Monday, November 30, 2015

Paris and the Progressive War on Perspective by John Hart

Paris and the Progressive War on Perspective by John Hart

On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit by Gordon Pennycook et al

On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit by Gordon Pennycook et al

Rape culture and the problem with numbers by Barbara Kay

Rape culture and the problem with numbers by Barbara Kay

It’s not the poverty in the Middle East that’s driving terrorism—it’s the politics by Tim Fernholz

It’s not the poverty in the Middle East that’s driving terrorism—it’s the politics by Tim Fernholz

The effects of the medical marijuana market on substance abuse by Tyler Cowen

The effects of the medical marijuana market on substance abuse by Tyler Cowen

Incentives change how we think by Tyler Cowen

Incentives change how we think by Tyler Cowen

Robust Political Debate and Passionate Protests Do Not Cause Murders — They Save Lives by David French

Robust Political Debate and Passionate Protests Do Not Cause Murders — They Save Lives by David French

The Doomsday Scam by C.J. Chivers

The Doomsday Scam by C.J. Chivers

What Should We Do About Climate Change? by David Siegel

What Should We Do About Climate Change? by David Siegel

‘I was tossed out of the tribe’: climate scientist Judith Curry interviewed by David Rose

‘I was tossed out of the tribe’: climate scientist Judith Curry interviewed by David Rose

Your Complete Guide to the Climate Debate by Matt Ridley and Benny Peiser

Your Complete Guide to the Climate Debate by Matt Ridley and Benny Peiser

Monday, November 23, 2015

Why Spike Lee Is Wrong About Gentrification by Kay S. Hymowitz

Why Spike Lee Is Wrong About Gentrification by Kay S. Hymowitz

Great News! Americans Don’t Really Care About Climate Change by David Harsanyi

Great News! Americans Don’t Really Care About Climate Change by David Harsanyi

The World Isn't Ready for Gross National Happiness by Noah Smith

The World Isn't Ready for Gross National Happiness by Noah Smith

Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth by Razib Khan

Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth by Razib Khan

Cultural differences determine when kids learn to play fair by Chris Cesare

Cultural differences determine when kids learn to play fair by Chris Cesare

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

How Could You Like That Book? by Tim Parks

How Could You Like That Book? by Tim Parks

How Our New Definition Of Freedom Causes Cruelty by Anna Mussmann

How Our New Definition Of Freedom Causes Cruelty by Anna Mussmann

Was Neil Cavuto’s painful interview with a college student activist fair game? by Callum Borchers

Was Neil Cavuto’s painful interview with a college student activist fair game? by Callum Borchers

Are Successful CEOs Just Lucky? by Walter Frick

Are Successful CEOs Just Lucky? by Walter Frick

Hive Mind by Robin Hanson

Hive Mind by Robin Hanson

Cities As Harems by Robin Hanson

Cities As Harems by Robin Hanson

What Is Stupid? We Now Have a Scientific Answer. by Ross Pomeroy

What Is Stupid? We Now Have a Scientific Answer. by Ross Pomeroy

Why, exactly, is it OK to discriminate against men’s groups on campus? by Robyn Urback

Why, exactly, is it OK to discriminate against men’s groups on campus? by Robyn Urback

On campus, social norms no longer apply. by Victor Davis Hanson

On campus, social norms no longer apply. by Victor Davis Hanson

Think Millennials Prefer The City? Think Again. by Ben Casselman

Think Millennials Prefer The City? Think Again. by Ben Casselman

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Analyzing stylistic similarity amongst authors by Mark

Analyzing stylistic similarity amongst authors by Mark

Quantitative patterns of stylistic influence in the evolution of literature by James M. Hughes, et al

Quantitative patterns of stylistic influence in the evolution of literatureby James M. Hughes, et al

How smart are CEOs anyway? by Tyler Cowen

How smart are CEOs anyway? by Tyler Cowen

Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey: Executive Summary by Robert D. Putnam

Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey: Executive Summary by Robert D. Putnam

Fragmented Future by Steve Sailer

Fragmented Future by Steve Sailer

The mistaken racial theory of gentrification by Kay S. Hymowitz

The mistaken racial theory of gentrification by Kay S. Hymowitz

Saturday, November 14, 2015

60-Year-Old French Apartments Look Like a Utopian Dream by Laura Mallonee

60-Year-Old French Apartments Look Like a Utopian Dream by Laura Mallonee

Is Our Identity in Intellect, Memory or Moral Character? by Alison Gopnik

Is Our Identity in Intellect, Memory or Moral Character? by Alison Gopnik

What ISIS Really Wants by Graeme Wood

What ISIS Really Wants by Graeme Wood

100 Diagrams That Changed the World by Maria Popova

100 Diagrams That Changed the World by Maria Popova

Understanding ISIL Messaging Through Behavioral Science by Jennifer McArdle and Brian Barnett

Understanding ISIL Messaging Through Behavioral Science by Jennifer McArdle and Brian Barnett

Dear Mona, How Many Kids Break A Bone? by Mon Chalabi

Dear Mona, How Many Kids Break A Bone? by Mona Chalabi

Black immigrants are upwardly mobile by Noah Smith

Black immigrants are upwardly mobile by Noah Smith

Friday, November 13, 2015

Is tech creating new types of mental and emotional disorders? by David McCandless

Is tech creating new types of mental and emotional disorders? by David McCandless

What’s Happening to the Number and Size of Nations? by Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore

What’s Happening to the Number and Size of Nations? by Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore

How the Mad Men lost the plot by Ian Leslie

How the Mad Men lost the plot by Ian Leslie

The Parenting Gap Is Widening by Anna Sutherland

The Parenting Gap Is Widening by Anna Sutherland

The Importance of Couples’ Pre-Cohabitation Relationship History by Anna Sutherland

The Importance of Couples’ Pre-Cohabitation Relationship History by Anna Sutherland

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Ethnic minorities substantially more likely to go to university than their White British peers by Claire Crawford and Ellen Greaves

Ethnic minorities substantially more likely to go to university than their White British peers by Claire Crawford and Ellen Greaves

The ‘Yale snowflakes’: who made these monsters? by Brendan O'Neill

The ‘Yale snowflakes’: who made these monsters? by Brendan O'Neill

Piece of String Creates Hate Crime Panic by Colin Flaherty

Piece of String Creates Hate Crime Panic by Colin Flaherty

Free Expression: An Endangered Species on Campus? by Nadine Strossen

Free Expression: An Endangered Species on Campus? by Nadine Strossen

10 big myths about World War One debunked by Dan Snow

10 big myths about World War One debunked by Dan Snow

Why America makes it hard for immigrants to assimilate by Karol Markowicz

Why America makes it hard for immigrants to assimilate by Karol Markowicz

Nobody Is Actually Upset About The Starbucks Cup. Stop Saying Otherwise by Mollie Hemingway

Nobody Is Actually Upset About The Starbucks Cup. Stop Saying Otherwise by Mollie Hemingway

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Where Disruptive Innovation Came From by Donald Sull

Where Disruptive Innovation Came From by Donald Sull

How upwardly mobile are Hispanic children? Depends how you look at it. by Nathan Joo and Richard V. Reeves

How upwardly mobile are Hispanic children? Depends how you look at it. by Nathan Joo and Richard V. Reeves

A Tale of Two Shootings by Victor Davis Hanson

A Tale of Two Shootings by Victor Davis Hanson

The New Intolerance of Student Activism by Conor Friedersdorf

The New Intolerance of Student Activism by Conor Friedersdorf

Racial Hysteria Triumphs on Campus by Heather Mac Donald

Racial Hysteria Triumphs on Campus by Heather Mac Donald

Monday, November 9, 2015

Why education is productive — a parable of men and beasts by Tyler Cowen

Why education is productive — a parable of men and beasts by Tyler Cowen

Against kindergarten? by Tyler Cowen

Against kindergarten? by Tyler Cowen

Why politicians are asking the wrong questions about gender inequality from The Economist

Why politicians are asking the wrong questions about gender inequality from The Economist

The Soviet Parallels of Fishtown's Middle-Aged White Male Mortality Crisis by Anatoly Karlin

The Soviet Parallels of Fishtown's Middle-Aged White Male Mortality Crisis by Anatoly Karlin

Administrator’s defending student free speech is apparently reason to remove the administrator, according to some Yale students by Eugene Volokh

Administrator’s defending student free speech is apparently reason to remove the administrator, according to some Yale students by Eugene Volokh

Everything I Needed to Know (About Publication Bias), I Learned In (Pre-) Kindergarten by Gabriel

Everything I Needed to Know (About Publication Bias), I Learned In (Pre-) Kindergarten by Gabriel

On the relationship between school suspensions, race, single-motherhood, and more. from Random Critical Analysis

On the relationship between school suspensions, race, single-motherhood, and more. from Random Critical Analysis

Students’ Family Background and Schools’ Test Scores by Anna Sutherland

Students’ Family Background and Schools’ Test Scores by Anna Sutherland

Racism in schools is overstated by Mitch Pearlstein

Racism in schools is overstated by Mitch Pearlstein

My trigger-warning disaster: “9 1/2 Weeks,” “The Wire” and how coddled young radicals got discomfort all wrong I believed in trigger warnings when I taught a course on sex and film. Then they drove me out of the academy by Rani Neutill

My trigger-warning disaster: “9 1/2 Weeks,” “The Wire” and how coddled young radicals got discomfort all wrong
I believed in trigger warnings when I taught a course on sex and film. Then they drove me out of the academy
by Rani Neutill

Selinunte: Site of ancient massacre yields the secrets of a lost Greek city by David Keys

Selinunte: Site of ancient massacre yields the secrets of a lost Greek city by David Keys

A venture capitalist searches for the purpose of school. Here’s what he found. by Valerie Strauss

A venture capitalist searches for the purpose of school. Here’s what he found. by Valerie Strauss