Monday, August 31, 2015

Why dolphins are deep thinkers by Anuschka de Rohan

Why dolphins are deep thinkers by Anuschka de Rohan

Moving to Opportunity or Isolation? Network Effects of a Randomized Housing Lottery in Urban India by Sharon Barnhardt, Erica Field, Rohini Pande

Moving to Opportunity or Isolation? Network Effects of a Randomized Housing Lottery in Urban India by Sharon Barnhardt, Erica Field, Rohini Pande

How Illegal Immigration Finally Turned Off the Public by Victor Davis Hanson

How Illegal Immigration Finally Turned Off the Public by Victor Davis Hanson

The V.C.s of B.C. by Adam Davidson

The V.C.s of B.C. by Adam Davidson

The "Injustice Collectors": How to Understand Vester Flanagan’s Grievance-Filled Manifesto by Dave Cullen

The "Injustice Collectors": How to Understand Vester Flanagan’s Grievance-Filled Manifesto by Dave Cullen

The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn’t by Steven Johnson

The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn’t by Steven Johnson

How Would a Billion Immigrants Change the American Polity? by Nathan Smith

How Would a Billion Immigrants Change the American Polity? by Nathan Smith

The Relativity of Wrong by Isaac Asimov

The Relativity of Wrong by Isaac Asimov

Tweeting From Left to Right: Is Online Political Communication More Than an Echo Chamber? by Pablo Barberá et al

Tweeting From Left to Right: Is Online Political Communication More Than an Echo Chamber? by Pablo Barberá et al

Not all Chinese ngdp is created equal by Tyler Cowen

Not all Chinese ngdp is created equal by Tyler Cowen

Asia’s new family values from The Economist

Asia’s new family values from The Economist

The Most Liberal (Entertainment, Civil Rights, Personal Injury) And Conservative (Oil & Gas, M&A, Energy) Lawyers By Practice Area; Law Professors Are The Most Liberal Among 61 Groups by Paul Caron

The Most Liberal (Entertainment, Civil Rights, Personal Injury) And Conservative (Oil & Gas, M&A, Energy) Lawyers By Practice Area; Law Professors Are The Most Liberal Among 61 Groups by Paul Caron

Papers with shorter titles get more citations by Boer Deng

Papers with shorter titles get more citations by Boer Deng

Obama's Stonewall Tactics: A Case Study by John Hinderaker

Obama's Stonewall Tactics: A Case Study by John Hinderaker

A Long History of a Short Block: Four Centuries of Development Surprises on a Single Stretch of a New York City Street by William Easterly, Laura Freschi, and Steven Pennings

A Long History of a Short Block: Four Centuries of Development Surprises on a Single Stretch of a New York City Street by William Easterly, Laura Freschi, and Steven Pennings

How African-Americans and African Immigrants Differ by Jacob Conteh

How African-Americans and African Immigrants Differ by Jacob Conteh

Economic Progress is More Effective Than Protests by Joel Kotkin

Economic Progress is More Effective Than Protests by Joel Kotkin

Friday, August 28, 2015

How Brazil’s China-Driven Commodities Boom Went Bust by John Lyons and Paul Kiernan

How Brazil’s China-Driven Commodities Boom Went Bust by John Lyons and Paul Kiernan

A Case Study In Climate Delusion by Steve Goddard

A Case Study In Climate Delusion by Steve Goddard

Printing Money Goes Haywire in Venezuela by Megan McArdle

Printing Money Goes Haywire in Venezuela by Megan McArdle

Starting Over: Many Katrina victims left New Orleans for good. What can we learn from them? by Malcolm Gladwell

Starting Over: Many Katrina victims left New Orleans for good. What can we learn from them? by Malcolm Gladwell

Do Guns Cause Violence? by Robert VerBruggen

Do Guns Cause Violence? by Robert VerBruggen

Places With More Guns Don't Have More Homicides by Robert VerBruggen

Places With More Guns Don't Have More Homicides by Robert VerBruggen

Hegel on Knowledge, Impatience, the Peril of Fixed Opinions, and the True Task of the Human Mind by Maria Popova

Hegel on Knowledge, Impatience, the Peril of Fixed Opinions, and the True Task of the Human Mind by Maria Popova

The Other France: Are the suburbs of Paris incubators of terrorism? by George Packer

The Other France: Are the suburbs of Paris incubators of terrorism? by George Packer

China: The new Spanish Empire? by Jacob Soll

China: The new Spanish Empire? by Jacob Soll

When ISIS Rapists Win by David Brooks

When ISIS Rapists Win by David Brooks

Many Psychology Findings Not as Strong as Claimed, Study Says by Benedict Carey

Many Psychology Findings Not as Strong as Claimed, Study Says by Benedict Carey

The long, slow death of the rule of law in America by Troy Senik

The long, slow death of the rule of law in America by Troy Senik

Thursday, August 27, 2015

The Terrible Teens by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Terrible Teens by Elizabeth Kolbert

David Simon on Baltimore’s Anguish by Bill Keller

David Simon on Baltimore’s Anguish by Bill Keller

When Parents Get Paid for Homework by Megan McArdle

When Parents Get Paid for Homework by Megan McArdle

Parental Incentives and Early Childhood Achievement: A Field Experiment in Chicago Heights by Roland G. Fryer, Jr., Steven D. Levitt, and John A. List

Parental Incentives and Early Childhood Achievement: A Field Experiment in Chicago Heights by Roland G. Fryer, Jr., Steven D. Levitt, and John A. List

NYT Spins Racial Discord with Bad Evidence by Walter Russell Mead

NYT Spins Racial Discord with Bad Evidence by Walter Russell Mead

Some Asshole Initiative by Justin Pierce

Some Asshole Initiative by Justin Pierce

Monday, August 17, 2015

Brian Eno’s Reading List of Twenty Books Essential for Sustaining Human Civilization by Maria Popova

Brian Eno’s Reading List of Twenty Books Essential for Sustaining Human Civilization by Maria Popova

The Tragic and Complete Collapse of Racial Relations by Victor Davis Hanson

The Tragic and Complete Collapse of Racial Relations by Victor Davis Hanson

An Amazonian's response to "Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace" by Nick Ciubotariu

An Amazonian's response to "Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace" by Nick Ciubotariu

U.S. Foreign Policy Is Overdue For Some Realism by Rebeccah Heinrichs

U.S. Foreign Policy Is Overdue For Some Realism by Rebeccah Heinrichs

How Wall Street’s Bankers Stayed Out of Jail by William D. Cohan

How Wall Street’s Bankers Stayed Out of Jail by William D. Cohan

Officer Beaten by a Convicted Felon Hesitated for Fear of Being Called Racist: Welcome to Post-Ferguson Policing Police and protesters face off in Ferguson by Heath Mac Donald

Officer Beaten by a Convicted Felon Hesitated for Fear of Being Called Racist: Welcome to Post-Ferguson Policing Police and protesters face off in Ferguson by Heath Mac Donald

Friday, August 14, 2015

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Letter to Editor PREDICTED COLORADO EPA SPILL One Week Before Catastrophe=> So EPA Could Secure Control of Area by Jim Hoft

Letter to Editor PREDICTED COLORADO EPA SPILL One Week Before Catastrophe=> So EPA Could Secure Control of Area by Jim Hoft

Did Mass Incarceration Destroy the Black Family? No, and here’s why. by Kay S. Hymowitz

Did Mass Incarceration Destroy the Black Family? No, and here’s why. by Kay S. Hymowitz

How to debunk a study from The Economist

How to debunk a study from The Economist

Algorithms and Bias: Q. and A. With Cynthia Dwork interview by Claire Cain Miller

Algorithms and Bias: Q. and A. With Cynthia Dwork interview by Claire Cain Miller

10 Things ‘The New Yorker’ Gets Wrong About Free Speech (Part 1) from FIRE

10 Things ‘The New Yorker’ Gets Wrong About Free Speech (Part 1) from FIRE

The Problem of Accuracy of Economic Data by Philipp Bagus

The Problem of Accuracy of Economic Data by Philipp Bagus

Readers School Politico Writer on Real Reason for Sanders BLM 'Problem' by P.J. Gladnick

Readers School Politico Writer on Real Reason for Sanders BLM 'Problem' by P.J. Gladnick

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

A Thoughtless Age by David P. Goldman

A Thoughtless Age by David P. Goldman

Free Contraception Can't End the Abortion Debate by Megan McArdle

Free Contraception Can't End the Abortion Debate by Megan McArdle

The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

Are teens having second thoughts about oversharing online? by Naomi Schaefer Riley

Are teens having second thoughts about oversharing online? by Naomi Schaefer Riley

The development of human female competition: allies and adversaries by Joyce F. Benenson

The development of human female competition: allies and adversaries by Joyce F. Benenson

Online Harassment in Context: Trends From Three Youth Internet Safety Surveys (2000, 2005, 2010) by Lisa M. Jones, Kimberly J. Mitchell, and David Finkelhor

Online Harassment in Context: Trends From Three Youth Internet Safety Surveys (2000, 2005, 2010) by Lisa M. Jones, Kimberly J. Mitchell, and David Finkelhor

The Roanoke Island Colony: Lost, and Found? by Theo Emery

The Roanoke Island Colony: Lost, and Found? by Theo Emery

The Politics of a Panic by Jason Willick

The Politics of a Panic by Jason Willick

Monday, August 10, 2015

For sale in Spanish 'paradise': entire villages. Cheap. by Sara Miller Llana

For sale in Spanish 'paradise': entire villages. Cheap. by Sara Miller Llana

Inequality and the Veil of Ignorance by Courtney Such

Inequality and the Veil of Ignorance by Courtney Such

The mistake we all make... and the simple experiment that reveals it by Richard Nisbett

The mistake we all make... and the simple experiment that reveals it by Richard Nisbett

The Sexual Revolution’s Unlikely Winners from The American Interest

The Sexual Revolution’s Unlikely Winners from The American Interest

How to write a bullshit article about women’s language by Debuk

How to write a bullshit article about women’s language by Debuk

The Flawed ‘Missing Men’ Theory by Kay Hymowitz

The Flawed ‘Missing Men’ Theory by Kay Hymowitz

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Drucker: The Effective Decision from Genesis Management Consulting

Drucker: The Effective Decision from Genesis Management Consulting

20 years later, it turns out Dan Quayle was right about Murphy Brown and unmarried moms by Isabel Sawhill

20 years later, it turns out Dan Quayle was right about Murphy Brown and unmarried moms by Isabel Sawhill

Dan Quayle Was Right by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead

Dan Quayle Was Rightby Barbara Dafoe Whitehead

At Sea With Joseph Conrad by Maya Jasanoff

At Sea With Joseph Conrad by Maya Jasanoff

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

In the Eye of the Ancient Beholder by Peter Frost

In the Eye of the Ancient Beholder by Peter Frost

Do Colored People Exist if There Are No White People to Observe Them? by Razib Khan

Do Colored People Exist if There Are No White People to Observe Them? by Razib Khan

To keep and bear arms from The Economist

To keep and bear arms from The Economist

The Great Divide by William Dalrymple

The Great Divide by William Dalrymple

Friday, August 7, 2015

Empirics of Strategic Interdependence: The Case of the Racial Tipping Point by William Easterly

Empirics of Strategic Interdependence: The Case of the Racial Tipping Point by William Easterly

The Verdict on Charter Schools? by Bruce Fuller

The Verdict on Charter Schools? by Bruce Fuller

Signals Matter by Daniel Miessler

Signals Matter by Daniel Miessler

It’s The Culture, Stupid by Daniel Miessler

It’s The Culture, Stupid by Daniel Miessler

25 Facts About IQ You Probably Don’t Accept by Daniel Miessler

25 Facts About IQ You Probably Don’t Accept by Daniel Miessler

Genes influence academic ability across all subjects, latest study shows by Hannah Devlin

Genes influence academic ability across all subjects, latest study shows by Hannah Devlin

Why White Men Get Shot by Cops by Robert VerBruggen

Why White Men Get Shot by Cops by Robert VerBruggen

The GDP’s hilarious (false) numbers by John Crudele

The GDP’s hilarious (false) numbers by John Crudele

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Does Being Unpopular With the Opposite Sex Lead to Better Grades? by Dan Kopf

Does Being Unpopular With the Opposite Sex Lead to Better Grades? by Dan Kopf

How Radio Explains America by Dan Kopf

How Radio Explains America by Dan Kopf

Defending Their Homes by Mark Parry

Defending Their Homes by Mark Parry

Are Biden-for-President Supporters All Sexist? by Jonathan Chait

Are Biden-for-President Supporters All Sexist? by Jonathan Chait

The Making Of A SJW Martyr from The Jawa Report

The Making Of A SJW Martyr from The Jawa Report

Nonlinear Psychometric Thresholds for Physics and Mathematics by Stephen D.H. Hsu and James Schombert

Nonlinear Psychometric Thresholds for Physics and Mathematics by Stephen D.H. Hsu and James Schombert

Saudi Arabia may go broke before the US oil industry buckles by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Saudi Arabia may go broke before the US oil industry buckles by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Stalin And Summary Statistics by Scott Alexander

Stalin And Summary Statistics by Scott Alexander

Perceptions of Required Ability Act As a Proxy for Actual Required Ability in Explaining the Gender Gap by Scott Alexander

Perceptions of Required Ability Act As a Proxy for Actual Required Ability in Explaining the Gender Gap by Scott Alexander

I’m Not Mad. That’s Just My RBF. by Jessica Bennett

I’m Not Mad. That’s Just My RBF. by Jessica Bennett

Hitchhiking Robot, Safe in Several Countries, Meets Its End in Philadelphia by Daniel Victor

Hitchhiking Robot, Safe in Several Countries, Meets Its End in Philadelphia by Daniel Victor

Driverless Cars Could Put City Hall Out of Business by Rod Kackley

Driverless Cars Could Put City Hall Out of Business by Rod Kackley

On Seriousness by G.K. Chesterton

On Seriousness by G.K. Chesterton

A Personal Take on Go Set a Watchman by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Personal Take on Go Set a Watchman by Ursula K. Le Guin

Narcissus as Narcissus by Allen Tate

Narcissus as Narcissus by Allen Tate

Ode to the Confederate Dead by Allen Tate, 1899 - 1979

Ode to the Confederate Dead by Allen Tate, 1899 - 1979

Buy Charity Now, While It’s Still Cheap by Alex Tabarrok

Buy Charity Now, While It’s Still Cheap by Alex Tabarrok

Procrastination and Impatience by Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales

Procrastination and Impatience by Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales

Breaking Smart: Season 1 by Venkatesh Rao

Breaking Smart: Season 1 by Venkatesh Rao

Tinkering versus Goals by Venkatesh Rao

Tinkering versus Goals by Venkatesh Rao

What kind of blog post produces the most comments? by Tyler Cowen

What kind of blog post produces the most comments? by Tyler Cowen

Low Cost Private Schools in the Developing World by Alex Tabarrok

Low Cost Private Schools in the Developing World by Alex Tabarrok

Why Do the Unconvicted Die More in Jail? by Robert VerBruggen

Why Do the Unconvicted Die More in Jail? by Robert VerBruggen

You Don't Have to 'Like' the News to Respect It by Stephen L. Carter

You Don't Have to 'Like' the News to Respect It by Stephen L. Carter

Political Coordinates Test from Celebrity Types

Political Coordinates Test from Celebrity Types

Most Transparent News Site Ever! by Alex B. Berezow

Most Transparent News Site Ever! by Alex B. Berezow

Study: Yes, Student Loans Are Making College More Expensive by Robby Soave

Study: Yes, Student Loans Are Making College More Expensive by Robby Soave

Monday, August 3, 2015

The Crisis of Attention from Enlightenment to iPad by Matthew Crawford

The Crisis of Attention from Enlightenment to iPad by Matthew Crawford

Officials: Wreckage of Russian Sub Near Sweden from World War I by Daniel Wiser

Officials: Wreckage of Russian Sub Near Sweden from World War I by Daniel Wiser

39 Books to Help You Make Decisions in Life by Shane Parrish

39 Books to Help You Make Decisions in Life by Shane Parrish

Antiracism, Our Flawed New Religion by John McWhorter

Antiracism, Our Flawed New Religion by John McWhorter

Was America More Diverse in the 1950s? by Mark Judge

Was America More Diverse in the 1950s? by Mark Judge

Change the Narrative, Change Your Destiny: How James Baldwin Read His Way Out of Harlem and into Literary Greatness by Maria Popova

Change the Narrative, Change Your Destiny: How James Baldwin Read His Way Out of Harlem and into Literary Greatness by Maria Popova

The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and the Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long by Maria Popova

The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and the Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long by Maria Popova

Happy Birthday, Brain Pickings: 7 Things I Learned in 7 Years of Reading, Writing, and Living by Maria Popova

Happy Birthday, Brain Pickings: 7 Things I Learned in 7 Years of Reading, Writing, and Living by Maria Popova

The L.A. Times’ Ted Rall Versus the LAPD: He Made It Up. And He Got Caught. by Jack Dunphy

The L.A. Times’ Ted Rall Versus the LAPD: He Made It Up. And He Got Caught. by Jack Dunphy

The Cop by Jake Halpern

The Cop by Jake Halpern

An Updated Racial Hustle by Scott W. Johnson

An Updated Racial Hustle by Scott W. Johnson

Music album sales in the United States from 2008 to 2014, by genre (in millions) from Statista

Music album sales in the United States from 2008 to 2014, by genre (in millions) from Statista

Crime in the United States 2011 from the US Government

Crime in the United States 2011 from the US Government

News as collaborative intelligence: Correcting the myths about news in the digital age by Tom Rosenstiel

News as collaborative intelligence: Correcting the myths about news in the digital age by Tom Rosenstiel

Change the Narrative, Change Your Destiny: How James Baldwin Read His Way Out of Harlem and into Literary Greatness by Maria Popova

Change the Narrative, Change Your Destiny: How James Baldwin Read His Way Out of Harlem and into Literary Greatness by Maria Popova

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Index of Culture and Opportunity from The Heritage Foundation

Index of Culture and Opportunity from The Heritage Foundation

The Slippery Eel of Probability by Pradeep Mutalik

The Slippery Eel of Probability by Pradeep Mutalik

Forer Effect from Skeptic's Dictionary

Forer Effect from Skeptic's Dictionary

Bad Chart Thursday: Who Are You? by Melanie Mallon

Bad Chart Thursday: Who Are You? by Melanie Mallon

Mapping the United Swears of America by Stan Carey

Mapping the United Swears of America by Stan Carey

Twitter's swearing mapped: Which UK country is the most foul-mouthed on social media? by Emily Shackleton

Twitter's swearing mapped: Which UK country is the most foul-mouthed on social media? by Emily Shackleton

Model Company: An uncommon look at the common Civil War soldier. by Meredith M. Meyers

Model Company: An uncommon look at the common Civil War soldier. by Meredith M. Meyers

Stolen Consumer Data Is a Smaller Problem Than It Seems by Nathaniel Popper

Stolen Consumer Data Is a Smaller Problem Than It Seems by Nathaniel Popper

What Causes Income Inequality? by Francis Menton

What Causes Income Inequality? by Francis Menton

For 2016 Dems Need a Mythical War on Voting Rights by Jonathan S. Tobin

For 2016 Dems Need a Mythical War on Voting Rights by Jonathan S. Tobin

Sorry Leftist Americans, Your Swedish Utopia Does Not Exist by Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein

Sorry Leftist Americans, Your Swedish Utopia Does Not Exist by Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein