing Procrastination by Olga Khazan

The Mechanics of Preventing Procrastination by Olga Khazan

Rich Kids Study English by Joe Pinsker

Rich Kids Study English by Joe Pinsker

Edgar Allan Poe’s Eureka and the Big Bang by Paul Halpern

Edgar Allan Poe’s Eureka and the Big Bang by Paul Halpern

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Why Cliques Form at Some High Schools and Not Others by Derek Thompson

Why Cliques Form at Some High Schools and Not Others by Derek Thompson

'It Doesn't Matter Where You Go to College': Inspirational, but Wrong by Derek Thompson

'It Doesn't Matter Where You Go to College': Inspirational, but Wrong by Derek Thompson

Europe's soft underbelly by Scott Sumner

Europe's soft underbelly by Scott Sumner

7 myths about Scandinavia’s social democratic ‘paradise’ by James Pethokoukis

7 myths about Scandinavia’s social democratic ‘paradise’ by James Pethokoukis

Islamic Battalions, Stocked With Chechens, Aid Ukraine in War With Rebels by Andrew E. Kramer

Islamic Battalions, Stocked With Chechens, Aid Ukraine in War With Rebels by Andrew E. Kramer

The ’70s Again, with a Transgender Bonus by Roger Kimball

The ’70s Again, with a Transgender Bonus by Roger Kimball

How to (Almost) Ruin a Great Library by Stephen D. Eide

How to (Almost) Ruin a Great Library by Stephen D. Eide

40 years later- The relevance of Okun’s "Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff" from The Brookings Institution

40 years later- The relevance of Okun’s "Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff" from The Brookings Institution

WW2 Panther tank seized from pensioner's cellar from the BBC

WW2 Panther tank seized from pensioner's cellar from the BBC

Mortality Gap: Why Women Live Longer than Men by Alex B. Berezow

Mortality Gap: Why Women Live Longer than Men by Alex B. Berezow

A Legacy of Cliches by Thomas Sowell

A Legacy of Cliches by Thomas Sowell

Monday, July 6, 2015

Second "Kamikaze" Shipwreck Discovered from Archaeology

Second "Kamikaze" Shipwreck Discovered from Archaeology

The Two Forms of Social Order by Arnold Kling

The Two Forms of Social Order by Arnold Kling

The Long Decline of Trust in Government, and Why That Can Be Patriotic by Lynn Vavreck

The Long Decline of Trust in Government, and Why That Can Be Patriotic by Lynn Vavreck

Is the World Becoming Fed Up? by Victor Davis Hanson

Is the World Becoming Fed Up? by Victor Davis Hanson

There’s no race war in America by Marc A. Thiessen

There’s no race war in America by Marc A. Thiessen

The good news about extremist violence in the United States: It’s vanishingly rare by Radley Balko

The good news about extremist violence in the United States: It’s vanishingly rare by Radley Balko

Learning Valuable Lessons from History on How to Reduce Poverty by Dan Mitchell

Learning Valuable Lessons from History on How to Reduce Poverty by Dan Mitchell

The Racial Disparities of Local Jails by Matthew Disler

The Racial Disparities of Local Jails by Matthew Disler

What the textbooks don't tell you about psychology's most famous case study by Christian Jarrett

What the textbooks don't tell you about psychology's most famous case study by Christian Jarrett

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Fearful Symmetry by Scott Alexander

Fearful Symmetry by Scott Alexander

College Rape Prevention Program Proves a Rare Success by Jan Hoffman

College Rape Prevention Program Proves a Rare Success by Jan Hoffman

Birth Month Affects Lifetime Disease Risk: A Phenome-Wide Method by Mary Regina Boland, et al

Birth Month Affects Lifetime Disease Risk: A Phenome-Wide Method by Mary Regina Boland, et al

Blurred Lines: The Humanitarian Threat to Free Speech by Aaron Tao

Blurred Lines: The Humanitarian Threat to Free Speech by Aaron Tao

What the Declaration of Independence Really Claimed by Randy Barnett

What the Declaration of Independence Really Claimed by Randy Barnett

Green Pope Goes Medieval on Planet by Joel Kotkin

Green Pope Goes Medieval on Planet by Joel Kotkin

If Liberals Really Cared About Black Lives by Jack Kelly

If Liberals Really Cared About Black Lives by Jack Kelly

Greece has become a battleground for the worst ideas of the 20th century by Janet Daley

Greece has become a battleground for the worst ideas of the 20th century by Janet Daley

Generation Hugbox by Natasha Maria Phoenix

Generation Hugbox by Natasha Maria Phoenix

REVIEW: Equality – The Impossible Quest by Dr. Martin van Creveld

REVIEW: Equality – The Impossible Quest by Dr. Martin van Creveld

Your Stupid Questions Have No Answers: Martin van Creveld vs. the Chimera of Equality by Ann Sterzinger

Your Stupid Questions Have No Answers: Martin van Creveld vs. the Chimera of Equality by Ann Sterzinger

Saturday, July 4, 2015

It’s Summer, but Where Are the Teenage Workers? by Patricia Cohen and Ron Lieber

It’s Summer, but Where Are the Teenage Workers? by Patricia Cohen and Ron Lieber

One of the Biggest Mistakes in Nutrition Research by Ingrid Spilde

One of the Biggest Mistakes in Nutrition Research by Ingrid Spilde

Seeing Like a Taxman by Andrew P. Morriss

Seeing Like a Taxman by Andrew P. Morriss

How To Be a Nonconformist: 22 Irreverent Illustrated Steps to Counterculture Cred from 1968 by Maria Popova

How To Be a Nonconformist: 22 Irreverent Illustrated Steps to Counterculture Cred from 1968 by Maria Popova

Mars and the Mind of Man: Carl Sagan, Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke in Cosmic Conversation, 1971 by Maria Popova

Mars and the Mind of Man: Carl Sagan, Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke in Cosmic Conversation, 1971 by Maria Popova

What Books Do for the Human Soul: The Four Psychological Functions of Great Literature by Maria Popova

What Books Do for the Human Soul: The Four Psychological Functions of Great Literature by Maria Popova

Someone Reading a Book is a Sign of Order in the World by Maria Popova

Someone Reading a Book is a Sign of Order in the World by Maria Popova

An Experiment in Love by M.L. King

An Experiment in Love by M.L. King

An Experiment in Love: Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Six Pillars of Nonviolent Resistance and the Ancient Greek Notion of ‘Agape’ by Maria Popova

An Experiment in Love: Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Six Pillars of Nonviolent Resistance and the Ancient Greek Notion of ‘Agape’ by Maria Popova

The Paradox of Intellectual Promiscuity: Stephen Jay Gould on What Nabokov’s Butterfly Studies Reveal About the Unity of Creativity by Maria Popova

The Paradox of Intellectual Promiscuity: Stephen Jay Gould on What Nabokov’s Butterfly Studies Reveal About the Unity of Creativity by Maria Popova

@AcademicsSay: The Story Behind a Social-Media Experiment by Nathan Hall

@AcademicsSay: The Story Behind a Social-Media Experiment by Nathan Hall

Weenies burn flag to protest cops, get attacked by bikers, need cops to save their asses by Gabrielle Fonrouge, Ben Feuerherd and Joe Tacopino

Weenies burn flag to protest cops, get attacked by bikers, need cops to save their asses by Gabrielle Fonrouge, Ben Feuerherd and Joe Tacopino

Friday, July 3, 2015

Equality! Diversity! Pick one by Tino Sanandaji

Equality! Diversity! Pick one by Tino Sanandaji

The American Left’s Two Europes Problem by Tino Sanandaji

The American Left’s Two Europes Problem by Tino Sanandaji

Southern Italy, Europe’s soft underbelly by Tyler Cowen

Southern Italy, Europe’s soft underbelly by Tyler Cowen

Reimagining Humanity by Ian Tattersall

Reimagining Humanity by Ian Tattersall

Regulation? Great Idea. For Someone Else by Megan McArdle

Regulation? Great Idea. For Someone Else by Megan McArdle

Chevron's Last Days? by Philip Hamburger

Chevron's Last Days? by Philip Hamburger

Private Conflict, Public Disorder, and Crime by Lauren Kirchner

Private Conflict, Public Disorder, and Crime by Lauren Kirchner

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Nicholas Winton, Rescuer of 669 Children From Holocaust, Dies at 106 by Robert D. McFadden

Nicholas Winton, Rescuer of 669 Children From Holocaust, Dies at 106 by Robert D. McFadden

Stanford scholar debunks long-held beliefs about economic growth in ancient Greece by Angela Becerra Vidergar

Stanford scholar debunks long-held beliefs about economic growth in ancient Greece by Angela Becerra Vidergar

The Battle for Greece by Alex Tabarrok

The Battle for Greece by Alex Tabarrok

Why College Kids Are Avoiding the Study of Literature by Gary Saul Morson

Why College Kids Are Avoiding the Study of Literature by Gary Saul Morson

Race and Gender Shape Views of Science in Surprising Ways by Mark Strauss

Race and Gender Shape Views of Science in Surprising Ways by Mark Strauss

Our Universities: The Outrageous Reality by Andrew Delbanco

Our Universities: The Outrageous Reality by Andrew Delbanco

43 Books About War Every Man Should Read by Ryan Holiday

43 Books About War Every Man Should Read by Ryan Holiday

A Book Buyer’s Lament by Ken Kalfus

A Book Buyer’s Lament by Ken Kalfus

Lost Illusions at the Local Bookstore by Rebecca Mead

Lost Illusions at the Local Bookstore by Rebecca Mead

The mental health consequences of a high IQ by Kelsey Dallas,

The mental health consequences of a high IQ by Kelsey Dallas

America is not racist by Katie Pavlich

America is not racist by Katie Pavlich